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Elected Speaker for the first time in 1983, Lewis became the first to hold that office for five terms.
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Elected for his fifth term in 2004, he was the unanimous choice of MPs to be re-elected Speaker for the next parliament.
Elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1862, he served for 14 of the next 18 years and was Speaker pro tempore in 1876.
Elected Speaker of the House in 1843, 1844, and 1845, Moore worked closely with Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick in the liquidation of the State Bank.
Elected Speaker of the Legislature in 1994, he was also the first black person to hold this position in any Canadian province.
Elected as chairman of committees to the House of Representatives, he became Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives in 1934.
Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Holder was re-elected to parliament in the 1903 and 1906 elections in the Division of Wakefield, contesting as an independent candidate.
Elected to represent Howard County in the Missouri Legislature in 1832, he was quickly named Speaker of the House.
Elected three times, he was a member of the State Legislature from 1933 to 1938 ; Speaker of the House in 1935 ; and Democratic minority leader in 1937.
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The Elected Town Clerk serves a three year term and works full-time for the Town.
Elected for a six year term, the president:
Elected to the central council was Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of Marwan Barghouti who is serving five life sentences in Israel for his role in terrorist attacks on civilians in Israel during the Second Intifada.
Elected a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, the highest Italian honour for scientists.
Elected to replace Nasir for a five-year presidential term in 1978 was Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, a former university lecturer and Maldivian ambassador to the United Nations ( UN ).
Elected for a five-year term by an Electoral College consisting of members of the Senate and National Assembly and members of the provincial assemblies, the president is eligible for re-election.
Elected shortly after the death of Agatho, Leo was not consecrated for over a year and a half.
Elected deputy of the French Parliament under the Poujadist banner, Le Pen voluntarily reengaged himself for two to three months in the French Foreign Legion.
Elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians on 5 June 1607, Harvey accepted a position at St. Bartholomew's Hospital that he was to occupy for almost all the rest of his life.
Elected president for a seven-year term, Ratsiraka moved further towards socialism, nationalising much of the economy and cutting all ties with France.
Elected to the throne of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund sought to create a personal union between the Commonwealth and Sweden ( Polish – Swedish union ), and succeeded for a time in 1592.
Elected chief of the entire tribe by the United States government, Chief Quanah Parker campaigned vigorously for better deals for his people, meeting with Washington politicians frequently ; and helped manage land for the tribe.
Elected to the House of Commons in 1924 for the depressed northern industrial constituency of Stockton-on-Tees, Macmillan lost his seat in 1929 in the face of high regional unemployment, but returned in 1931.
from :- 104 till :- 100 text: Elected as consul for five consecutive years.
Elected for the Senate in 1986 for the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement ( PMDB ), which substituted MDB after Brazilian re-democratization, he joined a group of parliamentarians of PMDB who abandoned the party in order to create the Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( PSDB ).
School Board Members are Elected to a 5 Member Board who appoint a Superintendent and present the budget to County Commissioners for approval.
** Phil Baldwin ( Elected 2000-seat up for election 2014 )
** Douglas F. Crane ( Elected 2004-seat up for election 2012 )
** Benj Thomas ( Elected 2006-seat up for election 2014 )
Today, the Historic Village of Grand Cane is strongly supported by members of the Historic Grand Cane Association, the Elected Officials of the Village, and a host of supporters, whose common goal is to keep alive the presence of yesterday as a constant reminder of the importance of preserving our unique past for future generations.
Police Officer for 35yrs & was Elected Police Chief for 8yrs.
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Elected unanimously as the first President of the United States in 1789, he attempted to bring rival factions together to unify the nation.
Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1884, Whitehead would teach and write mathematics at the college until 1910, spending the 1890s writing his Treatise on Universal Algebra ( 1898 ), and the 1900s collaborating with his former pupil, Russell, on the first edition of Principia Mathematica.
The current occupants of these offices are District 1's Eric Robinson ( R ), District 2's Jamie Brown Bennett ( R )- Elected April 3, 2012, as the first female Commissioner and youngest in County History, District 3's Vance Posey ( D ) and District 4's Sammy Lewis Robinson ( D ).
Elected by the council members, the president of the Common Council is first in the line of succession should the mayor not finish his or her term of office.
On November 8, 2005, the Town of Ulster Elected Nicky B. Woerner as the youngest town supervisor in New York State history ( age 21 ) and elected the first Democratic Town Board in the town's 125 year history.
Elected deputy from Paris to the Estates-General ( 12 May 1789 ), he was elected inaugural president of the National Assembly ( 17 June 1789 ), and led the famous proceedings in the Tennis Court ( 20 June ), being the first to take the Tennis Court Oath.
Elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012, Johnson is the first African American and Sacramento native to serve in that office.
Named the Ahwahnee Principles ( after Yosemite National Park's Ahwahnee Hotel ), the commission presented the principles to about one hundred government officials in the fall of 1991, at its first Yosemite Conference for Local Elected Officials.
Elected on an anti-corruption platform, one of President Kibaki's first acts a president was to appoint John Githongo, a prominent anti-corruption activist, as Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics, reporting directly to him.
Elected as Governor in 1891, Colcord strengthened the state's economy and also signed the state's first admissions day bill.
Elected for a six-year term from 1 July 2011, Madigan is the first Senator to be elected as a federal member of a party under the name of " Democratic Labor Party " since the 1970 Senate-only election.
Elected on November 7, 1967, but took office on Jan 1, 1968, he was the first African American mayor of a major U. S. city.
Elected to play first base on his fifth All-Star team, Killebrew became the first player in All-Star game history to be elected at three different positions, having previously been selected to play third base ( 1959 and 1961 ) and left field ( 1963 and 1964 ).
Elected by his teammates the first African American to captain an Ivy League football team.
* 351 BC: Elected: first non-patrician Dictator
* 351 BC: Elected: first non-patrician censor
* 337 BC: Elected the first non-patrician Praetor ( Q. Publilius Philo ).
Elected deputy to the Assembly for the départment of Loiret, he gave his first speech in January 1792.
Elected to the House in 1976, he won a coveted seat on the House Appropriations Committee in his first term.
* Elected delegates to the first Continental Congress.
Elected to the Philippine Senate from 1957 to 1963, he also was the first Filipino film actor who was able to parlay his fame into a substantial political career.
Elected as the first foreign member of the Geological Society of London
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