The name was changed to Portis, in honor of the Vice-President of the Missouri Pacific, Thomas Jefferson Portis ( born in 1827 ).

Residents referred to their new community as “ Brunerstown ,” but it was officially named “ Jeffersontown ”, after then Vice-President Thomas Jefferson, on May 3, 1797, when it was incorporated as a city.

" After an alleged attempt to overthrow President Momoh in March 1987, more than 60 senior government officials were arrested, including Vice-President Francis Minah, who was removed from office, convicted for plotting the coup, and executed by hanging in 1989 along with 5 others.

The Senate is composed of the Chancellor, the President, Vice-President, Academic, Vice-President, Research, Deans of Faculties, Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Continuing Studies, Associate Vice-President, Academic, University Librarian, Registrar ( as Senate secretary ), 14 student members, 28 faculty members, and 4 convocation members ( who are not faculty members ).

Amidst failing health, in 2006 Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice-President Raúl Castro, who then became President when Fidel stepped down in 2008.

Grow, and Schuyler Colfax, who later became Vice-President under Ulysses Grant.

The Farmer-Labor Party eventually voted for the Democrats ' candidate for speaker John Nance Garner, who later became Vice-President under Franklin Roosevelt.

He also caught on television patting the bottoms of Liberal Party President Iona Campagnolo and Vice-President Lise St. Martin-Tremblay, causing an uproar among feminists, who saw such behaviour as sexist and condescending.

The Judiciary Branch is composed of federal judges and others with different jurisdictions, and a Supreme Court with nine members ( one President, one Vice-President and seven Ministers ), appointed by the President with approval of the Senate, who may be deposed by Congress.

A key figure in this period was William Pascoe Goard, who was Vice-President of the British-Israel-World Federation from 1921 until his death in 1937.

Clifford encouraged Truman to embrace a left-wing populist image in hope of undermining the impact on the race of third-party Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace, who had served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice-President from 1941 to 1945.

The county was named after William Rufus King who was Vice-President when the Washington Territory was created.

Spiro T. Agnew, who was the Governor of Maryland from 1967 – 1969, later served as the Vice-President of the United States for a time under President Richard M. Nixon, and Agnew is, thus far, the highest-ranking Marylander in the history of the United States.

* Elisha Lawrence ( 1746-1799 ), politician who served as served as Vice-President of Council from 1789 through 1792, and again in 1795

The governing body consists of a Council President, Council Vice-President, five council members, a borough secretary, and a borough treasurer who are voted into office by the citizens of the borough.

The town is named for Lorenzo de Zavala, a Mexican rancher, politician, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence who served as the first Vice-President of the Republic of Texas.

Facing its garden front on its Merrion Square side, stands a large triangular monument commemorating three founding figures of Irish independence, President of Dáil Éireann Arthur Griffith, who died in 1922, Michael Collins and Kevin O ' Higgins, the Chairman of the Provisional Government and the Vice-President of the Executive Council ( deputy prime minister ), both of whom were assassinated, in 1922 and 1927 respectively.

The Senate is chaired by the Vice-President of Student Government who votes only in the case of a tie.

" Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice-President, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Philip Marlowe series, to take on the task.

According to the one of Iran analyst's of International Crisis Group ( a NGO founded in 1995 by World Bank Vice-President and former US diplomats ), " Kurds, who live in the some of the least developed parts of Iran, pose the most serious internal problem for Iran to resolve, and given what they see next door — the newfound confidence of Iraqi Kurds — there's concern Iranian Kurds will agitate for greater autonomy.

: Married Vice-President of Titania Records, who was involved with Monica Colby.

Kevin Christopher O ' Higgins (; 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927 ) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice.

In April 1850, during heated Senate floor debates over the proposed Compromise of 1850, Benton was nearly shot by pistol-wielding Mississippi Senator Henry S. Foote, who had taken umbrage to Benton's vitriolic sparring with Vice-President Millard Fillmore.

A vice-president or another officer in the line of succession who succeeds to the Presidency or who serves, albeit briefly, as Acting President during a certain presidential term ( which all Brazilian Vice-Presidents do, given the current practice of the Vice-President becoming Acting President during the President's travels abroad ) can subsequently be elected to the Presidency once only and the consecutive term limit already applies.

Dr. Gordon N. Ray, Provost, Vice-President and Professor of English in the University of Illinois, was appointed Associate Secretary General.

Hoffberger's first action was installing J. Frank Cashen, the Director of Advertising for the National Brewery, as Senior Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer for the Orioles.

The board complained that Pfeiffer was too removed from management and the troops, as he surrounded himself with a " clique " of Chief Financial Officer Earl Mason, Senior Vice-President John Rose, and Human Resources Chief Hans Gutsch.

The Vice-President of the committee was essentially the country's Vice-President, without the succession rights.

In defeating Taft for the nomination, it became necessary for Eisenhower to appease the right wing Old Guard of the Republican Party ; his selection of Richard M. Nixon as the Vice-President on the ticket was designed in part for that purpose.

A diplomatic row with China erupted on 5 May 2005, when President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan arrived for a private visit and was welcomed at a private function at Suva's Sheraton Resort by Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Ratu Ovini Bokini ( Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs ), Senate President Taito Waqavakatoga and several other Senators and MPs, and several judges including Chief Justice Daniel Fatiaki.

Madero was arrested and a short time later assassinated along with his Vice-President, José María Pino Suárez on the 22nd of February 1913, following the series of events known as the Ten Tragic Days ( la Decena Tragica ).

Judge Carmel Agius ( Malta ) was elected Vice-President.

Vice-President Johnson was never attacked and was therefore unharmed.

This is the result of the unification of the opposition: Vice-President Doy Laurel was elected as the president of the Nacionalista Party, with former Labor Secretary and Assemblyman Blas Ople emerged as the Executive Vice-President and former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile as the Secretary-General

The Court elected Bernard Loder as President, and Max Huber as Vice-President ; Huber was replaced by Charles Andre Weiss a month later.

At the elections on 4 September 1924, Charles Andre Weiss was again elected Vice-President and Max Huber became the second President of the Court.

Weiss died the following year, and John Bassett Moore resigned ; Max Huber was elected Vice-President on 12 September 1928 to succeed Weiss, while a second death ( Lord Finlay ) left the Court increasingly understaffed.

On 16 January 1931 Mineichirō Adachi was appointed President, and Gustavo Guerro Vice-President.

Travelling expenses were also provided, and a " duty allowance " of 100 florins was provided when the court was sitting, with 150 for the Vice-President.

This duty allowance was limited to 20, 000 florins a year for the judges and 30, 000 florins for the Vice-President ; as such, it provided for 200 days of court hearings, with no allowance provided if the court sat for longer.

The President was Bernard Heuvelmans, and the Vice-President Roy Mackal.

He was appointed Vice-President of the Academy of Arts in 1828.

The Crédit Mobilier scandal was exposed during the Grant Administration in 1872 ; the involvement of Vice-President Schuyler Colfax was an embarrassment to the Administration, but the wrongdoing in that instance is not generally imputed to Grant's Presidency.