Sentence examples for federal position from inspiring English sources

The highest federal position Mr. Cox held was solicitor general, representing the government before the Supreme Court.

In 1920 Wilson appointed her to the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the highest federal position occupied by a woman to that time.

One of the last major responsibilities he had in that federal position was the coordination of a three-year national program of research on television and social behavior.

"One of the general rules is that you don't take advantage of your federal position to help yourself financially in any way," a former government attorney who helped formulate the Code of Conduct told me.

He said that after a few years doing research and writing briefs, he wanted a job that would allow him to use his courtroom skills, so he jumped at the federal position in the Newark office.

Mr. Ormsby and other prosecutors say they agree that the federal position has not changed, and they say they have been given no new directive from the Justice Department (Mr. Ormsby's and Ms. Durkan's letter to Ms. Gregoire said they had "consulted with the attorney general," Eric H. Holder Jr).

James A. Garfield to accept their recommendations for appointments to federal positions in New York State.

The group said that out of 787 federal positions, only 95 are held by black judges.

What they missed, Chernow notes, was Grant's remarkable advances in hiring minorities to federal positions.

Previously he made clear that by "nominations" he means Mr. Obama's choices for judicial as well as federal positions.

Mr. Sanjuan held many other federal positions, including spokesman for arms control efforts under President Jimmy Carter and assistant secretary of the interior under President Ronald Reagan.