The speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses was the presiding officer of the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly during...
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The House of Burgesses (/ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz/) was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of...
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was elected Speaker. List of speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses Category:Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates List of Virginia state legislatures...
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is a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1619 to 1775 from the references listed at the end of the article. The members of the first...
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burgesses or delegates in the Virginia General Assembly over the past four centuries." List of Virginia state legislatures Mace of the Virginia House...
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the House of Burgesses, and then became known in the family as "the Signer" of the Declaration of Independence, from his representation of Virginia in...
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Edward Major (category Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses)
County and became Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Major was born in England around 1615, and dissented from the ruling Church of England, probably...
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as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 25, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is in his fourth House term...
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the Virginia Company. The House of Burgesses had been created in Virginia in 1619. The House of Assembly was overseen by a Governor appointed by the Company...
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is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of May 6, 2024, the 118th Congress). The membership of the House comprises...
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Augustine Warner Jr. (category Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses)
p. 135 Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4...
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Speaker pro tempore of the West Virginia House of Delegates (2021–2023) D. Rolland Jennings, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 84th...
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There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee...
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Humanities. Retrieved January 31, 2014. "House of Burgesses". Encyclopedia of Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved January 31, 2014...
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in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. The Capitol was conceived of by Thomas Jefferson...
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Robert Carter I (redirect from Carter family of Virginia)
Acting Governor of Virginia, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and President of the Virginia Governor’s Council. An agent for the Northern Neck...
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This is a list of colonial governors of Virginia. Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed...
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offer to lend the Crown a thousand pounds sterling to provision the king's ships. Commissioner (and former Speaker of the House of Burgesses) Francis Moryson...
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to Virginia two weeks later to preside over the House of Burgesses. John Hancock was elected to fill the vacancy, but his position was somewhat ambiguous...
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elected Speaker of the House. With the election of Hakeem Jeffries as leader of the House Democratic Caucus, this is set to be the first House election...
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is presided over by the speaker of the House, while the Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia. The House and Senate each elect...
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Speaker pro tempore of the West Virginia House of Delegates (2021–2023) D. Rolland Jennings, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 84th...
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standing. One of these is the Old Chapel Church in Franklin County, Virginia The Virginia colonial legislative assembly, the House of Burgesses, was dismissed...
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Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non-voting members Section contents: Senate, House, Joint Architect of the Capitol: Brett...
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The Colonial Virginia Register: A List of Governors, Councillors and Other Higher Officials, and Also of Members of the House of Burgesses, and the Revolutionary...
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landowner and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing King William County. His brother-in-law, powerful speaker John Robinson made unauthorized...
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Bacon's Rebellion (redirect from Virginia Rebellion)
1670, when most landless taxpayers lost the right to vote for representatives in the House of Burgesses. One set of aggrieved petitioners met at Lawne's...
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Burgesses and later was Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was a founding trustee of the College of William and Mary. Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe...
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Patrick Henry (category House of Burgesses members)
prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he quickly became notable...
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by the House of Burgesses. In 1699, the capital of the Virginia Colony was officially relocated there. The town was renamed Williamsburg, in honor of King...
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