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Sometimes a great length of time passes between nominations such as the eleven years between Stephen Breyer's nomination in 1994 and the nomination of John Roberts in 2005 to fill the seat of Sandra Day O ' Connor ( though Roberts ' nomination was withdrawn and resubmitted for the role of Chief Justice after Rehnquist died ).
Nixon appointed Democrat Morris Roam to fill Thomas ' Republican seat and appointed Democrat Don McCulloch, the retired Waynesville Police Chief, to fill Ransdall's seat.
Sky Chief, fill up with Sky Chief,
Fire Chief, fill up with Fire Chief
The duties of the White House Chief of Staff vary greatly from one administration to another, and in fact, there is no legal requirement that the President even fill the position.
Following the death of Sanford E. Church, Folger was appointed Chief Judge by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell on May 20, 1880, to fill the vacancy temporarily.
Later, when the Chief Justice wanted to fill five vacant judicial positions for carrying out the business of dispensing justice in a speedy manner, the Prime Minister not only refused to grant the request but went ahead and abolished those vacancies altogether.
In December 1881, he was appointed by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Judge Charles Andrews as Chief Judge after the resignation of Charles J. Folger.
Gohmert was elected as a state district judge for Texas's 7th Judicial District comprising Smith County ( Tyler ) in 1992 and was reelected two times before being appointed by Governor Rick Perry to fill a vacancy as Chief Justice on Texas's 12th Court of Appeals, where he served from 2002 to 2003.
President George W. Bush first nominated John Roberts to the vacancy ; however, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died on September 3, Bush withdrew Roberts ' nomination to fill O ' Connor's seat and instead nominated Roberts to the Chief Justiceship.
In 1961, a somewhat less complex, but also far less reliable three-speed Roto Hydramatic also dubbed the " Slim Jim " Hydramatic ( in which the " dump and fill " shifting principle was retained ) was adopted for all Oldsmobiles as well as Pontiac's full-sized Catalina, Ventura, and Grand Prix models, while all Cadillacs and Pontiac's Bonneville and Star Chief models retained the older four-speed " Jetaway " unit ( not to be confused with the two-speed Jetaway automatic used in various Buick, Olds and Pontiac intermediate cars from 1964-1969 ).
The Hong Kong Chief Executive election of 2005 was held to fill the vacancy of the territory's top office.
After an ill-fated team-up with fellow escapee Amygdala, he procures a number of other hand puppets to fill in for Scarface, including one of a police officer which he refers to as " Chief O ' Hara " ( in reference to a character from the 1960s Batman TV show ).
To make more money off the prison, Mr. Burns forces Chief Wiggum to reinstate old and forgotten laws in order to fill his prison with convicts.
In January 1974, Governor Malcolm Wilson appointed him to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Charles D. Breitel as Chief Judge.
The Senate hearings on the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, began on September 12, 2005, with U. S. Senators posing questions to Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush to fill the vacancy of Chief Justice of the United States.
In 2000, Beveridge returned to Sun to fill the position of Executive Vice President People and Places and Chief Human Resources Officer.
Majority of Phogat's leave out " Phogat ", when they fill any paper work they just use " Singh " ( The Lion ) or " Chowdhary " ( Village Chief ), or " Kumar " ( Prince ) as last name, which by default becomes their surname on official papers.
He was chosen by Mayor Ed Lee to fill the post left by Chief George Gascon, who resigned on January 9, 2011 to accept an appointment as San Francisco District Attorney by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

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" Severed from the no less essential institution of the Universal House of Justice this same System of the Will of ' Abdu ' l-Bahá would be paralyzed in its action and would be powerless to fill in those gaps which the Author of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas has deliberately left in the body of His legislative and administrative ordinances.
Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter was the only Justice during his time on the Court with extensive prior court experience outside of a federal appeals court, having served as a prosecutor, a state's attorney general, and as a judge on state trial and appellate courts.
One such study had participants fill out questionnaires pertaining to the Senate hearings that confirmed Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court Justice ( Morse, 1993 ).
President Tyler nominated Spencer to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court twice, first in January 1844 to fill Smith Thompson's seat and again in June of the same year to fill Henry Baldwin's seat, but the Senate failed to confirm him both times.
On December 9, 1982, outgoing Republican Governor William Milliken appointed Dorothy Comstock Riley to the Michigan Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Blair Moody on November 26.
In 1890, Wilson was one of three Senators mentioned as potential nominees to fill the vacancy on the U. S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Samuel F. Miller of Iowa.
On December 9, 1857, President James Buchanan nominated Clifford to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Benjamin R. Curtis.
On December 9, 1982, Republican Governor William Milliken nevertheless appointed Riley to the Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Blair Moody on November 26.
Williams was suspected by the Justice Department of wanting to fill the vacuum of influence left after the assassinations of his friends Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Hoover received reports that blacks looked to Williams as a figure similar to John Brown.
Judge Alito was unanimously rated " well qualified " to fill the Associate Justice post by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, which measures the professional qualifications of a nominee.
She was appointed to the office by Mayor Daley in 1998 to fill the unexpired term of John O. Steele, now a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court.
* July 19 – President Bush nominated John Roberts to the U. S. Supreme Court to fill a vacancy that would be left by the resignation of Justice Sandra Day O ' Connor.
As part of the ongoing work on Parliament Hill there are currently discussions to fill the space between the Confederation Building and the smaller Justice Building to create more office space.
It was found that the individual members of the Justice League were instinctively creating new crime-fighting organizations beginning with the " Justice League of A " to fill the void.
In 2000, the Yankees used many different players to fill the DH role formerly occupied by Davis, including Shane Spencer, José Canseco, Glenallen Hill, Chuck Knoblauch, David Justice and Jim Leyritz.
On May 18, 2004 ABC announced that they had ordered Blind Justice as a mid-season replacement to fill the spot in their scheduled left by NYPD Blue which was to end part way through the 2004-05 television season.
Governor Dannel Malloy nominated Appellate Court Judge Lubbie Harper, Jr. to fill the seat vacated by Justice Joette Katz on February 23, 2011.
Though he had initially refused a new Green Lantern ring months prior, he eventually accepted a new one entrusted to Kyle Rayner by a time-lost Hal Jordan, and joined the Justice League to fill in for Rayner as he took an extended leave of absence from Earth.

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It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you, he was a man, and that because Gratt Shafer was making you miserable, you were passing it down to him, to Gratt Shafer's substitute, that other guy.
In April 1866 he nominated Henry Stanbery to fill the vacancy left with the death of John Catron, but the Republican Congress eliminated the seat to prevent the appointment.
In 1872 he ran for election to fill Tennessee's new at – large seat in the House of Representatives.
The current system, under the Seventeenth Amendment, allows Governors to appoint a replacement only if their state legislature has previously decided to allow the Governor to do so ; otherwise, the seat must remain vacant until the special election is held to fill the seat, as in the case of a vacancy in the House.
" Conducting an orchestra, he might stop and order a violinist who had played a sour note to get off the stage, then resume the performance and have the other members of the section move up to fill the empty seat while they were still playing.
The accomplished publisher also gained a flair for public speaking, and Harding in 1899 was elected to fill the Ohio State Senate seat for the 13th Senatorial District, despite Amos Kling's financing of a primary opponent.
James Matheson returned to England to fill up the Parliament seat left vacant by Jardine and to head up the firm Matheson & Co., previously known as Magniac, Jardine & Co., in London, a merchant bank and Jardines ' agent in England.
Patrese was invited to rejoin Williams in 1994 to fill the seat of Ayrton Senna after his fatal accident at Imola, but ultimately decided against returning to Formula 1.
After she told the story to Louella Parsons, Pepsi reversed its position and Crawford was elected to fill the vacant seat on the board of directors.
After Senator Salmon P. Chase resigned to become the Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman was elected to fill his seat.
In 1810, United States Senator Buckner Thruston resigned to serve as a judge on the United States Circuit Court, and Clay was again selected to fill his seat.
Frederick Lovejoy would soon fill Palmer's vacated seat on the D & RG, the first in a succession of post Palmer presidents that would attempt to direct the railroad through future struggles and successes.
In politics, a stand-in is a placeholder who occupies a seat until an appointment or election can be held to fill the seat.
He was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Dan Quayle following Quayle's election as Vice President of the United States in 1988.
In 1765 Henry was elected from Louisa County for the House of Burgesses, the legislative body of the Virginia colony, to fill a vacated seat in the assembly.
The legislature appointed him to the Senate in 1819 to fill the seat vacated by John J. Crittenden.
In December 1819, he resigned his post in the state legislature to fill the Senate seat vacated by the resignation of John J. Crittenden.
( Charlotte beat Tim Matthes in Nov. 2008 elections to fill the seat vacated by Jan Angel, who resigned to run for state legislature.

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