{"id":7991,"date":"2022-09-05T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/?p=7991"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:37:52","slug":"states-and-territories-of-the-united-states-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/states-and-territories-of-the-united-states-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES (VIRGINIA)."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In this post we will looking at Virginia and its territories, Its past and present governors and current House of representative\u2019s members.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

INTRODUCTION.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most-populous city, and Fairfax County is the most-populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth’s population in 2020 was over 8.65 million, with 36% of them living in the Baltimore\u2013Washington metropolitan area. The area’s history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia’s state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land acquired from displaced native tribes fueled the growing plantation economy, but also fueled conflicts both inside and outside the colony. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies, during the American Revolution, it became part of the United States in 1776. During the American Civil War, Virginia was split when the state government in Richmond joined the Confederacy, but many of the state’s northwestern counties wanted to remain with the Union, helping form the state of West Virginia in 1863. Although the Commonwealth was under one-party rule for nearly a century following the Reconstruction era, both major political parties are competitive in modern Virginia. Virginia’s state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current law-making body in North America. It is made up of a 40-member Senate and a 100-member House of Delegates. The state government is unique in how it treats cities and counties equally, manages local roads, and prohibits governors from serving consecutive terms. Virginia’s economy has many sectors: agriculture in the Shenandoah Valley; high tech and federal agencies, including the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency, in Northern Virginia; and military facilities in Hampton Roads, the site of the region’s main seaport.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

VIRGINIA TERRITORIES.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Virginia is located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. Virginia has a total area of 42,774.2 square miles (110,784.7 km2), including 3,180.13 square miles (8,236.5 km2) of water, making it the 35th-largest state by area. The Commonwealth is bordered by Maryland and Washington, D.C. to the north and east; by the Atlantic Ocean to the east; by North Carolina to the south; by Tennessee to the southwest; by Kentucky to the west; and by West Virginia to the north and west. Virginia’s boundary with Maryland and Washington, D.C. extends to the low-water mark of the south shore of the Potomac River. The Commonwealth’s southern border is defined as 36\u00b030′ north latitude, though surveyor error in the 1700s led to deviations of as much as three arcminutes as the North Carolina border moved west. Surveyors appointed by Virginia and Tennessee worked in 1802 and 1803 to reset the border as a line from the summit of White Top Mountain to the top of Tri-State Peak in the Cumberland Mountains. However, errors in this line were discovered in 1856, and Virginia proposed a new surveying commission in 1871, but Tennessee disagreed, and in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the 1803 line in the case Virginia v. Tennessee. One result of this is the division of the city of Bristol between the two states.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

LIST OF GOVERNORS OF VIRGINIA.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature. The governor could serve up to three years at a time, and once out of office, could not serve again for four years. The 1830 constitution changed the thrice renewable one-year term length to a non-renewable three-year term, and set the start date at the first day in January following an election. This constitution also prevented governors from succeeding themselves, a prohibition that exists to the present day. The 1851 Constitution increased terms to four years and made the office elected by the people, rather than the legislature. The commencement of the Governor’s term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 Constitution and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current Constitution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Colonial governors<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n