Sentence examples for serving as a delegate from inspiring English sources

But then he threw himself into it, serving as a delegate to the First Continental Congress, in 1774.

He began his career in public life by serving as a delegate to Alabama's first Republican state convention; he was a member of the platform committee.

This means that the third highest vote-getter from a county or the eighth from a congressional district is automatically disqualified from serving as a delegate.

He later helped shape foreign policy for the U.S. Department of State (1981 82), specializing in Middle Eastern affairs and serving as a delegate to an Egyptian-Israeli conference on Palestinian autonomy.

And while he said he is proud to be serving as a delegate who will select the first black nominee of a major political party in American history, he expected it would have happened sooner.

Mrs. Mullen's mother had been county Democratic chairwoman in the 1920s, and she herself was an active Democrat, serving as a delegate at the party's 1964, 1968 and 1972 national conventions.

After World War I he served as a delegate to the peace conference and as chairman of the Canadian delegation to the first assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva.

In 1995 she served as a delegate to the United Nations Conference on Women, held in Beijing.

At Independence Hall, you'll learn that he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.

In 1787, Mason served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

He was well known in national and state politics and served as a delegate and super delegate at Democratic National Conventions.