This bill, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on January 26, 1870, allowed Virginia's senators and elected representatives to take their seats in Congress.

The remainder of the Underwood Constitution was ratified by a popular vote of 210,585 to 9,136 and went into effect in 1870.

Virginia created its first state constitution in 1776. Since then, Virginia has fully revised its constitution six times, with additional adjustments along the ...

The legislative shall be formed of two distinct branches, who, together, shall be a complete Legislature. They shall meet once, or oftener, every year, and ...

26 янв. 2024 г. · On this day in 1870, Virginia was readmitted to the Union after the state passed a new constitution, allowing Black men to vote.

The 1870 Constitution expanded voting to men of all races and established a public school system in Virginia.

A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the good people of Virginia in the exercise of their sovereign powers, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, ...

Third, That the constitution of Virginia shall never or of school. : be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens ights and prii- i ...

1-4 Unchanged since 1776 (except for numeration in 1870). Sec. 5 Revised in 1851 to include terms indicated in italic: That the legislative, executive, and ...