When, in 1832, the South Carolina nullifiers adopted the principle of state interposition which Madison had advanced in his old Virginia Resolve, they elicited no encouragement from that senior statesman.

When Kate hurried in alarm to tell him to put it out, she saw other dots of flames among the western Virginia hills from the few scattered fires of the faithful.

When White eventually returned three years later, Virginia and the other colonists were gone.

When he retired from Virginia in 1994, he became Distinguished Research Professor at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University until 2000.

When the Virginia convention began, the constitution had not yet been ratified by the required nine states.

When his presidency ended on March 4, 1825, James Monroe resided at Monroe Hill, what is now included in the grounds of the University of Virginia.

When Monroe was Governor of Virginia in 1800, hundreds of slaves from Virginia planned to kidnap him, take Richmond, and negotiate for their freedom.

When Virginia joined the Confederacy, Davis moved his government to Richmond in May 1861.

When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his personal desire for the Union to stay intact and despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln had offered Lee command of the Union Army.

When he was a child, his family moved from Atlanta to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived during his adolescence, then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University ( LSU ).

When the American Civil War broke out, he served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America.

When Gardner was seven years old, the family decided to try their luck in a larger city, Newport News, Virginia, where Mollie Gardner found work managing a boarding house for the city's many shipworkers.

When injured or threatened, the Virginia opossum is well known for attempting to fake death or " play possum ", as seen in this photo.

When revolutionary forces forced their way into Norfolk, Virginia, and used waterfront buildings as cover for shots at British vessels out in the river, the response of destruction of those buildings was ingeniously used to the advantage of the rebels, who encouraged the spread of fire throughout the largely Loyalist town, and spread propaganda blaming it on the British.

When it became apparent that his supporters were not going to be able to return to Virginia, Dunmore retreated to New York.

When he realized he could not regain control in Virginia, he returned to Britain in July 1776.

When Pierce bought the West Virginia property, he named it the " Cosmotheist Community Church " and applied for federal, state, and local tax exemptions.

When Kentucky was divided into three Virginia counties in November 1780, Boone was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Fayette County militia.

When Virginia created Kanawha County in 1788, Boone was appointed lieutenant colonel of the county militia.

When Captain John Smith and the Jamestown colonists settled in Virginia in 1607, one of their assigned tasks was to locate the Roanoke colonists.

When Virginia announced its decision, Lee resigned his commission and took command of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Virginia, later becoming commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

" When West Virginia gained statehood, that area became West Virginia's first state park.

When Gingrich faced a coup within his own party in 1997, there was a possibility of Gephardt becoming Speaker if there had been a floor vote and he could gain the support of Republican Congressman dissatisfied with Gingrich, however Gingrich refused to resign and no vote occurred.

Congressman Marcantonio then concluded, " When we ask ourselves, ' Can it happen here?

When Congressman Sam D. McReynolds of Tennessee's 3rd district, which included Chattanooga, died in 1939, Kefauver was elected to succeed him in the House.

When 3rd District Congressman Bob Stump decided to retire after 13 terms, Franks entered the race to succeed him.

When 2nd district Congressman Bob Wise ran for governor in 2000, Capito won the Republican nomination.

When openly-gay Congressman Barney Frank was asked if Dreier was not elected House majority leader because he was too ' moderate ', Frank replied: " Yes, in the sense that I marched in the moderate pride parade last summer and went to a moderate bar.

When Seventh District Congressman Don Sundquist did not run for re-election in 1994 ( choosing instead to wage an ultimately successful campaign for governor ), Bryant won the Republican primary for the district.

When Congressman AuCoin sought to unseat Senator Packwood 18 years later, he adopted Morse's slogan, " principle above politics.

When Wolf and Congressman Chris Smith were in Beijing shortly before the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Chinese security service prevented them from a dinner meeting with local human rights lawyers.

When incumbent Democrat U. S. Congressman Lewis Payne decided to retire in 1996, Goode won the Democratic nomination to succeed him.

When Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills ' career ended in scandal, Congressman Phillip Burton transferred the committee's selection powers to a separate, newly created committee.

When Republican New York Congressman Jacob Javits spoke to the United States House of Representatives, deploring the Peekskill riots as a violation of constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and free assembly, Rankin replied angrily.

When Congressman Richard Walker Bolling chose to retire after the 1982 election, Wheat won the Democratic primary and he went on to win the general election to succeed Bolling.

When Democratic Congressman Robert Mrazek announced his short-lived candidacy for Senate against Republican incumbent Alphonse D ' Amato in 1992, King ran for the then vacant 3rd Congressional District seat.

When 6th District Congressman Al Gore announced in 1983 that he would run for the United States Senate in 1984, Gordon stepped down as state party chairman to run for the seat.

When Thompson opted not to run for a second full Senate term in 2002, 5th District U. S. Congressman Bob Clement ran for Thompson's seat, resulting in the first open-seat race in the 5th District since a 1987 special election.

When 17-year U. S. Congressman Tom Foglietta resigned from the House of Representatives upon being named U. S. Ambassador to Italy by Billl Clinton, Brady was unopposed in the primary and won the general election with 74 % of the vote.

When Josh first meets then Congressman Matt Santos he is impressed by his conviction and sees in him the same willingness to put his beliefs before political profit as he did in President Bartlet.

When the bill comes up for discussion, the blackmailed congressman immediately consents, and Congressman Beauregard, in a drunken stupor, consents to the bill declaring " I don't wanna fight no Union !".

" When Congressman Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, attempted to object, Cunningham said, " Sit down, you socialist.

When the Kansas-Nebraska Act threatened to extend popular sovereignty into the newly created Kansas Territory, Eli Thayer, a second-term Congressman from Massachusetts, hatched the idea of an Emigrant Aid Company in the winter of 1853-4.

When officials revealed in 1995 that the Grace Bridge scored a 4 out of 100 for safety and integrity, retired U. S. Congressman Arthur Ravenel, Jr. ran for the South Carolina Senate with a goal of solving the funding problem.

When he declined, they next turned to California Congressman Don Edwards, Idaho Senator Frank Church, Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith, General James M. Gavin, and South Dakota Senator George S. McGovern, all of whom similarly declined.

When the national Democratic Party was picking their 2004 presidential nominee, Marty joined State Senate Majority Leader John Hottinger in endorsing Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.