Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.

Grace became a fearless leader and gained fame as a sea captain and pirate.

Fernand Braudel became the leader of the second generation after 1945.

He was one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII from Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader.

Around 1511 or earlier, he travelled down the river and south into the Alps, where the scenery moved him so deeply that he became the first landscape painter in the modern sense, making him the leader of the Danube School, a circle that pioneered landscape as an independent genre, in southern Germany.

Paul considered Apollos to be an apostle ( 1 Cor 4: 6, 9-13 ) who became a leader in the important Corinthian congregation.

He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader ( 1 Sam.

Iakhos later became an attendant of Demeter and the leader of Eleusinian Mysteries.

Muhammad ` Alí became jealous of his half-brother and set out to establish authority for himself as an alternative leader with the support of his brothers Badi ' u ' llah and Diya ' u ' llah.

Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician.

The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of the party election on February 26, 2011.

When the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) was formed, Karmal became one of its leading members, and eventually became the leader of the Parcham faction.

Lloyd George and the Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law wrote a joint letter of support to candidates to indicate they were considered the official Coalition candidates – this " coupon " as it became known was issued against many sitting Liberal MPs, often to devastating effect, though not against Asquith himself.

Jo Grimond, for example, who became Liberal leader in 1956, was MP for the remote Orkney and Shetland islands.

Selig became an increasingly vocal opponent of Commissioner Fay Vincent, and soon became the leader of a group of owners seeking his removal.

After Joseph Stalin was acclaimed as leader of the CPSU in 1929, Pasternak became further disillusioned with the Party's tightening censorship of literature.

In August 1954, " Blues " leader LCDR Ray Hawkins became the first naval aviator to survive an ejection at supersonic speeds when his F9F-6 became uncontrollable on a cross-country flight.

As the leader of guerrilla raids against the Spaniards, Manuel Rodríguez became a national symbol of resistance.

The following year, Raúl Castro became Acting President, replacing his brother as the de facto leader of the country.

Accordingly, Lansbury became leader of the party and Attlee became deputy leader.

The political terms of " modern ", " progressive " or " new " Liberalism began to appear in the mid to late 1880s and became increasingly common to denote the tendency in the Liberal Party to favour an increased role for the state as more important than the classical liberal stress on self-help and freedom of choice.

When elections were held to the newly created Scottish Parliament in 1999, as leader of the Scottish Labour Party and through a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Dewar became the inaugural holder of the First Minister of Scotland post.

In 1956 he was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and became Leader of the House, and from this point on he was generally acknowledged as Menzies ' heir apparent.

The first postwar elections were held in 1948 ( women were given the franchise for the first time in 1947 ), and the Liberal Party's vice president, Yoshida Shigeru ( 1878 – 1967 ), became prime minister.

The leader of the center-left New Union ( also known as the Social Liberal party ), Artūras Paulauskas, became the Chairman of the Seimas.

After that loss, Fadden became deputy Leader of the Opposition under Menzies, a role that continued after Menzies folded the UAP into the Liberal Party of Australia in 1944.

John Gorton became the new Liberal Prime Minister in January 1968.

The Partido Liberal, Neto, Auténtico y Completo, an independence political party, later became the Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) which would ironically end up promoting the " Estado Libre Associado " ( Free Associated State ) status that Barceló, as president of Union Party, had asked for in 1923 under Campbell Bill and which Muñoz Marín had always opposed, instead of independence.

According to Bob Hawke, the historically large $ 9. 6 billion budget deficit left by the Coalition ‘ became a stick with which we were justifiably able to beat the Liberal National Party Opposition for many years ’.

Rather than accept a permanent Liberal majority, the Conservative Lords yielded, and the bill became law.

From his base in Montreal, Trudeau took control of the Liberal Party and became a charismatic leader, inspiring " Trudeaumania ".

After Federation in 1901, the Protectionists renamed themselves Progressives, while the Free Traders became the Liberal Reform Party.

Following the defeat of the Kirner government by the Liberal leader Jeff Kennett in late 1992, Bracks became Executive Director of the Victorian Printing Industry Training Board.

* Daniel Ortega Saavedra November 6, 2011 ' Won In National Elections held on November 6, 2011 was the amount of 1, 569, 287 for 62. 46 % of the total valid votes, what became the Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra in the presidential candidate who won more votes in a Presidential election in the history of Nicaragua, in addition to that obtained a lead of more than 30 % of valid votes doubling the number of votes obtained by radial businessman Fabio Gadea Mantilla on behalf of the Independent Liberal Party ( PLI ) who obtained the amount of 778. 889 votes recorded for 31. 00 %.

Two Home Rule Bills ( 1886 and 1893 ) were introduced by Liberal Prime Minister Ewart Gladstone, but neither became law, mainly due to opposition from the House of Lords.

By an 1800 provincial charter, signed by Jonathan Odell, the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences became the College of New Brunswick.

He became treasurer of the National Liberal League in 1879 ; but after the Irish coercive measures of 1881, he finally abandoned the Liberal Party and advanced into socialist politics.

The Liberal party became deeply split, with most Anglophones joining in the pro-conscription Union government, a coalition controlled by the Conservatives under Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden.

Once he became the Liberal leader in 1919 he paid closer attention to the Prairies, a fast-developing region.

Lord Russell retired in 1867 and Gladstone became leader of the Liberal Party.

The Liberal Party, which had been active since 1944, became defunct as a result of the 2002 gubernatorial election.