He gave the Democratic response to President Reagan's 1985 State of the Union Address and served as Chair of the National Governors Association from 1986 to 1987, bringing him to an audience beyond Arkansas.

Meanwhile, Zhelyu Zhelev, a communist-era dissident from the new democratic party-Union of Democratic Forces, was elected President by the Assembly in 1990, and in 1992 won Bulgaria's first presidential elections and served as president until 1997.

* Anti-Somozistas who had supported the revolution but felt betrayed by the Sandinista government – e. g. Edgar Chamorro, prominent member of the political directorate of the FDN, or Jose Francisco Cardenal, who had briefly served in the Council of State before leaving Nicaragua out of disagreement with the Sandinista government's policies and founding the Nicaraguan Democratic Union ( UDN ), an opposition group of Nicaraguan exiles in Miami.

Jimmy Carter had officially ended the policy of Détente, by financially aiding the Mujahideen movement in neighboring Afghanistan, which served as a pretext for the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan six months later, with the aims of supporting the Afghan government, controlled by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.

He was elected governor at age 23 as a member of the Democratic Party in 1835 and served until 1840.

* John Anson Ford ( 1883 – 1983 ), American local-level legislator who served on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years ( 1934 – 58 ); Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator ( 1940 )

* John Ford ( Tennessee politician ) ( born May 1942 ), American Democratic legislator who served 31 years ( 1974 – 2005 ) in state senate ; convicted in 2007 for bribery

* John Ford House ( 1827 – 1904 ), American legislator who, from 1875 to 1883, served as Democratic representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district

He served as the United States Secretary of War under Democratic President Franklin Pierce.

Both before and after his time in the Pierce administration, he served as a Democratic U. S. Senator representing the State of Mississippi.

He also served on the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, and served on the board of Atlanta-based software maker EzGov Inc. Kemp also served on the Board of Directors of Election. com, which was the private company that ran the world's first election on the internet ( won by Al Gore ), the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary.

From 1978 to early 1990s, the city served as a strategic location for the pro-Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

His father, Archibald Stuart, was a War of 1812 veteran, slaveholder, attorney, and Democratic politician who represented Patrick County in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and also served one term in the United States House of Representatives.

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ), Kaifu ran successfully for the Diet in 1960 and served for sixteen terms totaling 49 years.

The Nigeria Police Force and troops have served in places like UNIPOM ( UN India-Pakistan Observer mission ) 1965, UNIFIL in Lebanon 1978, the UN observer mission, UNIIMOG supervising the Iran-Iraq ceasefire in 1988, former Yugoslavia 1998, East Timor 1999, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC ) 2004.

* Charles R. Floyd, Democratic State Senator who served three four-year terms ; pioneer of the Texas Farm-to-market road system and an original founder of Paris Junior College

He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea.

Bantubonke Holomisa, who was a general in the homeland of Transkei from 1987, has served as the president of the United Democratic Movement since 1997.

Before serving two terms as Berkeley's Mayor, Dean served on the Berkeley City Council for 15 years between 1975 and 1994 and was a leader of the Berkeley Democratic Club.

From 1990 to 1991 she served as Minister of Justice, and from 1995 until her election as President she served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of her Social Democratic colleague Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen.

Thomas Riley Marshall ( March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925 ) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States ( 1913 – 1921 ) under Woodrow Wilson.

The Republicans some weeks ago served notice through Senator Thruston B. Morton ( R ) of Kentucky, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the Kennedy administration would be held responsible if the outcome in Laos was a coalition government susceptible of Communist domination.

He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili and former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen opposed the policy in January 2007: " I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces " Shalikashvili wrote.

In spite of Dunn's skepticism, this version has been accepted by Evan Bayh, who has served as Indiana governor and senator, and by Senator Vance Hartke, who introduced this story into the Congressional Record ( 1975 ), according to Graf.

He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative.

He was serving in the Michigan Senate when he enrolled at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Cooley, having served as a Michigan State Senator since 1979.

Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri ( 1985 – 93 ) and as a U. S. Senator from Missouri ( 1995 – 2001 ).

He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, and was a U. S. Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate.

He served in the Ohio Senate ( 1899 – 1903 ), as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio ( 1904 – 1906 ) and as a U. S. Senator ( 1915 – 1921 ).

He served as United States Senator from Ohio from 1837 to 1849, losing a bid for a third term in 1848.

A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms.

* April 12 – By a vote of 45 – 41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.

His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, replies, " Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy.

The UN Foundation is led by President Timothy E. Wirth, who previously served as a United States Congressman, U. S. Senator, and the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs in U. S. President Bill Clinton's administration.

Walter Frederick " Fritz " Mondale ( born January 5, 1928 ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States ( 1977 – 1981 ) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota ( 1964 – 1976 ).

Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip.

In a rarity in politics, Humphrey served as a Senator by holding both seats in his state ( Class I and Class II ).

He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served three terms as U. S. Senator from Delaware, and as U. S. Secretary of State, and U. S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

James Strom Thurmond ( December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003 ) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator.

Ernest Frederick " Fritz " Hollings ( born January 1, 1922 ) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina ( 1959 – 1963 ) and the 77th Lieutenant Governor ( 1955 – 1959 ).