-- Governor Tawes today appointed Lloyd L. Simpkins, his administrative assistant, as Maryland's Secretary of State.

* J. Millard Tawes, Governor of Maryland

* J. Millard Tawes, Governor of Maryland

John Millard Tawes ( April 8, 1894June 25, 1979 ), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 54th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1959 to 1967.

Tawes initially retired, but was appointed by Governor Lane to serve as a State Banking Commissioner in 1947.

The beginning of Tawes ' term as Governor was benefited by the overwhelming Democratic majority present in both houses of the Maryland General Assembly.

When Tawes left his office as Governor, he was given a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood as a gift from his supporters.

After the signing of the Constitutional ratifications, Tawes was appointed by his successor, Governor Spiro Agnew, to serve as Chairman of the Board of Natural Resources.

During the primary election in May 1964, Tydings faced Maryland Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein, who had won the endorsement of both J. Millard Tawes, Governor of Maryland, and Daniel Brewster, the other U. S. Senator from Maryland.

He was promoted to Lieutenant General by Governor J. Millard Tawes in 1961, and continued to serve as Adjutant General until his retirement in 1966.

In 1959, Governor J. Millard Tawes appointed Byrd as commissioner of tidewater fisheries.

Immediately after the arrests, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced he would return $ 3, 900 in political contributions from employees of Aggregate Industries.

However, in July 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced the final approval for the New York City Housing Trust Fund derived from $ 130 million in Battery Park City revenues.

That plan became complicated when Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced his desire to redevelop a part of the area as a separate project.

On August 25, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that Lucas would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit.

Quentin Bryce's appointment was announced during her term as Governor of Queensland ; she had previously been the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner.

On 16 January 1996, Premier Bob Carr announced that the next Governor would be Gordon Samuels, that he would not live or work at Government House and that he would retain his appointment as Chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission.

In October 2011, the new Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that the Governor, now Marie Bashir, had agreed with O ' Farrell's offer to move back into Government House: " A lot of people believe the Governor should live at Government House.

However, because Government House has not been a residence for fifteen years, O ' Farrell also announced that the Governor will initially move into a smaller adjacent building, called the chalet, while refurbishments of the main wing occur, with a proposed move into the main house " before Christmas ".

In a 9 March 2006 press release, HBC announced that Zucker would replace George Heller as the new Governor and CEO, to become the first US citizen to lead the company.

On September 15, 2011, Lynch announced he would not seek an unprecedented fifth term as Governor.

On August 20, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, announced that Robinson was inducted into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento.

The Governor of Georgia, Herman Talmadge, later announced that the state would tighten regulations for licensing taxi drivers.

In 2006 the Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel of the Nigerian state of Ogun announced that Barbadians would be given free land if they wished to move to Nigeria.

New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey announced that he was a " gay American " in August 2004.

On June 26, 2011, Fortuño announced that he aspires to become the first Governor to win reelection in the past 16 years.

Menzies announced to his Cabinet that he thought he should resign and advise the Governor General to invite Curtin to form Government.

In early 1903 Harding announced his campaign for Governor of Ohio, which was soon thwarted by an intra-party alliance that assured the election of fellow Republican Myron T. Herrick ; Harding was awarded the position of Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, a post he occupied from 1904 to 1906.

Harding saw an opening as the 1906 election approached, and announced his candidacy for Governor again.

At the convention, Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota, the keynote speaker, announced for Willkie and became his official floor manager.

At the 1940 Republican National Convention itself, keynote speaker Harold Stassen, the Governor of Minnesota, announced his support for Willkie and became his official floor manager.

It was in 1974 that a coup in Portugal resulted in the beginning of decolonization for Portuguese Timor, and shortly afterwards the Governor Mário Lemos Pires announced plans to grant the colony independence.

Thus, to mark the gratitude of the Mauritian people to those honourable martyrs, in 1916, even before the Remembrance Day was recognized, Governor Hesketh Bell announced that he had met in London with an eminent artist, J. A.

In the new British Province of Quebec, in 1765 Governor James Murray authorized the creation of the " Community of Lawyers " ( Communauté des avocats ) which granted commissions to its members that allowed them to practice law in the triple capacity of lawyer, notary and land surveyor.

The " triple play of 1956 " occurred when Warren Shaw defeated Hall in the Republican primary to select the next Kansas Governor and Shaw lost the subsequent Gubernatorial general election to Democrat George Docking.

During the swearing-in ceremony of Governor General of Canada | Governor General Michaëlle Jean on Parliament Hill, the Ottawa chapter of Citizens for a Canadian Republic demonstrated for the office to be elected and severed from the monarchy.

In 1976, after a three-way competition with attorney Baltasar Corrada del Río and Senator Sila Nazario for the NPP nomination for Mayor of San Juan, Padilla was elected to the post, succeeding newly-elected Governor Carlos Romero Barceló and Carlos S. Quirós who served a days-long stint as mayor following Romero's swearing-in as governor and the official beginning of the 1977-1980 term.

The swearing-in ceremony of Donald Ethell as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 11 May 2010

According to The News Journal, the inaguration ceremony was held in the middle of the night to comply with the requirements of the state constitution that the Governor be inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January and to allow Delaware residents to enjoy the historic event that would occur later that day: the inauguration of President Barack Obama, and his vice president, Delaware ’ s Joseph R. Biden, Jr. A traditional swearing-in ceremony was held the following day on Legislative Mall in Dover, Delaware.

Following the outcome of such elections, the Governor appoints the Premier and Ministry, and the swearing-in of members takes place at Government House.

The ceremony was presided over by Governor Bill Richardson and New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles W. Daniels.

On these changes, Carr said: " The Office of the Governor should be less associated with pomp and ceremony, less encumbered by anachronistic protocol, more in tune with the character of the people.

The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony ; Calixa Lavallée wrote the music as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier.

On Remembrance Day, 2009, The Prince of Wales attended the national ceremony in Ottawa with Governor General Jean — both wearing Canadian military dress.

In honor of Inauguration Day, Reagan, himself a California native and former Governor of the state from 1967 – 75, became the first president to participate in a Super Bowl coin toss ceremony.

Macquarie took over as Governor with an elaborate ceremony on 1 January 1810.

Construction began early in May 2007, which culminated in an official ground breaking ceremony by the former Governor himself on May 15, 2007 near the front of the newly constructed Adair County Elementary School, which faces the direction of the bypass.

This line was opened by U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Governor General of Canada Lord Lisgar during a ceremony at the border in October 1871.

The ceremony was held at the Kensico Dam honoring the athletes and their families and was attended by Governor Eliot Spitzer among other politicians.

Governor General of Canada | Governor General Michaëlle Jean, then Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, poses with a full group of Order of Canada appointees at the 101st investiture ceremony banquet in the Tent Room of Rideau Hall, 11 April 2008

A few years later, when Governor Baels took his daughter to a public ceremony, she had the occasion to meet King Leopold, who presided at the event, for the second time.

The final brick added to the track was made of gold and laid in a special ceremony by Governor Thomas R. Marshall.

" O Canada " was originally commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille ( 1834 – 1897 ), for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony.

The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19.

The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14.

On September 18, 2001, Kerik attended a ceremony in which Governor George Pataki signed legislation into law adding five new sections to the New York State Penal Law and one to the New York State Criminal Procedure Law to address terrorist-related activity.

When Tynwald meets annually ( normally on 5 July ) at an open air ceremony at Tynwald Hill at St John's, the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man presides, unless HM The Queen as Lord of Mann, or a member of the Royal Family representing Her Majesty, is present.

Governor Edwin Washington Edwards signed what became Act 734 of 1975, and a re-dedication ceremony was held in which he and Johnson planted a tree.

He was succeeded in office by Lieutenant Governor Joe Kernan of South Bend, who was sworn into office just hours after O ' Bannon's death in an emotional ceremony.