Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era,and the first African American ever elected as governor. He is currently a professor at the eponymous Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University.
John William Warner III was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. Warner served as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001,and again from 2003 to 2007. He also served as the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee from 1995 to 1999.
James Stuart Gilmore III is an American politician,statesman,diplomat,and former attorney who served as the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. A member of the Republican Party,Gilmore also chaired the Republican National Committee in 2001 and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe during the Trump administration.
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. was an American orchardist,newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate,succeeding his father,Harry F. Byrd Sr. His public service spanned thirty-six years,while he was a publisher of several Virginia newspapers. After the decline of the Byrd Organization due to its massive resistance to racial integration of public schools,he abandoned the Democratic Party in 1970,citing concern about its leftward tilt. He rehabilitated his political career,becoming the first independent in the history of the U.S. Senate to be elected by a majority of the popular vote.
Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News,Virginia. It was founded in 1960 and is named after Christopher Newport,captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown,the first permanent English settlement in North America.
William Belser Spong Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973.
Phillip Hamilton is an American author and professor of history. He is the author of two books,The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family:The Tuckers of Virginia,1752–1830 and Serving the Old Dominion,a history of Christopher Newport University,a state university in Virginia.
Stanford Elmer Parris was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented Virginia's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for six two year terms. He served in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,Virginia House of Delegates,and also as Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War,earning several medals.
Herbert Harvell Bateman was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives,serving as a Republican from 1983 until his death from natural causes in Leesburg,Virginia in 2000.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was an American attorney and judge. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation,from March 7,1975,to January 20,1977,and the second African American to serve in the United States Cabinet. As an attorney,Coleman played a major role in significant civil rights cases. At the time of his death,Coleman was the oldest living former Cabinet member.
John Marshall Coleman is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly during the 1970s. He was the first Republican elected as Attorney General of Virginia since Reconstruction and served 1978–1982,although his later campaigns for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senate proved unsuccessful.
Owen Bradford Pickett was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.
John C. Miller was an American journalist and politician. A Democrat,he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 2007,won re-election twice by increasing majorities,and died during his final term. He represented the 1st district on the Virginia Peninsula,which comprises the city of Williamsburg,parts of the city of Suffolk,parts of York County,James City County and the cities of Hampton and Newport News.
William Cleveland Mims is a former senior justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia. He is a former member of the Virginia General Assembly and Attorney General of Virginia. He is the second person in Virginia history to serve in these three offices. He presently is a lecturer and director of the pre-law program at Christopher Newport University.
The 2013 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 5,2013. This off-year election cycle featured several special elections to the United States Congress;two gubernatorial races;state legislative elections in a few states;and numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
The Christopher Newport Captains are the athletic teams that represent Christopher Newport University,located in Newport News,Virginia,in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports. The Captains compete as members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) for the majority of varsity sports except for football,which plays in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and men's lacrosse,which plays in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference. The football team remains a NJAC associate member because C2C does not sponsor football.
The 1988 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 8,1988. Democratic former governor Chuck Robb succeeded Republican Senator Paul Trible,who opted not to run for re-election. As of 2023,this is the last time a Democratic Senatorial candidate won every county and independent city in Virginia.
The 1982 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2,1982. U.S. Representative from Virginia's 1st district,Paul Trible replaced Independent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr.,who was stepping down after three terms.
Flora Lonette Davis Crittenden was an American educator and civil rights activist in Virginia turned politician. She worked as a teacher and guidance counselor in Newport News,Virginia public schools for 32 years,then in 1986 was elected to the Newport News City Council where she served for four years. In 1993 she was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Newport News,Virginia,and served for eleven years. In 2000,she became chair of the board of Christopher Newport University. A science and math magnet middle school in Newport News is named for her.
