On resigning, he then sought re-election but was defeated two days later on a vote of 60-58.

On June 21, 2012, Bryson announced he was resigning as Secretary of Commerce.

On March 24, 2009, Scott announced that he was resigning as WTA chief in order to take up a new position as the Commissioner of the Pacific-10 Conference, now the Pacific-12 Conference, on July 1, 2009.

On December 13, 2006, Lord announced that he was resigning as PC leader, further he said he would resign his legislative seat in Moncton East on January 31, 2007.

On the evening of Black Wednesday and for days after, Major contemplated resigning, drafting a statement to that effect, but wrote Lamont a note instructing him not to resign.

On resigning the latter position in 1879, he was elected a member of the board of overseers, and at the expiration of the six-years ' term was re-elected in 1885.

On resigning that office in 1819, on account of weakness of the eyes, he went in 1822 to Rome, where he remained for fifteen years.

On September 5, 2012 Jean Charest announced he will be resigning as Quebec Liberal Leader and leaving politics.

On 2 May 2012, when the Legco was debating a law change to bar resigning legislators to participate in by-elections in 6 months, effectively discouraging any more " de facto " referenda, some of the five pro-democracy members who resigned constantly issued quorum calls, espcially when they were making their resignation speeches intended for 2 years before.

On Lon Nol's return from hospital in Hawaii in April 1971, he instigated a cabinet crisis by resigning, providing a means to dissolve the government, with the probable encouragement of his brother Lon Non ( a figure of considerable influence, especially with the military ).

On 7 September 2006, Mary Harney announced that she was resigning as leader of the Progressive Democrats and that she would remain leader until a successor was chosen.

On the death of Robert Whytt, the professor of the institutes of medicine, Cullen accepted the chair, at the same time resigning that of chemistry.

On resigning from the cabinet, Hewitt was asked by the Prime Minister to head an EU manifesto group, developing European policy for the next general election manifesto.

On August 7, 2009, CNN and the Orlando Sentinel reported that Martinez would be resigning from his Senate seat.

On his promotion's website, not only did he explain his reasons for resigning from the NWA and its Board of Directors, but Todd stated that he would be joining AWA Superstars of Wrestling.

On 16 October 1788, he succeeded Sir Robert Taylor as architect and surveyor to the Bank of England, he would work at the bank for the next 45 years, resigning in 1833.

On resigning this office he was knighted.

On 13 September 2004, the party's " center " ( a forum of all party members with voting rights ) voted on a choice between Effi Eitam's proposal of immediately resigning from the government and Zevulon Orlev's proposal to leave the government only when it approved an actual removal of settlements.

On Thursday 30 November 2006, just one week after resigning as leader of the party, Brash resigned from Parliament after the National Party's new parliamentary leader, John Key, declined to offer him a senior portfolio.

On December 19, 2000, former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau ( who held similar remarks in 1995 before resigning ), and many others signed an open letter condemning the hasty resolution and supporting Michaud's, in the name of the right to freedom of expression and the distinction of power between the federal and provincial governments ( hate speech laws being under the canadian federal jurisdiction ).

On 8 August 1999, Janet Jagan announced that she was resigning as President for health reasons, and that Jagdeo would be her successor.

On November 4, 2010 Prentice announced he was resigning as Environment Minister effective immediately and that he would be resigning as Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre-North by the end of the year to take a job as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

On April 27 Renzi denied printed claims he was considering resigning office ; however, on August 23, Renzi announced he would not be a candidate for re-election in 2008.

On April 12, 1838, a church court excommunicated Cowdery after he failed to appear at a hearing on his membership and sent a letter resigning from the Church instead.

On March 5, 1829, President Jackson appointed Van Buren Secretary of State, an office which probably had been assured to him before the election, and he resigned the governorship on March 12.

On April 28, 2007, Rosselló revealed to various party leaders that in March, 2006, he had signed a sworn statement assuring that he would not make a fourth run for the governorship in 2008, and that he intended to abide by the result.

On retiring from the governorship, Sir Guy continued to contribute to Tasmania, as Chairman of Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and chairman of the board of the 10 Days on the Island festival.

On December 29, Rossi called for a re-vote, saying that " this election has been a total mess " and that a " revote would be the best solution for the people of our state and would give us a legitimate governorship ".

On November 5, having resigned the governorship, Leavitt was sworn in as the 10th Administrator of the EPA.

On October 9, 1939, following the death of Senator Logan, Chandler resigned as governor, elevating Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson to the governorship ; the following day, Johnson appointed Chandler to Logan's vacated seat in the Senate.

On December 2, Maniu became head of Transylvania's Directory Council-a position equivalent to interim governorship.

On March 15, 2002, Ehrlich announced his candidacy for the governorship.

On d ' Aiguillon's governorship of Brittany:

" On November 6, 1962, Ohioans voted Rhodes into the governorship with 59 % of the vote.

On December 3, 1942, he resigned the governorship less than a month before the end of his term to accept an appointment as Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations for the United States Department of State.

On November 2, 2010, Kasich defeated incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland in a closely contested race to win the governorship.

On March 24, the court unanimously awarded the governorship to Bashford by a count of 1, 009 votes.

On June 2 Sumner rode from his home in Roxbury accompanied by 300 citizens on horseback to the State House in Boston, where the Secretary of the Commonwealth proclaimed his governorship from the eastern balcony.

On May 27, 2001, in the first round of the governorship elections, Darkin received the largest number of votes cast ( 24 %); under the electoral law this was insufficient, however, for him to be elected without a second round of voting.

On 15 December 1847 he was appointed to the governorship of the Falkland Islands.

On 30 September 1939 he relinquished the governorship and returned to Great Britain.

On the day that Denver assumed the territorial governorship, citizens in the territory voted on the Lecompton Constitution, which opened the territory to slavery.

On February 25, 1953, shortly after assuming the governorship, he suffered a debilitating heart attack and died on September 28, 1953 in Tallahassee.

On leaving the governorship, he was nominated by President Roosevelt on January 5, 1939, to newly created seat for a district judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

On the occasion of the coronation ( 1752 ) he resigned the premiership, and in 1754 the governorship of the young crown prince Gustavus also, spending the rest of his days at his estate at Åkerö, where he died.

On April 12, 1937, during the governorship of José María Mendoza Prado, the state congress decreed the creation of the municipality of Melchor Ocampo del Balsas.

On his return to France he found that his château of La Mauvissire had been destroyed in the civil war ; and as he refused to recognize the authority of the League, the duke of Guise deprived him of the governorship of Saint-Dizier.

On 10 December 1999, he became the vice-governor of Buenos Aires under Carlos Ruckauf, and took up the governorship on 3 January 2002, when Ruckauf resigned to become Foreign Affairs Minister of the interim president of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde after the socioeconomic collapse of 2001.