Despite the seniority and added prestige, the Chief Justice's vote carries the same legal weight as each of the other eight justices.

Despite that slight variation in the election date, all the members elected to the First Parliament were considered to have had equal seniority.

Despite the different election dates, all the members elected to that First Parliament were considered to have had equal seniority.

Despite Lowery's seniority, his involvement in the House banking scandal hurt him.

Despite the seniority, he is the only person in the FAF to even befriend Fukai and help him deal the with stress of battle.

Despite his efforts to rise above the rank of private — he even called upon Frank Capra to intercede on his behalf — he never achieved officer's status or any commendations during his six months of service.

Despite these efforts, the rank is still below regional peers and an unfavourable investment climate persists.

Despite the criticisms already mentioned, Jerome has retained a rank among the western Fathers.

Despite holding a master's degree in an era when American conscripts often lacked a high school diploma, Lehrer served as an enlisted soldier, achieving the rank of Specialist Third Class ( later retitled " Specialist-4 " and currently " Specialist "), which he described as being a " corporal without portfolio ".

Despite his father's origins there is little to suggest that Stilicho considered himself anything other than a Roman, and his high rank within the Empire suggests that he was probably not Arian like many Germanic Christians but rather a Nicene Christian like his patron Theodosius I, who declared Nicene Christianity the official religion of the Empire.

Despite his political rank and his high status on the Rewards for Justice most wanted list, not much is publicly known about him.

Despite his rank, Qin Shi Huang is shown lounging around a campfire with common men.

* Despite its literal meaning, unlike many other titles meaning Great King, neither Maharaja nor Rajadhiraja (' King of Kings '), nor even its equivalent amongst Maharajas, ' Maharajadhiraja ', ever reached the standing required for imperial rank, as each was soon the object of title inflation.

Despite his disability, he eventually reached the rank of Colonel in the Texas State Militia, and was addressed as such by his friends.

Despite being overjoyed to have Buffy back, he is furious at Willow for invoking such dark magic, and angrily dismisses her as " a rank, arrogant amateur.

Although Burke ultimately won the chart war, Burke broke rank and supported his rival: “ I would go to the radio stations and say, ‘ Hi, I ’ m Solomon Burke, and I ’ m here promoting the new record “ If You Need Me ”… by Wilson Pickett .’” Despite his efforts, Burke's version jockeyed with Pickett's for position in the Hot 100, before " beating Pickett to the punch " because of " Solomon ’ s popularity and Atlantic ’ s distribution.

Despite his low rank, many officers treated him with respect, since they knew that the admiral did nothing wrong.

Despite employing an updated version of the engine, interesting and oft-unique NPC selection and welcome gameplay tweaks such as an ' All Attack ' button and the ability to use polearms from second rank, it was not well received.

Despite initially being a very high profile candidate for leadership, his organizational efforts were disappointing, placing him in the bottom rank of remaining candidates.

Despite his rank, Travis had to recruit the men who were to serve under his command, but he had difficulty in finding willing colonists to enlist as regulars, because the majority wished to remain in their local militia units.

Despite being technically a civilian, she remained as first officer of the Enterprise and the crew continued to refer to her by her High Command rank of Sub-Commander during the mission.

Despite this, Cisneros personally still maintained a simple life ; although a message from Rome required him to live in a style befitting his rank, the outward pomp only concealed his private asceticism.

Despite losses, another wound ( in the left arm and chest ), and nearly being captured, Chamberlain was successful and brevetted to the rank of major general by President Abraham Lincoln.

Despite Einstein's support, Kaluza remained at a low rank ( Privatdozent ) at Königsberg until 1929 when he was appointed as professor at the University of Kiel.

Despite this, at higher levels even teachers find it hard to rank the reading ease of texts.

Despite his leadership skills and charisma, his abrasive, demanding character and a personal feud with Marshal Mannerheim, among other prominent officers, was the cause of him never advancing beyond that rank.

Despite having risen to the rank of MP, those with Governmental ambitions will need to pay their dues once more-as a bag carrier.

Despite his lack of volubility, he rises steadily into the ranks of the TCS Tiger's Claw, eventually leading his flight wing to numerous successes in the Vega Sector campaign, Operation Thor's Hammer and the Firekkan campaign, eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and being awarded numerous medals, including the Terran Confederation Medal of Honor.

" Despite his high rank in the government, he led a modest life like a commoner.

Despite his misgivings about its defensibility, Johnston agreed to advice from Beauregard that he should reinforce Fort Donelson with another 12, 000 men, knowing that a defeat there would mean the inevitable loss of Middle Tennessee and the vital manufacturing and arsenal city of Nashville.

Despite opposition, in October 1934, Johnston was elected to the Executive of the Association of Collecting Friendly Societies.

Despite having the support of House Leader Gordon Johnston, Nesbitt received only 329 votes at the provincial Liberal convention of 1970, as against 720 for Asper.

Despite the departure of Peter Beardsley to Newcastle United in the close season, Johnston remained out of the team during the 1993-94 campaign as manager Howard Kendall reverted to the traditional 4-4-2 formation and partnered Tony Cottee with Paul Rideout in attack.

Despite lasting for a full month, John barely affected land at all, bringing only minimal effects to the Hawaiian islands and a United States military base on Johnston Atoll.

Despite the fact that his father was a slaveholder and that three of his brothers, two brothers-in-law and his cousin J. Johnston Pettigrew served in the Confederate military, Gibbon decided to uphold his oath to the Union.

Despite a 19-yard reception from Michael Irvin on the Cowboys first play, they also had to punt, but returner Alan Grant fumbled the football after a hit from Dixon Edwards and Dallas fullback Daryl Johnston recovered it on the 49ers 22.

Despite the subsequent acquisition of players like Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley, Everton remained little more than a mid table side during Kendall's second spell and he resigned on 4 December 1993.

Despite being the latest in a sequence of high-profile England internationals signed by Graeme Souness, Steven's arrival at Ibrox was relatively low-key, principally because it coincided with the controversial signing of Mo Johnston – the first high-profile, established Roman Catholic player to be signed by Rangers in the post-war period.

Despite having led the rebellion, Johnston was able to keep his land when he returned to Australia after an absence of four years.

* Despite its heritage, Applesoft lacked commands common to most other Microsoft BASIC interpreters, such as INSTR ( which searched for a substring in a given string ; this had to be done manually with loops and the MID $ function ), PRINT USING ( which formatted numbers with commas and currency signs according to a format string ), and INKEY $ ( which checked for a keypress without stopping the program as Applesoft's GET command — analogous to the INPUT $ function — did, although a PEEK location did provide this functionality ).

Despite the successes enjoyed by his troops, Germanicus ' German campaign was in reaction to the mutinous intentions of his troops, and lacked real strategic value.

Despite these efforts the regime lacked a broad popular base or a mass movement supporting it.

Despite the popular enthusiasm that greeted the February revolution, the new government lacked a clear program.

Despite this growing popular support for independence, Congress lacked the clear authority to declare it.

Despite the violation of the agreement with England, William III lacked the support of the ruling elites in England or the United Provinces to declare war against France, and reluctantly recognized Philip as king in April 1701.

Despite this careful planning and intensive training ( by Civil War standards ), the day before the attack, Meade, who lacked confidence in the operation, ordered Burnside not to use the black troops in the lead assault, claiming that if the attack failed black soldiers would be killed needlessly, creating political repercussions in the North.

Despite this acceptance, the Russian Federation lacked the military and political power of the former Soviet Union.

Despite having been created in 1861, Clay County lacked an organized, formal government until 1868.

Despite the fact that the sympathetic strings are now thought of as the most characteristic element of the instrument, early forms of the instrument almost uniformly lacked them.

Despite the city's growth, Washington still had dirt roads and lacked basic sanitation.

Despite the importance of some of his theories, Barbon's work ( especially A Discourse of Trade ) has been criticised for an excess of " definition and classification " instead of analysis and a disjointed style which lacked rigour.

# Despite the legal precedent set by ex parte Quirin, " the president lacked inherent constitutional authority as commander in chief to detain American citizens on American soil outside a zone of combat.

Despite the acquiescence from the archeologists, some geologists and anthropologists claimed the discovery was dubious and lacked consistency with the geologic analysis of the sites.

Despite enhanced levels of water extraction when groundwater levels remained high the road through The Vale to Chesham, which has always lacked effective drainage was frequently impassable in winter months, and remains prone to flooding today.

Despite a consolation victory in the Fifth Test dead rubber, Wisden thought that Border, " lacked spark and the ability to inspire a young team much in need of it.

Despite the signs, Moses is described as being very reluctant to take on the role, arguing that he lacked eloquence, and that someone else should be sent instead ; in the text, Yahweh reacts by angrily rebuking Moses for presuming to lecture the One who made the mouth on who was qualified to speak and not to speak.

Despite their skill with memory suppression, the Satarrans lacked sophisticated weapons technology, and so had plotted to hijack the Enterprise and tilt the war in their favor.

Despite successfully applying for a number of short-term FM licenses, CUR lacked a way of continuously broadcasting to the University's students, and so struggled to achieve widespread popularity.

Despite being modelled on the United Kingdom, it lacked a responsiveness to popular opinion as ( until about 1914 ) the outcome was broadly decided in advance.

Despite the VOC's attempts to prevent settler expansion beyond the western Cape the frontier of the Colony remained open as the authorities in Cape Town lacked the means to police the colonies borders.

Despite 14 arctic whaling voyages, including six overwinterings, she had not been built to withstand sustained ice pressure, and lacked the engine power to force a passage through the ice.

Despite his qualities as a fast bowler, he was expensive at times and sometimes lacked the consistency of bowlers such as West Indian fast bowler Curtly Ambrose and Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath.