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Virginia dynasty
- A phrase from the nineteenth century; it points out that four of the first five presidents (George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , James Madison , and James Monroe ) were from Virginia .
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Satirical allusions to the "Virginia dynasty" were long common in the Northern newspapers.
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