Sentence examples for was appointed senator from inspiring English sources

At the end of his term Scalfaro was appointed senator for life.

Mr. Carnahan was elected posthumously, and Mrs. Carnahan was appointed senator.

Returning to Russia, Tolstoy was appointed senator, president of the Board of Trade, and member of the Commission for Foreign Affairs.

He returned to Rome and was appointed senator in 1354 (essentially a puppet of Albornoz's attempt to dominate the Papal States), but within less than three months he faced a popular revolt that ended with his death.

Mrs. Carnahan was appointed senator when her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, was killed in a plane crash late in his 2000 Senate race and still defeated the incumbent, John Ashcroft.

However, as his life progressed, he sheltered much of his revolutionary spirit and distanced himself from the intense political landscape until 1922, when he was appointed Senator for the Irish Free State.

As a congresswoman, she had a 100percentt rating from the National Rifle Association, but has said since being appointed senator that she would moderate her positions.

Also of note: Jackson Jr. did not do anything to tamp down his public hopes of being appointed Senator.

Gov. Rick Perry announced he was appointing Senator-elect John Cornyn, left, to serve the final weeks of Senator Phil Gramm's term.

All its members are elected by popular vote for five-year terms (with the exception of former presidents, who are appointed senators for life, though they are not entitled to vote) on the same date that the presidential elections are held.

Paul G. Kirk, Jr. was appointed U.S. Senator from Massachusetts on September 24 , 2009by Governor Deval Patrick to take the seat vacated by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts).