Sentence examples for failed to be elected from inspiring English sources

Yet despite their revered status as orators, all of them failed to be elected president.

By 1912, however, his policy had been largely discredited, and in October of that year he failed to be elected to the fourth Duma.

In 64 Catiline failed to be elected consul when Cicero was one of the successful candidates, and a year later he was again defeated for that office.

In 1963, the firm became Nixon, Mudge, Guthrie, Rose & Alexander, when the defeated Republican presidential candidate, having also failed to be elected governor of California, joined it.

He was acting Vice-President during the interim period while rule books and practices were brought together, but failed to be elected General President of the newly constituted Graphical, Paper and Media Union (now part of Unite).

Bond was unable to chair the meeting in Zug, Switzerland, a year ago because he had failed to be elected by big institutional investors who had cast their votes ahead of the meeting.

Back in January, when Congress reconvened after the election, many thought he would fail to be elected speaker for a second two-year term.

Rove's Crossroads operation spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2012 elections, only to see nearly all of his marquee candidates fail to be elected.

Failing to be elected to the first parliament of united Italy in 1860, Solaro della Margarita retired from politics.

16 March Nigel Farage announces he will quit as Ukip leader if he fails to be elected as MP for South Thanet.

Last week the leaders of the Hall said that all players who fail to be elected by the baseball writers from the fifth to the 20th year of retirement can now be elected by a secret ballot of all members and all news media members honored by the Hall, plus a panel of current writers.