Delegates called for better-known speakers, such as Altgeld or Bryan, but were granted neither then ; the Illinois governor declined, and the Nebraskan, once seated, spent much of his time away from the convention floor at the platform committee meeting at the Palmer House.

He offered Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld an enormous bribe for his support, but Altgeld rejected the bribe and vetoed the franchise bills.

John Altgeld and helped secure a pardon from the governor for the anarchists who were imprisoned for the Haymarket Square bombing.

This location of his childhood home had its influence on Lindsay, and one of his poems, " The Eagle Forgotten ", eulogizes Illinois governor John P. Altgeld, whom Lindsay admired for his courage in pardoning the anarchists involved in the Haymarket Affair — despite the strong protests of US President Grover Cleveland.

Harper's Weekly warned that Bryan would be a puppet of Altgeld, whom it referred to as “ the ambitious and unscrupulous Illinois communist .” However Bryan, who was being hurt by Republican charges that he was a stooge for Altgeld, avoided the governor and did not endorse him.

Sickly since his brush with death in the Civil War, Altgeld had suffered from locomotor ataxia while governor, impairing his ability to walk.

They were pardoned and released on June 26, 1893, by John Peter Altgeld, the governor of Illinois.

Tanner himself was elected governor, defeating incumbent John Peter Altgeld by a wide margin.

An additional $ 5. 9 million state investment in the University of Maine System was also spearheaded by the governor, intended to enhance its educational and research reputation.

While governor, he won wide notice for the major reorganization of state government he spearheaded.

With Huang Chao held up at Chenzhou and his armies also meeting resistance in other prefectures, Zhu Quanzhong joined with the other governors of the region in early 884 to call in the man who had spearheaded the recapture of Chang ' an-Li Keyong, governor of Hedong and chief of the Shatou Turks.

An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times argued :" Reno's reputation as a state attorney, the foundation for her eight years as the nation's attorney general and her candidacy for governor of Florida, was built in significant part by her aggressive prosecution of three sensational child abuse cases in Miami-Dade County.

However, a minor candidate, Fernando Collor de Mello, former governor of Alagoas, quickly amassed support among the nation's élite with a more business-friendly agenda.

In January 2007, Hoeven became the nation's most senior governor, having been inaugurated on December 15, 2000, as established by the North Dakota Constitution.

Echo Hawk decisively defeated former state senator Ron Beitelspacher and an unknown candidate in the Democratic primary, fueling speculation that he could be the nation's first Native American governor.

In 2002, after serving as then-Governor Jane M. Swift's deputy chief of staff, Guerriero became the nation's first openly gay candidate for lieutenant governor when he was chosen by Swift to be her running mate.

With Kentucky in 2003 electing its first Republican governor since 1967, Washington now has the nation's longest streak of not having elected a GOP chief executive.

Bridges ran for the position of governor of New Hampshire in 1934, and won, becoming the nation's youngest governor at the time, according to John Gunther's book, Inside U. S. A ..

During Reza Shah's reign, General Zahedi was named ( 1926 ) military governor of Khuzestan province, holding the hub of Iran's oil industry, and in 1932 chief of national police, one of the nation's top internal posts.

The governor has power to veto laws passed by the state's legislature and, like most of the nation's governors, also has a line item veto, which can be used to strike certain portions of appropriations bills.

Ford's rise in the judiciary led to his election as governor in 1842, becoming one of the most controversial politicians in the nation's history.

He became the first African American governor ever elected in the history of the state, and just the second in the nation's history ( the first was Douglas Wilder, a Democrat from Virginia, who served as Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994 ).

Responsible to the governor, town councils known as Cabildo administered local municipalities, the most important of which was Santiago, which was the seat of a Royal Appeals Court () from 1609 until the end of colonial rule.

Costa Rica was described as " the poorest and most miserable Spanish colony in all America " by a Spanish governor in 1719.

It was most likely at this time that judicial records became verbatim accounts of what was said in trial, making it easier to determine bias or improper conduct on the part of the governor.

For the most part, however, the powers of the Crown are exercised on a day-to-day basis by elected and appointed individuals, leaving the governor to perform the various ceremonial duties the sovereign otherwise carries out when in the country ; at such a moment, the governor removes him or herself from public, though the presence of the monarch does not affect the governor's ability to perform governmental roles.

With most constitutional functions delegated to Cabinet, the governor acts in a primarily ceremonial fashion.

The Viceregal Salute — composed of the first and last four bars of the National Anthem (" Advance Australia Fair ")— is the salute used to greet the governor upon arrival at, and mark his or her departure from most official events, although " God Save The Queen ", as the Royal Anthem, is also used.

As a colony or other dependent state or territory lacks the authority to vest in a true head of state of its own, it either has no comparable office, simply receiving those roles exercised by the paramount powers ( in person or, most of the time, through an appointed representative, often styled governor or lieutenant-governor, but also various other titles, on the Cook Islands even simply King / Queen's Representative ) or has one, such as a formerly sovereign dynasty, but under a form of metropolitan guardianship, such as protection, vassal or tributary status.

In 180, Hadrian's Wall was breached by the Picts and the commanding officer or governor was killed there in what Dio Cassius described as the most serious war of the reign of Commodus.

Effective on October 1, 1804, the purchased territory was organized into the Territory of Orleans ( most of which became the state of Louisiana ) and the District of Louisiana, which was temporarily under the control of the governor and judges of the Indiana Territory.

Usually called a governor, mayor, or magistrate, depending on the level, this figure acts to carry out the policies and most ceremonial duties.

The peace that had prevailed under Irala broke down in 1542 when Charles V appointed Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, one of the most renowned conquistadors of his age, as governor of the province.

Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists only as per long-established convention originating in Canada's former colonial power, the United Kingdom, which stipulates that the monarch's representative, the governor general, must select as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the elected House of Commons ; this individual is typically the leader of the political party that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber.

Because the prime minister is, in practice, the most politically powerful member of the Canadian government, he or she is sometimes erroneously referred to as Canada's head of state, when, in fact, that post is held by the Canadian monarch, represented by the governor general.

* 46 oblasts ( provinces ): most common type of federal subjects, with federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature.

The most often-repeated story and the Taliban's own story of how Mullah Omar first mobilized his followers is that in the spring of 1994, neighbors in Singesar told him that the local governor had abducted two teenage girls, shaved their heads, and taken them to a camp where they were raped.

The IBRD is governed by the World Bank's Board of Governors which meets annually and consists of one governor per member country ( most often the country's finance minister or treasury secretary ).

The IFC is governed by its Board of Governors which meets annually and consists of one governor per member country ( most often the country's finance minister or treasury secretary ).

The IDA is governed by the World Bank's Board of Governors which meets annually and consists of one governor per member country ( most often the country's finance minister or treasury secretary ).

As the sovereign is shared equally with 15 other independent countries in a form of personal union, as well as with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom, she, on the advice of her Canadian prime minister only, appoints the governor general to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time — known as serving at Her Majesty's pleasure — though five years is the normal convention.

For the most part, however, the powers of the Crown are exercised on a day-to-day basis by elected and appointed individuals, leaving the governor general to perform the various ceremonial duties the sovereign otherwise carries out when in the country ; at such a moment, the governor general removes him or herself from public, though the presence of the monarch does not affect the governor general's ability to perform governmental roles.

Though the monarch retains all executive, legislative, and judicial power in and over Canada, the governor general is permitted to exercise most of this, including the Royal Prerogative, in the sovereign's name ; some as outlined in the Constitution Act, 1867, and some through various letters patent issued over the decades, particularly those from 1947 that constitute the Office of Governor General of Canada ; they state: " And We do hereby authorize and empower Our Governor General, with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada or of any members thereof or individually, as the case requires, to exercise all powers and authorities lawfully belonging to Us in respect of Canada.

With most constitutional functions lent to Cabinet, the governor general acts in a primarily ceremonial fashion.