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United States Presidential Election of 1860

The United States presidential election of 1860 was perhaps the most pivotal in American history. A year after John Brown's attempted slave revolt at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, the national debate over...

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Kemper, James Lawson (1823–1895)

James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861–1865), who later served as governor of Virginia (1874–1877). Kemper volunteered in the Mexican War (1846–1848), but...

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Byrd Organization

The Byrd Organization was a state political machine headed by Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), a Democratic state senator, governor, and United States senator who, for more than forty years, used his power...

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Republican Party of Virginia

The Republican Party is one of two major political parties in Virginia. Although founded in 1854 in opposition to the spread of slavery, the party did not take hold in Virginia until after the American...

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Whig Party in Virginia

The Whig Party was a political party in Virginia and across the United States that was founded in 1833 in opposition to the policies of U.S. president Andrew Jackson—a Democrat who was criticized for...

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Democratic Party of Virginia

The Democratic Party, the dominant political party in Virginia from the 1880s to the 1960s, can trace its origins to the early years of the republic, when disputes over domestic and foreign policies...

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Branch, James Read (1828–1869)

James Read Branch was a Confederate artillery officer and banker who helped reestablish Richmond's struggling economy after the American Civil War (1861–1865). Branch fought in the battles of Malvern...

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Brooks, Robert Peel (1853–1882)

Robert Peel Brooks was one of Richmond's first African American lawyers and a Republican Party leader. Born into slavery, he was manumitted in 1862 and graduated from Howard University's law school in...

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Brooks, Albert Royal (c. 1817–1881)

Albert Royal Brooks was a Richmond businessman who thrived before the American Civil War (1861–1865) despite his enslavement. In the antebellum years Brooks took advantage of the common though illegal...

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Readjuster Party, The

The Readjuster Party was the shortest-lived and most radical reforming political party in Virginia's history. Founded in February 1879, it won majorities in both houses of the General Assembly in the...

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Conservative Party of Virginia

The Conservative Party of Virginia dominated the state's politics and government for a decade after its founding late in 1867, when it united people who opposed radical Republican reformers in Congress...

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Republican Party in Virginia During the Nineteenth Century

The Republican Party of Virginia was founded in 1856 and by the end of the century had become, with the Democratic Party, one of the state's two main political parties. Most of its earliest members...

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Hunnicutt, James W. (1814–1880)

James W. Hunnicutt, a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868, saw his public career shift during the 1860s from a slavery supporter to a prominent Radical Republican to an ally of the...

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"Virginia Republican Convention: Full Report of Proceedings" from the...

The following article from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, dated May 3, 1860, details the Republican Party of Virginia state convention in Wheeling in May 1860. The convention resulted in the party...

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"Republican Convention" from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer...

The following excerpt from the October 1, 1856, issue of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer details the Republican Convention of September 18, 1856, which founded the Republican Party of Virginia. This...

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Godwin, Mills E. (1914–1999)

Mills E. Godwin was the only governor of Virginia elected by the voters to two terms, serving as a Democrat from 1966 to 1970 and as a Republican from 1974 to 1978. After playing a major legislative...

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U.S. Presidential Election of 1800

The U.S. presidential election of 1800, in which Thomas Jefferson was elected the nation's third president, resulted in the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in...

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Tyler, James Hoge (1846–1925)

James Hoge Tyler was a successful farmer and cattle rancher who parlayed his reputation as "the farmer’s friend" into a political career, serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia (1877–1879),...

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Letter from Samuel Tyler to James Monroe (February 11, 1801)

In this letter, dated February 11, 1801, Samuel Tyler, a member of the Governor's Council, writes to Governor James Monroe about the debates in Congress after the unresolved U. S. Presidential Election...

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Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Gouverneur Morris (January 13, 1801)

In this letter, dated January 13, 1801, Alexander Hamilton writes to Gouverneur Morris, a U.S. Senator from New York, with evidence that he believes suggests Aaron Burr has little loyalty to either the...

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