President of the Virginia Convention

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political office presiding officer

The President of the Virginia Convention was the presiding officer of the revolutionary-era assemblies in Virginia that debated and advanced the colony’s move toward independence and the formation of a new state government.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the Virginia Convention canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	American Revolutionary offices ⓘ Political history of Virginia ⓘ
confersOn	officeholder of the Virginia Convention presidency ⓘ
country	Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	after establishment of regular state constitutional government in Virginia ⓘ
governs	procedural rules of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	enforcement of rules of order in the Virginia Convention ⓘ floor proceedings of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	proceedings of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent	Virginia Conventions NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia’s declaration of rights ⓘ Virginia’s move toward independence from Great Britain ⓘ adoption of the Virginia Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
hasRelatedOffice	Speaker of the House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	maintaining order during proceedings of the Virginia Convention ⓘ moderating debates in the Virginia Convention ⓘ presiding over sessions of the Virginia Convention ⓘ representing the Virginia Convention in official capacities ⓘ
hasToDoWith	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia politics ⓘ constitutional development in Virginia ⓘ independence movements in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ revolutionary conventions ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial Virginia ⓘ early statehood of Virginia ⓘ
inception	during the revolutionary conventions of the 1770s ⓘ
isPartOf	revolutionary-era governance structures in Virginia ⓘ
legalStatus	office created by revolutionary convention rather than royal charter ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeType	legislative presiding office ⓘ revolutionary provisional office ⓘ
partOf	Virginia Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy	delegates chosen from members of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
replacedBy	Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
responsibleFor	announcing decisions of the Virginia Convention ⓘ calling the Virginia Convention to order ⓘ putting questions to a vote in the Virginia Convention ⓘ recognizing speakers in the Virginia Convention ⓘ
scopeOfOffice	limited to sessions of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by members of the Virginia Convention ⓘ
temporalCoverage	1770s ⓘ American Revolutionary period ⓘ
usedFor	conducting revolutionary-era assemblies in Virginia ⓘ overseeing debates on formation of a new state government ⓘ overseeing debates on independence from Great Britain ⓘ

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Edmund Pendleton → positionHeld → President of the Virginia Convention ⓘ