Talk:United States congressional delegations from Virginia

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Contents 1 Colors 2 Byrd 3 Political Parties 4 Errors found

[edit] Colors

We have to put in party designations. Color-blind readers can't necessarily see them. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Formatting issues. Color can be left in, but we need to have also the (D) and (R) for the parties. —Mark Adler (markles) 21:20, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Byrd

Harry F. Byrd, Jr. did not become independent until 1970. His color on the table should be changed to reflect that. --Appraiser 15:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Political Parties

We need to bring some consistency to this page regarding the political party nomenclature. For instance we have Pro-Admin (abbr) but the linked page uses (P) for Pro-Administration. The same exists for Anti-Admin (abbr) and the linked page uses (A) for Anti-Administration. Also when party names exist for a particular Congress, we should make sure to use that name and continue to use nomenclature from previous Congresses (e.g., Federalist (F) instead of Pro-Administration Party (United States), Democratic-Republican (DR) instead of Anti-Administration Party (United States)). --The Founders Intent 17:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Errors found

1. according to the bioguide, William McCoy (congressman) was a Jacksonian (Jacksonian democracy) in the 19th-22nd congress[1] and William McComas was a Jacksonian in the 23rd congress.[2]--Appraiser (talk) 15:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
   • Y Done. But a lot more still needs doing.—Markles 16:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
2. The parties for the 21st through 24th Congresses are wrong. There should be Democrats listed, not Democratic-Republicans.—Markles 17:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)