Before the election Lincoln served as a captain in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War.

While Dampier was captain of the St. George, Selkirk served on the galley Cinque Ports, the St. Georges companion, as a sailing master serving under Thomas Stradling.

Fleming served throughout World War I as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was Mentioned in Dispatches.

Both parliaments gave unanimous votes of thanks, each captain who served in the battle was presented with a specially minted gold medal and the first lieutenant of every ship engaged in the battle was promoted to commander.

During World War I, Attlee was given the rank of captain and served with the South Lancashire Regiment in the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey.

His first experience of warfare came in 1849, when he served as a captain in the First War of Schleswig against Denmark.

Promoted to captain, Greenberg served 45 months, the longest of any major league player.

Helen's father, Arthur H. Keller, spent many years as an editor for the Tuscumbia North Alabamian and had served as a captain for the Confederate Army.

Locke's father, also called John, was a country lawyer and clerk to the Justices of the Peace in Chew Magna, who had served as a captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces during the early part of the English Civil War.

During the Second World War he served with the Royal Artillery and then at Bletchley Park, reaching the rank of captain.

Ed States served as the captain, and Sten Molin served as the first officer.

Shrapnel served in Flanders where he was wounded in 1793 and was promoted to major on 1 November 1803 after eight years as a captain.

A large part of the book is taken up by his experience of the First World War, in which Graves served as a lieutenant then captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, alongside his equally famous comrade Siegfried Sassoon.

From 1981 he served in the Soviet secret police KGB in Riga reaching the rank of captain.

Polenin, the original captain, and the crew have served together for some time but Vostrikov's appointment is alleged to have been aided by his wife's political connections ( her uncle is a member of the Politburo ).

' Cap ' Streeter was born in Flint, Michigan in 1837, he served in the Civil War but he wasn't a captain.

After Lloyd sustained a season-ending injury in Round 3 of 2006, Hird served briefly as acting captain until young ruckman David Hille was named captain for the remainder of the 2006 season.

He had served as a captain in the Scottish Guards of the Kings of France, and is buried in Paisley Abbey.

The best-known figure on Cook's mission, Joseph Banks ,< ref > Extract from Lapérouse's journal: I here must witness my recognition of Sir Joseph Banks, who, having realised that Monsieur de Monneron could not find an inclining compass in London, wished to lend us those that had served the famous captain Cook.

He later transferred with a commission as a lieutenant to the Liverpool Scottish, 2nd Battalion, where he served as an intelligence officer and eventually attained the rank of captain.

Kitchener later served as a Vice-Consul in Anatolia, and in 1883, as a British captain with the Turkish rank bimbashi ( major ), in the occupation of Egypt.

Upon his return during the course of 1185 William rejoined the court of King Henry II, and now served the father as a loyal captain through the many difficulties of his final years.

On September 29, 2006, Brenden Morrow was announced as new team captain, taking the " C " from Mike Modano, who had served in the role since 2003.

`` I've served as a counsel for the U.N. for some years, specializing particularly in real estate matters or other problems that the regular U.N. legal staff might not be equipped to handle.

One finds it difficult to pass censure on the lonely figure who waited for days for a saving word from his zealously served idol, W.R. Hearst.

Katherine Douglas King '' The invitation was accepted and other letters followed, in which she spoke of her concern for his health and her delight in seeing him so much at home among the crippled children she served.

He suggested offering half to Sir Edward, fearing lest `` he shall thinke it to good for us and procure it for himselfe, as he served us the last time ''.

During the rest of the summer my scholarly mania for making plaster casts and spatter prints of Catskill flowers and leaves was all but surpassed by the constantly renewed impressions of Jessica that my mind served up to me for contemplation and delight.

On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.

Mustard cream, used as alternate dip for franks and pineapple tidbits, tastes best when served at room temperature.

Another less ambiguous case read as follows: `` The bearer of this letter has served me for two years to his complete satisfaction.

Two pyrometers shown in figure 1 and 2 ( Pyrometer Instrument Co. Model 95 ) served for simultaneous measurement of the anode surface temperature and the temperature distribution along the anode holder.

In spite of normal thyroid function tests, a trial of propylthiouracil, 400 mg. daily for one week, was given but served only to intensify muscle weakness.

When the power of the latter was made both limited and explicit -- when norms were clarified and made more precise and the creation of new norms was placed exclusively in parliamentary hands -- two purposes were served: Government was made subservient to an institutionalized popular will, and law became a rational system for implementing that will, for serving conscious goals, for embodying the `` public policy ''.

A hypothetical issue of this sort might deal with the establishment of a free public junior college in a community where there already was a good private college which served the middle-class youth adequately but was too expensive for working-class youth.

Teachers who have been upward mobile probably see education as most valuable for their students if it serves students as it has served them ; ;

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.

A refrigerated item could also be heated and served in less time than is required for frozen foods of the same type.

When served in a psychological atmosphere that allows young bodies to assimilate the greatest good from what they eat because they are free from tension, a foundation is laid for a high level of health that releases the children from physical handicaps to participate with enjoyment in the work assignments, the athletic programs and the most important phase, the educational opportunities.

The school has not used cold prepared cereals for years, though at one time that was all they ever served.

two years later he served another three months for assault.