Virginia

Virginia

Senators: MNAHRA F7 (R), KOMALLEY D3 (I)

Representatives: BBRANSCOM F6 (D), CBOEHM F4 (D), LRAUK F4 (D), KFUSSNER F6 (D)


 * Virginia in the 111th Congress : ** There are two Senators and eleven Representatives in Congress for the state of Virginia. Total there are eight Democrats and five Republicans in Congress for Virginia. Those of the eleven members from the House all have different Congressional Districts. A Congressional District is the territorial division of a state that elect one member to the United States House of Representatives. This is because the House of Representatives members per state are based on population. (KFUSSNER)

The first people to live in Virginia were Indians. (KFUSSNER)

In Virginia, the city of Jamestown was discovered in 1607. It was the first permanent English settlement in North America. It was also introduced to slavery in 1619. (KFUSSNER)

Virginia is called the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. These presidents are, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson. (KFUSSNER)

I found a link of representatives from Virginia that deal with the issue of __Environment and Energy.__ The fact that I found out is that most of the representatives in Virginia that deal with __Environment and Energy__ are **Democratics**. They seem to want to pass certain acts to help this issue. Here is a link so you can see a few examples. You have to scroll down and click on //Virginia// on the left hand side. [|-sierraclub-] (KFUSSNER)

Virgina's economy has usually been based on agriculture. The main crop is the tobacco crop but the labor is intesnse and it exausts the soil. (LRAUK)
Tabacco is still grown in the state and brings in a large part of virgina's agriculture revenues. (LRAUK)

Virgina has almost __4.5 million__ registered voters. (LRAUK)

Virgina's general assembly is the oldest legisltive body in the nation. (LRAUK)

One of the four commonwealths in the nation, Virgina's government operates under the state's sixth constitution, which they adopted in 1970. (LRAUK)

Virgina has 42,769 square miles of land making it the 35th largest state.(CBOEHM)

As the home of 7,078,515 people Virgina is the 12th most populous state. (CBOEHM)

Aside from farming some of Virgina's other big industries are tourism, the building of naval warships, coal mining, lumber, paper, and furniture.(CBOEHM)

This is a picture of the Seal of Common Wealth which is the flag of Virginia. The flag depicts the goddess Virtus. The seal has on it Virginia's motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis which is Latin for Thus Always to Tyrants. (BBRANSCOM)

A disputed Richmond case attracted a big crowd to the second floor room above the chamber of the House of Delegates. The floor collapsed under the weight of onlookers, killing 62 and injuring 251. This is still remembered as the Capitol Disaster. (BBRANSCOM)

A mild to humid coastal climate is characteristic of Virginia Record high temperature: 110 degrees F (43 C) July 5, 1954. Record low temperature: -29 degrees F (36 C) Feb. 10, 1899. Average July temperature: 75 degrees F (24 C). Average January temperature: 36 degrees F (2 C). Average yearly precipitation: 43 inches (109 cm). (BBRANSCOM)

Famous explorer William Clark and presidents George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson are all from Virginia.(KOMALLEY) Virginia's border states are Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.(KOMALLEY) Virginia was named for the "Virgin Queen," Queen Elizabeth I, and is known as "the birthplace of a nation." (KOMALLEY) Major industries in Virginia include farming, tourism, US Navy warships, coal mining, lumber used for paper and furniture, and government workers.(KOMALLEY) The highest point in Virginia is Mt. Rogers, which stands 5,729 feet above sea level.(KOMALLEY)

Forests cover sixty-five percent of the state. Lower altitudes are more likely to have small but dense stands of moisture-loving hemlocks and mosses in abundance. Other commonly found trees and plants include oak, hickory, chestnut, maple, tulip poplar, mountain laurel, milkweed, daisies, and many species of ferns. (MNahra)

Virginia is predominantly Christian and Protestant, but Baptists are the largest single group with twenty-seven percent of the population as of 2008 (MNahra)

Mainly, Virginia's economy is based on agriculture because it has good soil for growing crops. After the civil war, farmers put more diversity into there crops, planting things such as tobacco products and multiple types of grains. They also used more livestock after the civil war. (MNahra)

Virginia is home to many types of industries including car and ship building, Virginia also believes in healthy manufacturing in industries in textiles and electronics. Finally, food procesing is another important industry that makes a lot of profit, and they focus on livestock, such as cows, and tobacco products. (MNahra)