Concept information
Terme préférentiel
Virginia
Définition
- VIRGINIA'S TRADITION OF democratic elections extends back to the first election of its House of Burgesses in 1619. This election was the first held in any of the American colonies, and the subsequent election of this legislature during the colonial era, and of the bicameral general assembly after 1776, mark Virginia's state legislature as the oldest continuously elected representative legislature in the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Virginia]
Concept générique
Appartient au groupe
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R4KK7PXP-H
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