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VA Political History

June 25, 1788 - Virginia is the 10th state admitted to the Union. Virginia secedes and Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy on May 29, 1861, but re-entered the Union after the war.
Area - 67,468 sq. miles Capital - Richmond © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - Sic semper tyrannis (Latin - Thus always to tyrants.) Nickname - Old Dominion State / Mother State

- Virginia is the birthplace of 8 former presidents, the most of any state.

- In 1584 Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth I of England (she was known as the Virgin Queen).
- James Madison was born in 1751. Madison became the 4th and shortest President at 5-foot, 4-inches.        © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- James Monroe was born in 1758 in Westmoreland County,
- William Henry Harrison was born at Berkley in 1773. Harrison becomes the 9th U.S. President for 31 days before he dies of pneumonia on April 4, 1841. He is the first President to die in office.
- Virginia declares independence in 1776, from Great Britain.
- In 1776 Virginia adopts its first constitution.              © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- The Capitol is established in Richmond in 1780. The General Assembly would meet in a building located at Cary and Pearl, now known as 14th Street.
- Zachary Taylor is born in 1784, in Virginia. The first time he votes was when he casts his vote, in the 1849 presidential election, for himself.
- Thomas Jefferson's historic Bill for Religious Freedom passes in t
- The US Constitutional Convention of 1787 gives the states the right to set voting qualifications. Virginia denies women the right to vote.
- Virginia enters the Union gaining Statehood, on June 25th, 1788, as the 10th state.
- George Washington serves as President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. It is said that Washington posed only once for a statue. The life-size statue of George Washington that is in the center of the capitol in Richmond was made by Houdon.
- John Tyler is born in Virginia, in 1790. He is the first Vice President to become President due to the death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison.        © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- The leader of a Virginia slave revolt, Nat Turner, is hanged in 1831.
- Joseph Johnson of Bridgeport is elected the first Governor to be chosen by popular vote.
- Douglas Wilder is the first Black elected to a U.S. governorship when elected in 1989 as governor of Virginia.
- Winsome Sears a Black Republican, breaks the 10 term hold by democrats when in 2001 she becomes the first woman Veteran and first foreign born woman to be elected to the State House of Delegates.

One Vote Counts in Virginia.
Sources - www.shgresources.com - en.wikipedia.org - www.dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html - www.scafam-hist.org/timeline.asp - www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/591080/posts - members.aol.com/jeff560/wv-hist.html - http://www.elmersflag.com/products.cfm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos - http://www.livgenmi.com/statemotto.htm

TimeLine of Virginia

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ND – OH – OK – OR – PA – RI – SC – SD – TN – TX – UT – VT – VA – WA – WV – WI – WY
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