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unusual facts about Senate of Virginia


Samuel F. Wright

The bill was unanimously approved by the Virginia House and Senate.


James Taylor Ellyson

In his long political career, he went on to serve in the Senate of Virginia, as mayor of Richmond (1888–1894), and for twelve years (1906–1918) as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

Norman Sisisky

A special election was held June 19, 2001 to fill his seat, and Republican State Senator Randy Forbes defeated Democratic State Senator Louise Lucas for the remainder of Sisisky's term; Forbes still holds the seat.

Sea of Japan naming dispute

In the United States state of Virginia, state lawmaker David W. Marsden, acting on behalf of Korean-American voters, introduced a bill to the education panel of the Senate of Virginia that would have required public school textbooks to include both Sea of Japan and East Sea as names.


see also

Wampler

William C. Wampler, Jr. (born 1959), American politician, elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1988