Sentence examples for was to elect from inspiring English sources

Their next chance came in the election of 1881; their aim was to elect a governor, but most importantly to maintain control of the state legislature, since it would elect "a successor to the Hon.

The Whig plan was to elect popular Whigs regionally, deny Van Buren the 148 electoral votes needed for election, and force the House of Representatives to decide the election.

On January 3rd, the House was to elect its Speaker.

"The first goal was to elect pro-labor council members, and the second goal was to elect a pro-labor speaker".

Number one on the list was to elect a Democratic president.

When voters across the European Union went to the polls between June 10th and June 13th, their task was to elect a new European Parliament, which they did.

It's to elect a new president.

To me, he said, "This is to elect values candidates".

"Members of parliament are to be elected by the population and members of parliament are to elect the prime minister.

Support for Breckinridge's candidacy was only reasonable if the intention were to elect Lincoln.

Significantly, the judges were to be elected.