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	Governor of Virginia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term.
		Candidates for Governor must be United States citizens who have resided in Virginia as registered voters for five years prior to the election in which they are running.
		Also, Virginia does not allow governors to hold the office for consecutive terms, so the incumbent Governor is barred from running in the election (although a former governor may run again in subsequent gubernatorial elections).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Governor_of_Virginia (849 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Virginia Colony
		In 1609, with the abandonment of the Plymouth Company settlement, the Virginia charter was adjusted to include the territory north of the 34th parallel and south of the 39th parallel, with its original coastal grant extended "from sea to sea".
		In 1620, the portion of Virginia north of the 39th parallel became known as New England.
		Virginia organized the county of Illinois in 1779 to adminster the Northwest Territory.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Virginia_Colony (447 words)

	Wikinfo \| Virginia
		Virginia was given its nickname "The Old Dominion" by King Charles II of England at the time of the Restoration for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War.
		Virginia is one of the states that seceded from the Union to become the Confederacy during the Civil War.
		Virginia is bordered by West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia (across the Potomac River to the north, by Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, by North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, and by Kentucky to the west.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Virginia (597 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Illinois Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.
		The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly and upholding rulings of the state judiciary.
		Often, a governor would have served as a consul or a praetor in Rome before being dispatched, but this was not always the case - less important provinces might be governed by a prefect, and (after the end of the Republic) provinces under direct control of the Emperor would be governed by a legate.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Illinois-Governors (250 words)

	West Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Upon the secession of Virginia from the union on April 27, 1861, anti-secessionist legislators convened a rump legislature and formed a pro-Union reformed government based in Wheeling which claimed to represent all of Virginia.
		It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the north, by Ohio and Kentucky to the west, and by Virginia to the east.
		The population of West Virginia as of 2003 was 1,810,354.
	creekin.net /n255-west-virginia.html (2083 words)

	List of colonial governors of Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of colonial governors of Virginia.
		Some of these governors never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony.
		Lieutenant Governor: Robert Dinwiddie (1751 to January 1758)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Virginia (163 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mathews County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Eastern Shore of Virginia is on the Atlantic Coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		Hampton Roads, Virginia 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States.
		The Tidewater region of Virginia is the southeastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia, centered on Hampton Roads.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mathews-County,-Virginia (3522 words)

	List of Governors of Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War.
		The Governor of Virginia is forbidden by the Constitution of the Commonwealth from serving consecutive terms (the only U.S. state in which gubernatorial incumbents are forbidden from running for governor); however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms.
		In Virginia, governors and lieutenant governors are elected separately, so the two can be of different political parties and can be political rivals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Virginia (183 words)

	North Carolina Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		North Carolina's history as an organized governing system led by a governor may be viewed in five chronological stages: the Virginia colony, the southern plantation, the Lords Proprietors, the Royal colony, and the state of North Carolina.
		A chronology of governors serving during each of these stages is listed at the bottom of the page.
		Theactions of the Virginia governor outpaced his authority under the English Crown, and the Southern Plantation and its Commander were short-lived.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/governor.htm#royal (958 words)

	Wikinfo \| Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In theory state Governors are appointed by the Queen and act as her representative.
		In the Australian case, the Governor nominally derives power directly from the monarch and is in practice nominated by the Premier of a state.
		In the Canadian case, the Lieutenant Governor nominally is appointed by the Governor-General and in practice is named by the federal Prime Minister.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Governor (442 words)

	Douglas Wilder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		, serving as List of Governors of VirginiaGovernor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994.
		Ascending from the office of Lieutenant Governor, Wilder was elected to succeed Baliles in November 1989, defeating United States Republican PartyRepublican Marshall Coleman by a spread of less than half a percent.
		The first African American governor of a U.S. state was P. Pinchback, who became List of Governors of LouisianaGovernor of Louisiana on December 9, 1872/ upon the removal of his predecessor from office.
	www.infothis.com /find/Douglas_Wilder (936 words)

	Guide to Genealogical Resources at UVa Library
		Evolution of Virginia's first-order boundary -- Crystallizing and stabilizing second-order boundaries -- Extinct polities of Virginia -- Ogive of Virginia county formation.
		The colonial church in Virginia, with biographical sketches of the first six bishops of the diocese of Virginia, and other historical papers, together with brief biographical sketches of the colonial clergy of Virginia.
		Manahan, John E. The cavalier remounted; a study of the origins of Virginia's population 1607-1700.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /genealogy/virginia/history.html (1022 words)

	Governor of Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Governor must ensure that the laws of the Commonwealth are faithfully executed and is responsible for the safety of the state, as he serves as commander-in-chief of the state militia.
		Due to renovations on the Capitol in Richmond, his inauguration will be held Williamsburg, making him the first Governor to be inaugurated in Williamsburg since Thomas Jefferson in 1779.
		The Governor of Virginia is referred to as "His Excellency"
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_of_Virginia (923 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Virginia Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alexandria is served by National Airport, three miles to the north; its railroad station is served by Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express; and the King Street station of the D.C. Metro rail transit system is adjacent to the railroad station.
		In March 1785 commissioners from Virginia and Maryland met here to discuss the commercial relations of the two states, finishing their business at Mount Vernon on the 28th with an agreement for freedom of trade and freedom of navigation of the Potomac.
		After 1835, governors were elected by popular vote for two year terms, and could be re-elected for another two years.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Virginia-Governors (309 words)

	West_Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Originally the western part of the state of Virginia, considerable dissatisfaction over the control of the state existed between those in the western part of the state, and plantation owners in the plains and tidewater regions.
		Vote records for the remaining 9 counties were lost during the war.[http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/vasecesh.htm] This new state was admitted to the union in 1863, following Abraham Lincoln's signing of an act on December 31, 1862 that authorized this.
		The three largest Protestant denominations in West Virginia: Baptist (29% of the total state population), Methodist (15%), Presbyterian (4%).
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	Governors List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shapp was the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and sought the Democratic
		Docking, the son of Governor George Docking, was himself Governor of Kansas from 1967 to 1975.
		Kohler was the Republican Governor of wisconsin, 1951-1957.
	www.havelshouseofhistory.com /catalog/governors_194785_products.htm (470 words)

	Commonwealth Conservative » Statewide offices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I found this, which lists all of the Virginia Governors, up through George Allen (I suppose none who have come since rate a mention?), with brief bios for the recent Governors.
		And lest anyone quibble about “elected” governors, I will remind everyone that the Sovereign lacked authority to appoint Virginia’s governor from 1609-1624, and that Virginia had presidents from 1607-1609 (who, it may be of interest to note, served for one-year terms and were ineligible to succeed themselves in office–does that last part sound familiar?).
		Governors of Virginia,* elected by the Council of Virginia, the “board of directors” of what we commonly call the Virginia Company of London, pursuant to the [Second] Charter of May 23, 1609:
	vaconservative.com /archives/2005/09/05/statewide-offices (766 words)

	Former Governors of Alabama LIST
		Governor of Alabama Territory before being elected the first Governor of the State of Alabama.
		President of the Senate, he became governor upon the death of his brother Governor William Bibb on July 10, 1820.
		President of Senate, William Jelks became governor upon the death, June 11, 1901, of Governor Samford: subsequently he was elected to a four-year term as governor.
	www.netstate.com /states/government/al_formergov.htm (1392 words)

	GuruNet — Content Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		List of governors of national banks of Serbia and Yugoslavia
		List of Governors of the British Virgin Islands
		List of Governors of the Isle of Man
	www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-20151 (54 words)

	Virginia
		Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Script; From Federal and State Archives.
		Virginia Soldiers of 1776: Compiled from Documents on File in the Virginia Land Office Together with Material found in the Archives Department of the Virginia State Library, and other Reliable Sources.
		Waddell, Joseph A. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, From 1726 to 1871.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/va.htm (2836 words)

	Business Software Review : Article 'John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Culpeper County: Culpeper is named for either Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper of Thoresway, who was a colonial governor of Virginia or for his first wife Margaretta van Hesse, called Margaret, Lady Colepeper, or for their daughter, Thomas's heir and only surviving issue, Catherine Colepeper.
		Dinwiddie County: Dinwiddie is named for Robert Dinwiddie, a lieutenant governor of Virginia during the colonial era.
		Fauquier County: Fauquier is named for Francis Fauquier, a lieutenant governor of Virginia during the colonial era.
	www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle585620.html (2046 words)

	Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia
		Just ask Virginia Commonwealth University, which received a $32.5 million pledge from Bill Goodwin and wife, Alice, in late May. It was the single biggest gift in the university’s history, and it upped the Goodwins’ gift-giving tally at VCU to about $75 million.
		Thomas E. “Teddy” Gottwald, son of Bruce, is active with the Science Museum of Virginia and Interfaith Housing Corp. William F., son of Floyd, and Nancy H., wife of Bruce, are members respectively of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and VMFA’s board of trustees.
		Lacker is a member of the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Advisory Council and serves on the board of directors of the Richmond Jewish Foundation.
	www.styleweekly.com /article.asp?idarticle=10678 (9324 words)

	math lessons - Gerald L. Baliles
		Gerald L. Baliles (born 1940) was the Governor of Virginia from 1986 to 1990.
		He and his family continued to be influential in the politics of Virginia for decades.
		He did not run for reelection, as Virginia governors are limited to a single term in office.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Gerald_L._Baliles (72 words)

	Maryland State Archives, Governors of Maryland 1634-1689
		Between 1652 and 1656, William Stone's commission as governor from the proprietor was contested by the Parliamentary Commissioners.
		Cecilius Calvert, infant son of the Lord Proprietary, was the nominal governor from June to October 1676, but actually the province was governed by the deputy governors.
		Succeeded Wharton as deputy governor and later, in October 1676, was commissioned governor by the Lord Proprietary.
	www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/gov06.html (575 words)

	Virginia Governors Campaign Blog: Race to Richmond â“ washingtonpost.com
		Governor." It's similar to one that Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Sean Connaughton used during his campaign for lieutenant governor earlier this year.
		Brett O'Donnell is listed in state records as the principal owner of O'Donnell and Associates Ltd., a firm that Kilgore's campaign paid $3,000 and listed as a "consultant" to the effort.
		Virginia political science guru Larry Sabato said that Kaineâs approach is nothing more than what Democratic politicians have been doing since Jimmy Carter: Trying to split their personal and professional beliefs in two.
	blogs.washingtonpost.com /racetorichmond/jerry_kilgore/index.html (11809 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
		California Governor Gray Davis was initially viewed as one of the potentially stronger Democratic hopefuls for 2004 because he comes from vote-rich California and is one of the most successful fundraisers in the party.
		She was considered by Gore as a possible VP runningmate for 2000, but she did not make the final short list.
		We moved Hardy to our "inactive" list because -- by March 2004 -- she had yet to qualify for any primary ballots and did not appear to be attempting to gain ballot access.
	www.politics1.com /dems04.htm (13615 words)

	List of Virginia Governors : Governor of Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		terms defined : List of Virginia Governors : Governor of Virginia
		List of Virginia GovernorsPatrick Henry None 1776-1779 Thomas Jefferson None 1779-1781 William Fleming[?] None 1781-1781 Thomas Nelson, Jr.
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
	www.termsdefined.net /go/governor-of-virginia.html (82 words)

	Former Governors of Kansas LIST
		Resigned as governor - Appointed Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
		Kansas State Historical Society: Find a listing of the people who have served as governor during Kansas Territory and statehood by name or by decade.
		Kansas State Library: Governors' messages, primarily the messages given to the Legislature at the opening of session (often referred to as the State of the State message).
	www.netstate.com /states/government/ks_formergov.htm (497 words)

	Governors of Virginia
		A Fairfax County attorney, Governor Robb served as Lieutenant Governor before his election as Governor.
		During his term, the state increased education spending and the Port of Hampton Roads became the fastest-growing port in the nation.
		Virginia Tourism information, including maps, lodging and restaurant information, and a trip planner.
	www.virginia.gov /cmsportal/govs/govrobb.htm (72 words)

	Virginia Center for Digital History Research
		The project on Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, creates a social history of the coming, fighting, and aftermath of the Civil War.
		Included are clips of Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, the governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as segments documenting school desegregation, public meetings, local debates over civil rights matters, and interviews with citizens.
		Geography of Slavery in Virginia is a digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves and servants in 18th- and 19th-century Virginia newspapers.
	www.vcdh.virginia.edu /research.html (611 words)

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