Woodruff wanted this political windfall very badly, and everyone assumed that he would get it because he was a close friend of the governor and his stanchest supporter.

In the Blue Ridge meeting, the audience was warned that entering a candidate for governor would force it to take petitions out into voting precincts to obtain the signatures of registered voters.

Under Formby's plan, an appointee would be selected by a board composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the House, attorney general and chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

In a letter to Andrew Johnson, the military governor of Tennessee, encouraging him to lead the way in raising black troops, Lincoln wrote, " The bare sight of 50, 000 armed and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi would end the rebellion at once ".

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

Phillip was a far-sighted governor, who soon saw that New South Wales would need a civil administration and a system for emancipating the convicts.

Fearing Suetonius ' actions would provoke further rebellion, Nero replaced the governor with the more conciliatory Publius Petronius Turpilianus.

The various groups reached a compromise, and in 1966 the governor unveiled the proposal for what would become Battery Park City.

The referendum would cause each island's president to become a governor and the ministers to become councilors.

After a term as Praetor, the magistrate would serve as a provincial governor in the office of Propraetor, wielding Propraetor imperium, commanding the province ’ s legions, and possessing ultimate authority within his province ( s ).

Hughes, however, would be unsuccessful in achieving one of his main goals as governor: primary voting reform.

As the governor said, Delaware had been the first state to embrace the Union by ratifying the Constitution and would be the last to leave it.

When Marcus Livius, the governor of Tarentum, claimed the merit of recovering the town, Fabius rejoined, " Certainly, had you not lost it, I would have never retaken it.

Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the governor, or absence from the state, the lieutenant governor would take on the governor's duties and powers.

On 23 January 2012, The Financial Post reported that Richard Baker ( owner of NDRC and governor of Hudson Bay's Company ) had dissolved Hudson ’ s Bay Trading Company and that the Hudson's Bay Company would now also operate the Lord & Taylor chain.

Although Maria had well-off kin, they were concerned with protecting their own inheritances and taking advantage of investment opportunities rather than settling their mother's estate so Maria's family would be more secure with Herman's younger brother, Thomas Melville, who eventually became a governor of Sailors Snug Harbor.

Alexander proved to be enthusiastic about the Canadian wilderness, as well as a popular governor general with the Canadian people, and he would be the last non-Canadian-born governor general before the appointment of Adrienne Clarkson in 1999.

Born into poverty, he was elected emir upon the abdication of his predecessor, and would rule under Ottoman suzerainty, being appointed wali or governor of Mt Lebanon, the Biqa valley and Jabal Amil.

The Province of Lebanon that would be controlled by the Maronites, but the entire area was placed under direct rule of the governor of Damascus, and carefully watched by the Ottoman Empire.

Furious, he declared he would wreak a terrible vengeance on the city, whereupon the residents asked Honorius for forgiveness and to send another governor.

Eventually John Clarkson would be sworn in as first governor of Sierra Leone.

He did hint to state party leaders that he would be interested in running for governor in the 1908 election.

Very angry at Woodruff, the governor used his personal influence to have the printing contract withdrawn from The Gazette and awarded to the lowest bidder, which, by a strange coincidence, happened to be Pike's Advocate.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim the week of april 29th to may 7th, 1961, as Rhode Island Heritage Week, advising our citizens that throughout this week many historic houses and beautiful gardens will be open to visitors as well as industrial plants, craft shops, museums and libraries and I earnestly urge all to take advantage of these opportunities to see as many of these places as they can during this outstanding week.

It may be noted, parenthetically, that to evade `` desegregation '' an ex-Justice and former southern governor has urged Congress to abolish this reviewing authority.

The council advised the governor that `` large supermarkets, factory outlets and department stores not be allowed to do business '' on Sunday.

If a man was good, if he was going to be governor, you felt it and you wanted him to go on forever.

With the governor having interceded, Hasan Ali Shah surrendered and emerged from the citadel of Bam only to be double-crossed.

His mantra as military governor was – traitors must be punished and treason crushed.

At that moment, Cora receives a telegram from the governor warning that if the quota of forty-nine cookies is not filled, she will be impeached.

Emperor Joseph I, acting on behalf of his younger brother King ’ Charles III ’, absent in Spain, claimed that reconquered Brabant and Flanders should be put under immediate possession of a governor named by himself.

Thus, that year ( 501 BC ), Confucius came to be appointed to the minor position of governor of a town.

Believing the Saints to be in insurrection, the Missouri governor ordered that the Saints be " exterminated or driven from the State ".

The Utah Mormon War ensued from 1857 to 1858, which resulted in the relatively peaceful invasion of Utah by the United States Army, after which Young agreed to step down from power and be replaced by a non-Mormon territorial governor, Alfred Cumming.

Because each governor held equal imperium to the equivalent magistrate, they were escorted by the same number of lictors ( 12 ) and could only be vetoed by a reigning Consul or Praetor.

Influenced perhaps by his experience as a state governor, Hughes authored a series of decisions that upheld state laws that affected — and, it might be argued, infringed on — congressional authority over interstate commerce.

The governor general appointed him to be prime minister for a second time.

That's what it was built for ... t some stage a rural or regional governor will be appointed and we will need to provide accommodation at Government House so it makes sense to provide appropriate living areas ".

In exceptional situations, such as war, occupation, revolution or a coup d ' état, constitutional institutions, including the symbolically crucial head of state, may be reduced to a figurehead or be suspended in favor of an emergency office ( such as the original Roman Dictator ) or eliminated by a new " provisionary " regime, such as a collective of the junta type, or removed by an occupying force, such as a military governor ( an early example being the Spartan Harmost ).

Ulpius Marcellus was sent as replacement governor and by 184 he had won a new peace, only to be faced with a mutiny from his own troops.

However when the governor of Syria had to be sent to sort out renewed troubles in Dacia, Hadrian was appointed as a replacement, giving him an independent command.