[Giles, William Branch]:

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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. HOUSE OF DELEGATES, JANUARY 26, 1827. THE BILL, "CONCERNING A CONVENTION," HAVING BEEN ENGROSSED FOR A THIRD READING...UPON THE QUESTION "SHALL THIS BILL PASS?" [caption ... William Branch Giles served variously as U. S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Virginia from 1790 until shortly before his death in 1830. In the current work Giles argues against the need for a constitutional convention to address the issue of representation in Virginia. He laid the foundation for his position at the Virginia Convention of 1829-30, where he would support the current apportionment of the Virginia House of Delegates, but oppose current voting requirements (restrictive to landowners) and also, perhaps ironically, argue against strengthening the governorship. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. OCLC locates three copies, at Harvard, The College of William & Mary, and the Virginia Historical Society.

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