Reorganized Government of Virginia Approves New State
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Chapter Twelve
Reorganized Government of Virginia
Approves Separation
According to Article IV, Section III, of the United States Constitution, "New states may be
admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or
parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the
Congress."
West Virginia statehood leaders had to obtain permission from Virginia in order to satisfy this
constitutional restriction. The creation of the Reorganized Government of Virginia allowed them
to seek consent from this pro-Union body instead of the pro-Confederate Virginia government in
Richmond.
Governor Francis Pierpont
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On May 6, 1862, the General Assembly of the Reorganized Government of Virginia was
convened by Governor Francis Pierpont. One week later, the General Assembly passed
an
act granting permission for creation of the new state
. The
Reorganized Government of Virginia continued to function as the Union government of Virginia
until 1868.
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Primary Documents:
Governor Pierpont's Address to the Reorganized Government
of Virginia, 6 May 1862
Act of the Reorganized Government of Virginia Granting
Permission for Creation of New State
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