Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850
The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 was an assembly of elected delegates chosen by the voters to write the fundamental law of Virginia. It is known as the Reform Convention because it liberalized Virginia political institutions.
John Y. Mason 1850 Presiding officer
John Minor Botts Reformer for more voters
Henry A. Wise Protect slavery first
Richard L.T. Beale in ruling Richmond Junta
John Minor Botts was a nineteenth-century politician, planter and lawyer from Virginia. He was a prominent Unionist in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
John Botts
Image: Botts House
Image: lossy page 1 John Minor Botts and family on porch of home, September 1863.tif