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unusual facts about Virginia Governor's Council


Virginia Governor's Council

The extant written records of the council begin in 1680 and are housed at the Library of Virginia.


Army of the Kanawha

Confederate units in the vital Kanawha River valley of western Virginia were styled the "Army of the Kanawha" after they were put under the command of former Virginia governor Henry A. Wise on June 6, 1861.

Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne

In 2001, Lord Lansdowne was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, shortly after retiring as a member of the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall.

Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta

There, in an effort to uphold ecclesiastic jurisdiction over the Portuguese court, he attempted to excommunicate every member of the King's Council.

James B. Terrill

Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise appointed Terrill a major of cavalry in the state militia in 1859.

Karl Steinhoff

During that time, he was a member of the German People's Council (Deutscher Volksrat) from 1948-49, and from 1950-54 a member of the Volkskammer.

Massachusetts Governor's Council

If the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor were both vacant, the Council would act as chief executive.

Novelty lighter

The Virginia Legislature recently passed legislation to ban novelty lighters, and is waiting for Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to sign the bill.

People's Council

Tautas padome, a temporary parliament of Latvia from 1918 to 1920.

People's Council of America for Democracy and the Terms of Peace, an American pacifist organization from 1917 to 1919.

Rajiman Wediodiningrat

Maneuver at the time led the Budi Utomo which proposed the establishment of a people's militia in every region in Indonesia (awareness of having an army of people) answered the Netherlands with compensation form People's Council and dr .


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