In 1658 a group of Jews fleeing the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal were allowed to settle in Newport ( Jews fleeing Brazil after defending Dutch interests there against the Portuguese were denied the right to stay in then-Dutch New York until governor Peter Stuyvesant finally relented in 1655 ; seeking asylum in Spain and Portugal was not an option ).

On September 3, 1809, Lewis set out for Washington D. C., where he hoped to resolve issues regarding the denied payment of drafts he had drawn against the War Department while serving as the first American governor of the Louisiana Territory.

Later, when Yuan Shu was denied a large loan of grains from the governor of Lujiang, he sent Sun Ce to attack the latter, promising to make Sun Ce the governor of Lujiang should he succeed.

In 1976, a report surfaced that Arkansas Republican leaders had approached Faubus about running for governor that year against Pryor, but both Faubus and the GOP denied the claim.

He was only the second governor in Arkansas history to have been denied a second term — the first was Tom Jefferson Terral, who was defeated in 1926.

He later admitted that he had denied clemency in one death penalty case principally because the legislator who represented the district in which the murder occurred held a swing vote on farmworker legislation supported by Brown, and who told Brown that his district " would go up in smoke " if the governor commuted the man's sentence.

Joseph Smith vehemently denied Bennett's account, speculating that Boggs — no longer governor, but campaigning for state senate — was attacked by an election opponent.

Joseph Smith vehemently denied Bennett's account, speculating that Boggs — no longer governor, but campaigning for state senate — was attacked by an election opponent.

After their legal appeals were exhausted, the condemned men submitted clemency petitions to the governor of New York, which were all denied.

Stumbo denied any plans to run for governor in 2007, although he eventually became gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lunsford's running mate in the election, losing in the Democratic primary.

Consequently, when Curley was denied by the then Republican governor a place in the Massachusetts delegation to the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Curley engineered his selection as a delegate from Puerto Rico ( under the alias of Alcalde Jaime Curleo ).

In 1612, a Virginia governor declared the death penalty for a person that denied the Trinity under Virginia's Laws Divine, Moral and Martial, which also outlawed blasphemy, speaking badly of ministers and royalty, and " disgraceful words.

** Richardson, who is Hispanic, was widely regarded as a leading contender for the vice-presidential slot before he denied interest during a March 7, 2004, appearance on Meet the Press ; When elected governor, he promised the citizens of New Mexico that he would serve his entire term.

Even though all top representatives of the Burgenland SPÖ ( including governor Johann Sipötz ) gave testimony in his favor when he denied the accuracy of Matysek's depiction of the events, the court gave more weight to the authenticity of some hand-written notes and dismissed the suit.

In 1988, Cramer recalled a visit twenty-one years earlier to Kirk's office at which time a former state legislator was denied an appointment with the governor even though the man was a stalwart Republican.

Though the motion was denied by the court without a hearing, Blagojevich was later impeached and convicted and Quinn was sworn in as governor.

Rumours circulated that Hege intended to run for governor of North Carolina, though Hege denied these rumours.

He denied that he was seeking to be Faso's running mate for lieutenant governor.

Veto power was denied the governor until 1996 when the constitution was amended.

The Idaho Statesman reported on September 1, however, that Otter's spokesman denied Risch had been selected and that the governor " has made no decision and he is not leaning toward anybody.

When denied access to the debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor, Pierce created a news release, Blackwell, Strickland Chicken to Debate Pierce.

By the end of 1885, however, the Mormon colonists had been denied the opportunity to purchase land within Chihuahua, by order of the acting governor.

Later that month, on the first anniversary of the occupation of Jaffa by the British, the Muslim-Christian Association sent a lengthy memorandum and petition to the military governor protesting once more any formation of a Jewish state.

In 1803, the inhabitants signed a petition addressed to the Jamaican governor asking him to grant them a tax exemption from the " Transient Tax on Wreck Goods ".

A former governor of Pennsylvania was chosen to carry another petition, approved in July 1775, to London and present it to the king himself but the king refused to see him.

Finally, in 1593, when her sons, Tibbot Burke and Murrough O ' Flaherty, and her half-brother, Donal-na-Piopa, were taken captive by the English governor of Connacht, Sir Richard Bingham, Ní Mháille sailed to England to petition Elizabeth I for their release.

Initiatives can be proposed by the governor, legislature, or by popular petition, giving California one of the most flexible legal systems in the world.

Printed copies of the petition and Facebook group membership were mailed to Richmond Braves general manager Bruce Baldwin, Atlanta Braves Vice President Mike Plant, Richmond Mayor ( and former Virginia governor ) L. Douglas Wilder and Richmond City Council President Bill Pantele.

In June of that year, on petition of the citizens of the county, the governor restored the previous boundaries and ordered a separate organization of the county.

1903 A petition signed by a majority of the land holders was submitted to the governor asking that Lake Arthur by incorporated as a village.

On July 13, 1898, the 200 citizens of Pearl River voted to petition the state of Louisiana for incorporation as the " Village of Pearl River ", a request which was granted nearly a decade later, on May 24, 1906, by governor Newton Crain Blanchard, with G. W.

The exact number cannot be ascertained, but a petition they sent to the governor included 378 names.

* Oklahoma: A party is defined either as a group that polled 10 % for the office at the top of the ticket in the last election ( i. e., president or governor ), or that submits a petition signed by voters equal to 5 % of the last vote cast for the office at the top of the ticket.

* South Dakota: For a registered political party in a statewide election they must collect petition signatures equal to one percent of the vote for that political party in the preceding election for state governor.

An independent candidate must collect petition signatures equal to one percent of the total votes for state governor, and a new political party must collect two-hundred and fifty petition signatures.

* Texas: For a registered political party in a statewide election to gain ballot access, they must either 1 ) obtain five percent of the vote in any statewide election or 2 ) collect petition signatures equal to one percent of the total votes cast in the preceding election for governor, and must do so by January 2 of the year in which such statewide election is held.

An independent candidate for any statewide office must collect petition signatures equal to one percent of the total votes cast for governor, and must do so beginning the day after primary elections are held and complete collection within 60 days thereafter ( if runoff elections are held, the window is shortened to beginning the day after runoff elections are held and completed within 30 days thereafter ).

" Owings was again elected as provisional governor and Granville Henderson Oury was chosen as a delegate to petition for the territory's admission into the Confederacy.

Acting on a petition of the residents of the colony, the British government appointed a royal governor for South Carolina in 1720.

The Convention defeated his motion, but he did not give up, instead gathering more than 5, 000 petition signatures within a fortnight, which he sent to London through the governor.

It first came to be used in the campaign Destituons Patapouf !, an operation of disgruntled citizens who spread a petition from 2003 to 2004 to have Charest recalled, not unlike California governor Gray Davis.

The meeting prepared a petition to the governor asking him to dissolve the parliament and call new elections, or to reserve the assent of the bill for the Queen's pleasure, that is to say, to defer the question to the UK Parliament.

An initiative is brought about by writing a proposed law as a petition, and submitting the petition to the California Attorney General along with a submission fee ( in 2004 this was $ 200 ), and obtaining signatures on petitions from registered voters amounting to 8 % ( for a constitutional amendment ) or 5 % ( for a statute ) of the number of people who voted in the most recent election for governor.

His petition for a writership was granted and endorsed by the former governor of Bengal, Harry Verelst.