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... 10 KB (556 words) - 09:04, 20 September 2023 |
 | The House of Burgesses (/ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz/) was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of... 31 KB (3,467 words) - 04:25, 3 May 2024 |
 | 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... 21 KB (314 words) - 23:51, 23 April 2024 |
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... 61 KB (4,285 words) - 22:42, 11 March 2024 |
| burgesses or delegates in the Virginia General Assembly over the past four centuries." List of Virginia state legislatures Mace of the Virginia House... 43 KB (1,299 words) - 19:39, 13 May 2024 |
 | of the Colony and Speaker of the Burgesses. He acquired Berkeley Hundred. Benjamin Harrison IV (1693–1745) became a member of the House of Burgesses,... 50 KB (5,912 words) - 00:43, 10 May 2024 |
 | 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... 154 KB (12,724 words) - 06:53, 15 May 2024 |
 | in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. The Capitol was conceived of by Thomas Jefferson... 23 KB (2,136 words) - 17:06, 16 December 2023 |
 | 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... 12 KB (1,049 words) - 23:17, 6 May 2023 |
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... 260 KB (2,992 words) - 19:13, 14 May 2024 |
 | 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... 9 KB (767 words) - 05:44, 6 April 2024 |
 | There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee... 51 KB (528 words) - 17:57, 12 May 2024 |
| 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... 20 KB (1,875 words) - 11:56, 19 April 2024 |
 | Humanities. Retrieved January 31, 2014. "House of Burgesses". Encyclopedia of Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved January 31, 2014... 38 KB (1,259 words) - 12:45, 17 February 2024 |
 | 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... 28 KB (2,342 words) - 00:19, 22 January 2024 |
 | 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... 23 KB (2,513 words) - 16:06, 2 May 2024 |
 | 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... 450 KB (34,852 words) - 05:12, 15 May 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,593 words) - 18:56, 6 January 2024 |
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... 9 KB (953 words) - 16:53, 1 January 2024 |
 | standing. One of these is the Old Chapel Church in Franklin County, Virginia The Virginia colonial legislative assembly, the House of Burgesses, was dismissed... 16 KB (1,784 words) - 17:11, 20 March 2024 |
 | 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... 64 KB (7,824 words) - 02:07, 19 April 2024 |
 | 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... 375 KB (7,529 words) - 15:25, 15 May 2024 |
 | 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... 60 KB (7,763 words) - 19:06, 9 May 2024 |
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... 8 KB (854 words) - 11:06, 15 July 2023 |
 | Powhatan (category History of Virginia) Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, the colony enslaved Indians for control. In 1691, the House of Burgesses abolished the enslavement of Native peoples; however... 75 KB (5,500 words) - 00:46, 10 May 2024 |
 | 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... 73 KB (7,226 words) - 14:28, 21 April 2024 |
 | George Wythe (category Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates) Biography portal Virginia portal List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Wythe's... 60 KB (7,714 words) - 16:42, 30 April 2024 |
 | Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non-voting members Section contents: Senate, House, Joint Architect of the Capitol: Brett... 143 KB (5,787 words) - 17:24, 15 May 2024 |
Old money (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB) the Virginia colony and served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, in the House of Burgesses representing Lancaster County before the creation... 46 KB (5,765 words) - 18:56, 2 May 2024 |
 | 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... 100 KB (13,806 words) - 04:32, 22 April 2024 |