With only minor opposition in the primary and no opposition at all in the general election, Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976.

In 1976, Danforth was elected to the U. S. Senate, and Ashcroft was elected to replace him as State Attorney General.

In 1976 he was elected secretary of the Letter Bureau.

Charlton Ogburn, Jr. was elected president of The Shakespeare Oxford Society in 1976 and kick-started the modern revival of the Oxfordian movement by seeking publicity through moot court trials, media debates, television, and later the Internet, including Wikipedia, methods which became standard policy for Oxfordian and anti-Stratfordian promoters because of their success in recruiting members of the lay public.

Sweden has been a member of the United Nations since 19 November 1946, and participates actively in the activities of the organisation, including as an elected member of the Security Council ( 1957 – 1958, 1975 – 1976 and 1997 – 1998 ), providing Dag Hammarskjöld as the second elected Secretary-General of the UN, etc.

In March 1976, Stevens was elected without opposition for a second five-year term as president.

Lucian Pulvermacher, who left the Roman Catholic Church in 1976 and in October 1998 was elected Pope of the conclavist " True Catholic Church " with the name of " Pius XIII ".

In 1976, she was elected from a caucus in her congressional district as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York City pledged to Senator Frank Church.

In 1988, Thailand became more democratic after General Prem Tinsulanonda decided to step down and was succeeded by Major General ( later, General ) Chatichai Choonhavan, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand since 1976.

In 1976, Washington was elected to the Illinois Senate.

* Mildred Cleghorn, first tribal chairperson at the Fort Sill Reservation, elected in 1976

His four children with Nancy are: Nancy Moore Thurmond ( 1971 – 1993 ), a beauty pageant contestant who was killed when a drunk driver hit her in Columbia, South Carolina ; James Strom Thurmond Jr. ( born 1972 ), who became U. S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and is the current South Carolina 2nd Judicial Circuit Solicitor ; Juliana Gertrude ( Thurmond ) Whitmer ( born 1974 ), a married homemaker in Washington, DC ; and Paul Reynolds Thurmond ( born 1976 ), elected member of the Charleston County council.

In 1970, he was hired as a secretary to Takeo Fukuda, who was Minister of Finance at the time and was elected as Prime Minister in 1976.

When Harold Wilson resigned in 1976, Callaghan was elected the new Labour leader.

In 1976 he was elected President of the DC National Council.

The Council of State, a presidential advisory body, is composed of six senior civilian officers, any former presidents elected under the 1976 constitution, five members chosen by the assembly, and five selected by the president.

Interested in local politics since the early 1970s, Kennett was elected as a Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) for Burwood in 1976.

In 1976 Cain was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as MP for Bundoora.

In 1976, the number of required elected officials was increased fivefold, and the number of departments threefold.

Since 29 months is more than 2 years, had Ford won a full term in 1976 ( he lost to Jimmy Carter ), he would have been ineligible to run again in 1980, despite having been previously elected just once.

The state's senior member of the United States Senate is Republican Orrin Hatch, elected in 1976.

* James Callaghan, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1976, insisted that he did not want to inflict upon his wife the " discomforts " of living at 10 Downing Street, and elected to stay at his flat on Kennington Park Road.

In 1976 he founded the Popular Movement and was elected a deputy in both the European Parliament ( with over 450 thousand votes ) and Parliament of Italy.

That move was hinted at in their 1976 Top Ten hits " Sweet Love " and " Just to Be Close to You.

Before the end of 1976, Bowie's interest in the burgeoning German music scene, as well as his drug addiction, prompted him to move to West Berlin to clean up and revitalise his career.

Since their move to New Jersey in 1976, fans from each state have claimed the team as their own.

What tends to get overlooked was that in 1975 and 1976, it was the successful changing of Rose's primary position from the outfield to fill the void at third base ( 3B ) that seemed to solidify the Reds team for these 2 championship seasons as this move enabled the Reds to use power hitting outfielder George Foster more.

Portugal's April 25, 1976 constitution reflected the country's 1974-76 move from authoritarian rule to provisional military government to a parliamentary democracy with some initial communist and left-wing influence.

However, a relatively little-noticed move in 1976 would have an important impact on the history of the franchise.

Gordon and George Gund III became minority owners of the Seals in 1974, and were instrumental in their move to Cleveland in 1976 and a 1978 merger with the Minnesota North Stars, which they purchased that year.

Alexander Calder ( July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976 ) was an American sculptor best known as the originator of the mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture the delicately balanced or suspended components of which move in response to motor power or air currents ; by contrast, Calder ’ s stationary sculptures are called stabiles.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board ( formerly Hong Kong Tourist Association ) helped move dragon boat racing into the modern era by organising the first international races back in 1976 and eventually by facilitating the donation of teak dragon ambassadors to countries around the world, starting in 1980 when three boats were sent to London England, for the Chinese Festival on the River Thames.

League approval for the move was granted on July 14, 1976, and the team was renamed the Cleveland Barons after the city's old AHL squad.

In 1975 and 1976, Mego also released the 8 " tall Fist Fighting Riddler which was basically the same as the 1974 figure except it had a mechanism which allowed a child move a lever on the figure's back to make the arms swing.

The franchise was an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals on two separate occasions in three different cities: as the Waterloo Royals from 1969 through 1976, as the Sultans of Springfield in 1995, and then, upon the team's move to Lansing, from 1996 through 1998.

At the beginning of the 1976 – 77 season in the episode " The Big Move ", the family was packing to move from the ghetto to a better life in Mississippi where James had found a job as a partner in a garage.

In a surprise move in 1976, Bhutto appointed General Zia-ul-Haq to replace General Tikka Khan as Chief of Army Staff, surpassing five generals senior to Zia.

Suárez was appointed as the 138th Prime Minister of Spain by the Spanish King Juan Carlos on 4 July 1976, a move opposed by leftists and some centrists given his Francoist history.

Following the Hillman Avenger's move to Linwood in 1976, the very last European Hunters were assembled in the Santry plant, Shanowen Road, Ireland from " complete knock down " ( CKD ) kits until production ended in 1979 – but no evidence exists to suggest that the Talbot badge was applied to any production Hunter following Chrysler Europe's 1978 takeover by Peugeot, and the application of that badge to other Chrysler models sold on or after 1 August 1979.

In 1976, the series became a Monday night staple on NBC ; after the move, it remained in the top 30 for the rest of its run.

The organization, founded in 1947 by late West Virginia historian and publisher Jim Comstock, voted to move its offices to the A – B campus in 1976 where it has met annually ever since.

This schism reflected a desire by the Air Force in 1976 to subdivide enlisted ranks into a three-tier organization, a move which was resisted by the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, resulting in the compromise dual-rank that lasted fifteen years.

Crowds rose with the arrival of these and other European and South American international players, resulting in a move back to Yankee Stadium for the 1976 season.

By 1976, the station had expanded to a 20-hour broadcast day, airing cartoons like the made for TV Popeye episodes, the pre-1941 Porky Pig shorts, and the post-1948 Bugs Bunny shorts ; classic sitcoms like Dennis the Menace, Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch ( the latter two would move to WTCG / WTBS in the 80s ), family dramas, westerns, and religious programming ( including The 700 Club twice a day ) on weekdays.

Ball's move to Southampton completed a coincidental symmetry to the three transfers in Ball's career – he had arrived at each club – Everton, Arsenal and Southampton – in 1966, 1971 and 1976 respectively, when each were holders of the FA Cup.

Other marches were held in Rome in 1976 as a reaction to recently released rape statistics, in West Germany in 1977 demanding " the right to move freely in their communities at day and night without harassment and sexual assault ," and in 11 towns in England later in 1977 in response to the " Ripper Murders " in Leeds.

However, his move to Warner Bros. in 1976 and the teaming with producer Tommy LiPuma enabled him to straddle genres and made him a popular and highly successful mainstream R & B and pop artist.