WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST VIRGINIA STATE Wvstateu Form

The first thing anyone needs to know on this subject is that West Virginians never wanted to leave Virginia. Only 18,408 voted for statehood, there were 77,211 voters in West Virginia at that time. Half the counties had voted in favor of the Confederacy in May 23, 1861, just a few months before the statehood vote. Voting was rigged to get a certain result, and statehood was achieved in Washington, DC, not in West Virginia. As Thaddeus Stevens, the senator from Pennsylvania stated-"It was proposed to admit her upon the ground that Old Virginia had given her consent, and that new West Virginia should come in with that consent. I expressly said that I hoped nobody would consider me so ignorant as to suppose that Virginia was divided according to the principles of the Constitution ; but that West Virginia, being conquered by our armies, according to the laws of war we had a right to do with the conquered territory just as we pleased [applause] ; and I voted for her admission, disclaiming the idea that the division was according to the forms of the Constitution, but under the laws of war and the laws of conquest."West Virginia was conquered and made a state with only a minority of the residents agreeing. So why do people believe that West Virginians chose to leave Virginia? Because of 150 years of historical disinformation that has convinced West Virginians, Virginians and the US that West Virginia asked for what was done to her.Another reason is the American love of Western democratic institutions. Our government has spent most of the 20th Century trying to impose Western ideals on countries that have no interest in democracy, and we are still doing it. So if the truth were told, that West Virginians were subjected to a hostile rump government held in power by an invading army and was basically treated as a Third World dictatorship, it would be hard for many people to accept, so we invented the historical myth of West Virginia’s creation.In fact thousands of West Virginia civilians were arrested and sent to Union prison camps in Ohio and other states. I know because I have been counting them in the prison record books. All of the mechanics that any South American dictatorship would need to operate are found in West Virginia’s Civil War history.Yes, they should be one state, but it has been too long and identities are now too set.

You have to prove you have been living in Virginia for at least a year before they consider your residency as Virginia or you are a minor and your parents live in Virginia. You cannot move to Virginia with the intent of going to Virginia Tech and be granted instate tuition. All this as to be done in writing with a review period of at least 30 days. So, the short answer is no. You cannot live in West Virginia and get I instate tuition

The relevant piece of the Constitution is in Article 4, Section 3: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.Most new states have been formed from territories, which were previously not part of any state, but there are a few exceptions. Maine was originally part of Massachusetts, but became a state in 1820 after the Massachusetts legislature gave its consent.West Virginia is a more interesting case. It was formerly part of Virginia, and was admitted as a state in 1863, in the middle of the Civil War. The government of Virginia at the time was part of the Confederacy and would hardly have consented to part of its territory joining the Union as a new state.But as it turns out, that was not the real government of Virginia. The legal justification for West Virginia’s secession was that as Virginia was seceding in 1861, the officers of the state who ran the secessionist government became illegitimate. People in the western part of the state started a new legislature called the Wheeling Convention, and this became the “Reorganized Government” of the state of Virginia.And the Reorganized Government gave its consent to the formation of the new state of West Virginia from part of its territory, so everything proceeded perfectly legally. The Supreme Court agreed in Virginia v. West Virginia in 1870.

West Virginia was a part of Virginia up until the U.S. Civil War. Virginia voted to secede from the Union, and became part of the Confederacy, but the Western part of Virginia weren’t rich farmers, or part of the Virginia aristocracy which depended on large plantation farms using slaves. Western Virginia did not have the flat coastal plains for large-scale farming. The inhabitants depended mostly on small subsistence farms on the steep mountainsides, hunting, and fishing. The Coal Age was just beginning, so large coal-mining operations were just beginning. Indeed, timber was bigger than coal at the time. The small farmers resented the rich “flatlanders” in the East, where most political power resided, and, with no use for slaves, weren't particularly enamored of the Confederacy. Long story short, their representatives made a separate peace with the Union, and Congress allowed them to become a separate State, both as a buffer to the Ohio against Virginia, and as a “poke in the eye” against Virginia and the Confederacy. After the war, Congress was in no mood to help repatriate West Virginia back to Virginia, the West Virginians didn’t favor repatriation anyway, and by then, Virginia had been completely devastated by the war, and was in no position politically, or economically, to take back what had always been a poorer part of the state, so the split stuck.

It actually got pretty involved. Delegates from each county of Virginia met in April 1861 to vote on leaving the US. Of the 49 northwest counties that would become West Virginia, 17 voted to secede, 30 against it, and 2 abstained. Not long after, the first Wheeling Convention was held and the debate began whether they actually WANTED to leave. Many delegates wanted to separate from Virginia then, but they held off as the secession was not set in stone yet. After the May 1861 election, where the secession was put to vote, the Wheeling Convention met again. They decided that since the initial Secession Convention was called by government and not by the people, that it was basically illegal, and any acts coming from it were void, and any officials who acted there had voided their office. The Wheeling Convention met yet again and organized a replacement government, including 2 senators who were immediately recognized as legit by the federal government.So at this point, there were actually 2 complete state governments in Virginia that were on opposite sides of the war. The Wheeling Convention called for a vote to separate from Virginia. The vote was held on October 24, 1861, and it was very controversial. There were a lot of Union troops already stationed in what would become West Virginia, and there were a lot of accusations of bullying at the polls as well as illegal voting.The Convention continued to meet From November 1861 to February 1862 to work out a state constitution and organize everything, and by April 1862, everything was ratified, by May it was up and running and sent the letter for admittance to the Union. Lincoln signed off on it on December 31, 1862, and they were officially admitted on June 20, 1863.After the war, Virginia did try to appeal, stating the formation of the new state was not legal (it is a gray area actually), and several Virginia counties voted to annex West Virginia back into the state. The Supreme Court decided in favor of West Virginia in 1870, and we have been correcting people about NOT being from Virginia ever since.

University names like that definitely aren't as common.I think it has to do with clarification. For instance, in Ohio, there's Ohio University and (THE) Ohio State University. I've mentioned to relatives that some of my friends are going to Ohio and many of them will automatically think it's (THE) Ohio State. It would be less confusing if it was the University of Ohio and not Ohio University.You won't ever confuse Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, but Ohio University and (THE) Ohio State University can be easily confused.Also the University of [state name] tends to sound better and is easier to say than [state name] University.I did find some other examples, though they might not be what you were looking for;There are Central, Northern, Eastern, and Western Michigan Universities, but not a Southern Michigan University. What a shame.Basically, many states follow the naming convention you described, but have directions added to the name.I don't know if this counts, but there is a California University of PA and Indiana University of PA.

No. When states are created they are equal to any other state, which have some sovereignty within the United States. So, unless West-Virginians and Virginians decide to get back together, this isn't happening unilaterally! Oh, and Congress also must approve the union of those two states as said in the Constitution (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1).“…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 created by secession from Southern Confederate state - African American Registry