Sentence examples for vote elected from inspiring English sources

Bradley was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Electoral Commission of 1877, and his vote elected Rutherford B. Hayes president of the United States.

In a turn of the generational wheel, last month's vote elected a younger, more liberal National Assembly, where few have personal memories of the Korean War.

It split the Buff vote, elected Wilson and humiliated Taft, who ran a poor third behind T. R. Comparisons can be pushed too far, and it would be grotesque to suggest that today's Tea Party much resembles the sophisticated "P Partyy of a century ago.

In June 1614, the University of Cambridge by unanimous vote elected Coke High Steward, honorary office next below Chancellor of the University.

One way to avoid this partitioning of the vote electing a minority candidate is the system of approval voting.

The paradox is that Mr. Balan says he has no interest in voting, because the Electoral College, not the popular vote, elects the president.

De Mistura acknowledged this was the gap he had to bridge: "It is up to the Syrian people to vote, elect and decide.

Will Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote, elect kindness over cruelty?

Two years later, after a change of government and negotiations on the terms of membership, it held a referendum in which around two-thirds of those who voted elected to stay.

The fact that half of those who voted elected Trump to the office of the presidency makes blacks, Latinos and other minorities "feel unwelcome," Veasey said.

The 22 "overhangs" got in because Germans split their votes, electing more members with their first votes than their party was supposed to win based on second votes.