Sentence examples for it elected from inspiring English sources

In 1988 it elected its first woman bishop, Barbara C. Harris.

In 1891, it elected its first districtwide official, a Commissioner of Street Improvements.

This country was rightly elated when it elected its first African-American president more than 20 months ago.

The gathering called for an independent Lithuanian state within ethnic frontiers with Vilnius as its capital, and it elected a 20-member Taryba, or council.

This was also the organisation that was credited with "breaking the mold" when it elected Trevor Phillips as its first black president in 1978.

Before adjourning in anticipation of meeting in 1915 in Berlin, it elected Lane to its Permanent International Commission.

In 2006, it elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to be its president.

In 1983 it gained 42 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and four years later it elected Gianfranco Fini as its leader.

As the nation was still recovering from World War II, it elected a war hero as its president.

Its parliament is the world's oldest, and it elected the first female head of state.

"I think I'll probably always be a fix-it elected official," he said.