The Virginia Ratifying Convention (also historically referred to as the "Virginia Federal Convention") was a convention of 168 delegates from Virginia who...

addition to ratifying the constitution, South Carolina requests that two alterations be made to it. June 2 • Ratifying convention begins in Virginia. June 17...

passed on the subject." Virginia's ratifying convention recommended an identical amendment. New York's declaration of ratification was accompanied by a similar...

The Virginia Conventions have been the assemblies of delegates elected for the purpose of establishing constitutions of fundamental law for the Commonwealth...

revisions made to the original Virginia Plan. Randolph nevertheless reversed his position at the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788. He chaired the nearly...

and Edmund Randolph. The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in setting the overall agenda for debate in the Convention and, in particular, for setting...

opposed to the ratification of the Constitution. When the Virginia Ratifying Convention began on June 2, 1788, the Constitution had been ratified by eight of...

Court of Virginia starting in 1788. Charles City County voters elected Tyler as one of their representatives to the Virginia Ratifying Convention that ultimately...

Constitutional Convention that the federal government should possess a veto over state laws". In his final speech to the ratifying convention, Madison implored...

Continental Congress as well as a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention. He opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution. In 1790, Monroe...

consent of state ratifying conventions. The ratification method is chosen by Congress for each amendment. State ratifying conventions were used only once...

famous Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, establishing a separation of church and state. Harrison participated as a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention...

the West Virginia House of Delegates upon conclusion of West Virginia's 85th Legislature. At various times, in six of the 12 non-ratifying states, one...

restrictions on shipping might harm Virginia. He failed to attain these objectives, and again at the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788, but his prominent fight...

of Rights, written by George Mason and adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776, speaks of happiness in the context...

from state constitutions and state ratifying convention proposals, especially Virginia's." Levy, p. 35 "Virginia Declaration of Rights: Primary Documents...

out of 50) must then ratify the amendment either by a vote of approval in each state's legislature or by state ratifying conventions. Congress may specify...

of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse...

state of Virginia, feeling that slavery and lack of religious toleration had retarded its development. He told the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788...

building near Shockoe Bottom. By 1788, the "Old Capitol" where the Virginia Ratifying Convention met was at the New Academy by the Chevalier Quesnay. Plans were...

state conventions specifically proposed a provision against the quartering of troops in private homes. At the 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick...

both from Virginia, and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts. Delegates at the Constitutional Convention who shared their views were Virginians George Mason...

unanimously by the Fifth Virginia Convention at Williamsburg, Virginia on June 12, 1776, as a separate document from the Constitution of Virginia which was later...

Zane as one of their delegates to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, where he and voted in favor of ratification of the United States Constitution. However...

another election and attended the Virginia Ratifying Convention (this time alongside Henry Lee), where he voted for ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In...

of the governed." The Virginia Declaration of Rights, chiefly authored by George Mason and approved by the Virginia Convention on June 12, 1776, contains...

following Conventions in other historical eras: Virginia Ratifying Convention, convention to reject or ratify the United States Constitution Virginia Constitutional...

1788 delegates unanimously selected Pendleton president of the Virginia Ratifying Convention. When Wythe took the chair, Pendleton addressing colleagues...

was elected to the 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention, where he worked with James Madison to convince other delegates to ratify the new constitution. After...

his dying wife. He was elected to the Virginia Ratifying Convention and helped ensure that his home state ratified the Constitution. Wythe taught and was...