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New York: Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, Printed for the Editor by R. and W. and G. Bartow, 1823 (Second Edition). Leonard, Cynthia Miller. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978, A Bicentennial Register of Members.
Virginia's Senate seats were again filled from January 1870. Virginia's current senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's longest-serving senator (1933–1965). Both incumbent senators were previously served as Governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2010.
Virginia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on June 25, 1788. [11] Before it declared its independence, Virginia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain . It seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861, [ 12 ] and was admitted to the Confederate States of America on May 7, 1861. [ 13 ]
The first English attempt to colonize Virginia was the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke. Unsuccessful settlements were established under two different governors, and the final fate of the colonists remains unknown. Sir Walter Raleigh, Governor of Virginia (1585–1590, absentee) Sir Ralph Lane, Governor of Roanoke (Virginia) (1585–1586)
Virginia politicians by century (6 C) ... Asian-American people in Virginia politics (1 C, 3 P) C. Virginia politicians convicted of crimes (15 P) E.
The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World. It was established on July 30, 1619.