Hazael Joseph Williams (April 28,1830 –July 18,1911) was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates. [1]
John Williams was a Founding Father of the United States and signer of its Articles of Confederation. He was one of the founders of the University of North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War,Williams was a colonel in the North Carolina militia. In 1777 and 1778,he was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons and served as speaker of the House. Williams was a member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779.
The Watauga Association was a semi-autonomous government created in 1772 by frontier settlers living along the Watauga River in what is now Elizabethton,Tennessee. Although it lasted only a few years,the Watauga Association provided a basis for what later developed into the state of Tennessee and likely influenced other western frontier governments in the trans-Appalachian region. North Carolina annexed the Watauga settlement area,by then known as the Washington District,in November 1776. Within a year,the area was placed under a county government,becoming Washington County,North Carolina,in November 1777. This area covers the present day Washington County,Carter County,and other areas now located in the northeast part of the state of Tennessee.
Edward Watts Saunders was a Virginia lawyer,politician and judge,who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates,U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
The 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in the Stonewall Brigade,mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was known as the "Fighting Fifth".
Edwin Piper Cox was a Virginia politician. He represented Richmond in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1914 until 1916.
Harry Rutherford Houston was a Virginia politician. He represented Elizabeth City County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1916 until 1920.
John Powell Royall was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate,representing the state's 3rd district from 1912 to 1920. He was selected as the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1933 and Governor of Virginia in 1937,losing both times in the general election to former state delegate James Hubert Price.
Cornelius Theodore Jordan was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate,representing the state's 9th district. In 1915,he ran for Senate as an Independent,defeating Democratic incumbent William H. Landes. After caucusing with the chamber's Democrats during his four-year term,he won the party's nomination in 1919 but was bested in the general election by Independent F. Percy Loth. From 1896 to 1899,he was the President of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,which would later become New Mexico State University.
Henry Hawkins Downing was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate,representing the state's 12th district.
John J. Owen was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate,representing the state's 28th district.
Henry Archer Edmondson was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates,representing his native Halifax County.
Martin Williams was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was majority floor leader of the House from 1910 to 1916.
Alanson Tilman Lincoln was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. He also represented Smythe and Bland Counties at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902.
Charles Urquhart Gravatt was an American physician,naval officer,and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1908 until his death in 1922. A veteran of the Spanish–American War,he served as the fleet surgeon under Admiral William T. Sampson at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
William Carr Corbitt was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1915 until his death in 1922.
James Taylor Stratton was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
James Lawrence Radford was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
John Thomas Goode was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Joseph Cloyd Byars was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. He ran for Congress in Virginia's 9th congressional district in 1908 and for U.S. Senate in 1930.
The First Virginia General Assembly convened from October 7,1776, to December 21,1776, in regular session. This session took place while the Second Continental Congress was still in session.
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