Sentence examples for gained appointment from inspiring English sources

He began his career by consolidating the support of provincial caudillos behind his leadership, increasing his power when he gained appointment as a special finance commissioner to negotiate loans with London bankers.

He gained appointment as minority counsel on the Watergate hearings, where his questioning of former Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield lead to the disclosure of the existence of Nixon's White House tapes.

Spanish golfer Miguel Angel Martin, who had suffered an unfortunate injury late in the season, was rather unceremoniously dumped from the European Ryder Cup squad, to which he had gained appointment by virtue of his two-season-long record on the European PGA Tour.

In 1536 St Nicholas Priory was dissolved and the last Prior gained appointment as the Vicar of Cullompton.

His financial success was followed by political success, and he gained appointment as Councilor in 1624 and Secretary of State for the colony in 1626.

After repeated failures, he successfully gained appointment to the judiciary as a Justice of the Court of King's Bench on 16 February 1770, leaving to replace Edward Clive as a Justice of the Common Pleas on 25 June.

Instead of the current practice of peers gaining appointment on the recommendation of the prime minister or other political leaders, 360 of the 450 House of Lords' members would have to compete for seats in regional elections.

PAGE B16 NEW YORK FOR KENNEDY, SENATE BID Brings a Role Reversal Caroline Kennedy has been traveling the state, meeting with officials, community leaders and the news media in her bid to gain appointment as senator.

In December 1761 he asked Lord Shelburne, a patron, for his assistance in gaining appointment as Chief Justice of Chester, writing again in July 1762 to "prevail upon Lord Bute to recommend me to his Majesty's Notice", anticipating an upcoming vacancy in the Court of Common Pleas.

Following the war, Walker served on the editorial staff of the Springfield Republican before using his family and military connections to gain appointment as the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics from 1869 to 1870 and Superintendent of the 1870 census where he published an award-winning Statistical Atlas visualizing the data for the first time.

Bradford had been at odds with Breckinridge since the 1799 constitutional convention, and his dislike intensified when Breckinridge refused to use his influence to gain appointments for Bradford's relatives – John Bradford and James Bradford – as Public Printer of the United States and Secretary of Louisiana Territory, respectively.