Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901–02
The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901–02 was an assembly of delegates elected by the voters to write the fundamental law of Virginia.
John Goode Jr. 1902 Presiding officer
A. Caperton Braxton Progressive
Carter Glass newspaper editor
Capitol at Richmond VA, where Convention of 1902 met
Thomas Staples Martin was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades and who personally became a U.S. Senator who served for nearly a quarter century and rose to become the Majority Leader before dying in office.
Thomas S. Martin
Mrs Thomas S. Martin
Martin's gravestone at the University of Virginia Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.