The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent,Glenn Youngkin,was sworn in on January 15,2022.
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate,from 1959 to 1977. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977.
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford,respectively. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
William Lewis Jenkins is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district,centered on the Tri-Cities,from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3,2007.
James Henry Quillen was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee from 1963 to 1997. Quillen represented the 1st congressional district,which covers the northeast corner of the state,including the Tri-Cities region.
The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5,1996,to elect members to serve in the 105th United States Congress. They coincided with the re-election of President Bill Clinton. Democrats won the popular vote by almost 60,000 votes (0.07%) and gained a net of two seats from the Republicans,but the Republicans retained an overall majority of seats in the House for the first time since 1928.
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. 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.
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body,the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War in 1863. As with its neighbor and former constituent Virginia General Assembly,the legislature's lower house is also referred to as a "House of Delegates."
Campbell Slemp was a farmer and Confederate officer in southwest Virginia who became a Readjuster Democrat after Congressional Reconstruction and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He eventually joined the Republican Party and won election to the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district and controlled federal patronage in the Commonwealth from 1903 to 1907. Slemp died unexpectedly at home while in office,after which his son C. Bascom Slemp succeeded to the seat for more than a decade,until being ousted by the rising Byrd Organization.
Tennessee's 1st congressional district is the congressional district of northeast Tennessee,including all of Carter,Cocke,Greene,Hamblen,Hancock,Hawkins,Johnson,Sullivan,Unicoi,Washington,and Sevier counties and parts of Jefferson County. It is largely coextensive with the Tennessee portion of the Tri-Cities region of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+30,it is the most Republican district in Tennessee.
Richard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Benjamin Watkins Lacy was an American politician and Virginia lawyer,Confederate officer and jurist.
Joseph William Chinn was a Virginia lawyer,plantation owner and politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and in the United States House of Representatives.
Linn Banks was an American slave owner,politician and lawyer,who served 26 years in the Virginia House of Delegates but resigned in order to run for the U.S. Congress. He served one term and appeared re-elected,although that election was successfully contested by future Virginia governor and Confederate General Extra Billy Smith.
Auburn Lorenzo Pridemore was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer who served in the Virginia Senate and in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 9th congressional district.
Elections in Virginia are authorized under Article I of the Virginia State Constitution,sections 5–6,and Article V which establishes elections for the state-level officers,cabinet,and legislature. Article VII section 4 establishes the election of county-level officers. Elections are regulated under state statute 24.2-102. The Virginia State Board of Elections oversees the execution of elections under state law. In a 2020 study,Virginia was ranked as the 12th easiest state for citizens to vote in.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2,1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Don Scott is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,he is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 80th district. He was minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024. On January 10,2024,he became Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is the first black speaker in Virginia's history.
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