Sentence examples for appoint the first from inspiring English sources
Wilson was also able to appoint the first Jew to the Supreme Court, Louis D. Brandeis.
Buckingham Palace is set to appoint the first ever woman as master of the Queen's music.
One of his early acts was to appoint the first black justice to the Texas Supreme Court.
"Willie got to appoint the first Asian police chief, the first black chief, then the first woman chief," one local politico told me.
He also pledged to appoint the first White House director of urban policy, to be an advocate in Washington for the cities.
Her eligibility had been enhanced by reports that Cameron and Osborne have been keen to appoint the first woman to chair the BBC Trust.
Jan Thijssen was appointed the first Dutch governor.
In 1885 he was appointed the first minister of education.
In 1966, he was appointed the first archbishop of Anchorage.
Pope John XXIII appointed the first African cardinal in 1960.
Bill Clinton appointed the first, to Luxembourg, in 1999.
