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...

revisions made to the original Virginia Plan. Randolph nevertheless reversed his position at the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788; an event held at the...

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

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

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...

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

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...

shipping might harm Virginia. He failed to attain these objectives in Philadelphia and later at the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788. His prominent...

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

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...

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...

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...

Virginia Senate from 1785 to 1787. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788; an event held at the Richmond Theatre. He was elected...

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

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

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

1788 delegates unanimously selected Pendleton president of the Virginia Ratifying Convention; an event held at the Richmond Theatre. When Wythe took the...

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

Campbell County, Virginia, as well as represented it in the Virginia Ratifying Convention . Born in then-vast Augusta County, to Esther Alexander and...

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

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...

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

Jones was a member of the 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention, which ratified the federal Constitution. At the Convention, Jones was at first a supporter...

promulgated by the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, then on the committee that prepared the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution...

federal laws. It has been argued that certain statements in the Virginia ratifying convention, although not asserting a right of nullification, articulated...

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...

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...