George Mason was an American planter,politician,Founding Father,and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787,where he was one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings,including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774,the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776,and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification,have exercised a significant influence on American political thought and events. The Virginia Declaration of Rights,which Mason principally authored,served as a basis for the United States Bill of Rights,of which he has been deemed a father.
Francis Lightfoot Lee was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765,Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of Virginia. In addition to his career in politics,Lee owned a tobacco plantation as well as many slaves. He was a member of the Lee family,a prominent Virginian dynasty.
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.
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly,the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years;unlike most states,these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House,who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates. The Speaker is usually a member of the majority party and,as Speaker,becomes the most powerful member of the House. The House shares legislative power with the Senate,the upper house of the General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the colonial House of Burgesses,which first met at Jamestown in 1619. It is the first and oldest continuous English-Speaking representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere. The House is divided into Democratic and Republican caucuses. In addition to the Speaker,there is a majority leader,majority whip,majority caucus chair,minority leader,minority whip,minority caucus chair,and the chairs of the several committees of the House.
Charles Fenton Mercer was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Loudoun County,Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly.
The Democratic Party of Virginia is the Virginia affiliate of the Democratic Party based in Richmond,Virginia.
Charles Richard "Dick" Cranwell is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1972–2001,and was its Democratic floor leader 1991–2001. From 2005 to 2010,he was chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Christopher Kilian Peace is an American politician of the Republican Party.
John Henry Hager was an American politician who served as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He was the first person with a disability to be elected to that office. He proceeded to act as an assistant secretary within the United States Department of Education from 2004 to 2007. He worked for the American Tobacco Company from the 1960s until 1994,and was the chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from August 2007 until May 2008.
Rev. Delores L. McQuinn is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 81st district,made up of parts of Chesterfield,Henrico,and Charles City Counties and the City of Richmond. She was previously a member of the Richmond City Council.
Charniele LeRhonda Herring is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009,representing the 4th district,made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County,near Washington,D.C. She is the current Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates.
George Alvin Massenburg was an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1926 to 1950 and served as its Speaker from 1947 to 1950.
John Tyler Sr. was an American lawyer,planter,politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia. He was the father of U.S. President John Tyler.
Luke E. Torian is an American politician. Since 2010 he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 24th district in the Prince William County suburbs of Washington,D.C. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
James Easley Edmunds II is an American politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2010 to 2024,representing the 60th district in Southside Virginia. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Charles Rogers Fenwick was a patent attorney and Virginia Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served part-time in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate representing Arlington County.
Paul Eugene Krizek is an American politician. He has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2016,representing the 16th district of Virginia in Fairfax County. Krizek is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jason Cord Buckel is an American politician,and the minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates. He has represented District 1B since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Edith Jerry Patterson is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing district 28 in Charles County,since 2015. She previously served as a county commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the Board of Education for Charles County from 1983 to 1995.
John Paul Hott II is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 54th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on December 1,2018.
