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A Southampton County native, Goodwyn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1983. [2] He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia’s School of Law in 1986, where he was an editor for the Virginia Tax Review, a member of the Raven Society, and received the Ritter Award for honor, character and integrity.
The President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia is a Virginia constitutional office whose role is to serve as the presiding officer of the Senate of Virginia in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. The office is established in Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia. [1] The current office holder is Louise Lucas.
Democrats won a majority of seats in the 2019 Virginia Senate election, so Lucas succeeded Republican Stephen Newman as the Virginia Senate's President pro tempore. She is the first woman and first African American to hold that office. [2] [3] She also chairs the powerful Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the first African American in ...
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In January 2016, Newman was elected president pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia [2] [6] and held that position until the 2020 General Assembly session began. The main duty of the pro tem is to preside over the state Senate when the lieutenant governor of Virginia (who is the president of the Senate) is unable to do so.
The Senate of Virginia was created by the 1776 Constitution of Virginia, and originally consisted of twenty-four members. [1] Along with the House of Delegates, the Senate comprised a new bicameral legislature designed to replace the colonial Virginia House of Burgesses, which formally dissolved on May 6, 1776. [2]
Henry Tazewell (November 27, 1753 – January 24, 1799) was an American politician who was instrumental in the early government of Virginia, and a US senator from Virginia. [1] He was a slave owner, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1795 .
Since the office was created in 1789, 92 individuals, from 39 of the 50 states, have served as president pro tempore of the Senate. The current president pro tempore is Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who assumed office on January 3, 2025, at the start of the 119th Congress. In 2001, the honorary title of president pro tempore emeritus was created, and ...