who swears in the new house of representatives
Parliament of Queensland


Act 2001, members of Parliament must swear an oath or affirmation to the Sovereign as well as an oath of office before signing a Roll of Members. The Clerk of the Parliament has the power to swear in members. Sworn-in representatives are required to elect a Speaker to preside over the House's business. Before this occurs the Clerk may select and point to the next member who may speak. Once elected the Speaker is dragged to the chair and presented to the Governor at Government House. The ceremonial opening of the
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Dean of the United States House of Representatives


The Dean of the United States House of Representatives is the longest continuously serving member of the House. The current Dean is Don Young, a Republican Party representative from Alaska who has served since 1973, and is the first Republican Dean in more than eighty years, as well as the first from Alaska. The Dean is a symbolic post whose only customary duty is to swear in a Speaker of the House after he or she is elected. (This responsibility was first recorded in 1819 but has not been observed continuously - at
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Chris Gibson (New York politician)


position of conservatives against judicial activism. Following his swearing in, Gibson became a member of the following House committees: Gibson also later became a member of Committee on Small Business. He is a member of both the Conservative Republican Study Committee and the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership. Gibson was ranked as the 3rd most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the third most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York after Peter T. King and Richard L. Hanna) in
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Monarchy of Jamaica


suitable candidate for prime minister has to be brought into play. The Governor-General also appoints to the Cabinet the other ministers of the Crown, who are, in turn, accountable to the democratically elected House of Representatives, and through it, to the people. The Queen is informed by her viceroy of the acceptance of the resignation of a prime minister and the swearing-in of a new prime minister and other members of the ministry. Members of various executive agencies, and other officials are appointed by the Crown.
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2010 Times Square car bombing attempt


New York. He responded to the sentence by saying that "the defeat of the U.S. is imminent." When asked by the judge, "Didn't you swear allegiance to this country?" Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen, replied, "I sweared, but I didn't mean it." Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, said Pakistani officials arrested "alleged facilitators" as part of a "far broader
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Jason Bedrick


2008, he endorsed Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee for president. Bedrick was the first Orthodox Jew elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He observes Shabbat and keeps kosher. Because Jewish law forbids taking oaths, during his swearing-in ceremony Bedrick substituted the words "I affirm" for "I swear." Bedrick always wears a head covering and sports a full beard. By a one-vote margin, 904-903, Bedrick was not re-nominated in 2008 to appear on the Republican ticket in the general
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Cristino Bernazard


Cristino Bernazard is the only person to have served beyond the inaugural session as an unelected Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. After having served as Secretary of the House under Speaker Angel Viera Martínez, after the 1980 elections, his last duty as outgoing Secretary in January 1981 was to preside over the inaugural session of the new House until the new Speaker was elected and swear him in. Because neither the New Progressive Party nor the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico had yet obtained an absolute majority of the seats in the
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Gwen Graham


. Prior to her swearing in, Graham said both parties need new leadership in Congress and that she would not vote for Nancy Pelosi to be speaker of the House. Graham voted for Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee instead. Graham voted for Cooper again when the House voted on the new Speaker after John Boehner announced his resignation. Graham was ranked as the ninth most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School. On a scale
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Prakash Puram


had leadership and product management roles at Net Perceptions, Honeywell, IBM, Pillsbury, and Unilever. On September 22, 2006 U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Puram to be a member of the President's Export Council. Following a breakfast with Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan, Puram and other new members were sworn-in on December 6, 2005 by U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez who administered the oath of Office. White House Chief of Staff, Andrew H. Card, Jr., attended the swearing-in ceremony, representing
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New Swears


New Swears is a four-piece Canadian band consisting of Sammy J. Scorpion, Beej Eh, Nick Nofun, Stoney and S-Mike. Their music has been classified as garage punk or power pop. New Swears was formed in 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario at the Fun Boy Club House, where the band lived. New Swears are composed of brothers Beej Eh and Sammy J. Scorpion, with Nick Nofun, and Scru Bar. The band released its first LP, "Funny Isn't Real", in 2013 on cassette
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Caretaker government of Australia


future government on questions of confidence and supply, and may even delay a final decision until the next House of Representatives sits, to let the House "test the numbers" by a formal vote in the House, or may advise the Governor-General to hold fresh elections. In most cases, several weeks can elapse between an election and the swearing-in of a new government. An exception came in 1972, when Gough Whitlam had himself and his deputy, Lance Barnard, sworn in as a two-man government
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Dean of the United States House of Representatives


times, the Speaker-elect was the current Dean or the Speaker-elect preferred to be sworn in by a member of his own party when the Dean belonged to another party.) The Dean comes forward on the House Floor to administer the oath to the Speaker-elect, before the new Speaker then administers the oath to the other members. While the Dean does swear in newly elected Speakers, he or she does not preside over the election of a Speaker, as do the Father of the House of Commons of
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Ben Cline


. At his election victory celebration, Representative-elect Cline stated to his assembled supporters that "Being part of the checks and balances that our Founding Fathers envisioned is a responsibility that I will guard seriously." In an interview as he arrived for his swearing in at the House, Cline described to a Staunton, Virginia news reporter his 6th district as having 800,000 constituents in "19 cities and counties... each one [with] different character and different political affiliations". Cline's assignments in the House include serving on the
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President of Ethiopia


the House of Peoples' Representatives in order to assure continuity in government and the nonpartisan character of the office. There is no vice president in the Ethiopia governmental system. The president is elected in a joint session of the House of Peoples' Representatives and the House of the Federation by a two-thirds majority. Upon being elected, the President, before commencing his or her responsibilities, shall swear before a joint session of the Houses the oath: "I..., when on this date commence my responsibility as President of
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Philip Lucock


of Representatives to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II who had ascended to the throne on 6 February. Once elected Philip Lucock served in the government of Sir Robert Menzies as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Lucock also served in this role under Prime Ministers Harold Holt, John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser. At the 1954 election Donald Lancaster, Lucock's running partner for the 1952 by election, stood against him as the Labor Party candidate. Although he gained 11.4 percent of the vote Lancaster's presence did not
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Government of Nova Scotia


institution. The representatives of Nova Scotia's House of Assembly were elected by a limited number of individuals who were required to own property and swear on certain oaths. This changed in 1836 when political reformer Joseph Howe started the movement for Responsible Government. Responsible Government is described as a government that is dependent on the support of an elected assembly instead of a monarch.Under the guidance of Joseph Howe, who lead the Reformers (Liberals), the first genuine political party appeared in the election of 1836. The Premier, or
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Joint session


Austrian Parliament, to swear the elected President of Austria into office. The Chamber of Representatives and the Senate convene as United Chambers (; ; ) to swear the King into office, as stipulated by article 91 of the Constitution. The Canadian government procedure is called a joint address, with the members of the House of Commons attending the Senate as guests. There is no procedure in Canada for both chambers of the Parliament to sit in a true joint session. Various government agencies and non-governmental organizations may also meet jointly to
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Monarchy of Belize


the Crown is required, by convention, to appoint the individual most likely to command the support of the House of Representatives, usually, but not necessarily, the leader of the largest party. The Queen is informed by the Governor-General of the acceptance of the resignation of a prime minister and the swearing-in of a new prime minister and members of the ministry. It is a duty of the Crown to also appoint and dismiss ministers, members of various executive agencies, and other officials. The appointment of Senators
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Albert Richard Thomas


the swearing in of President Lyndon Baines Johnson on Air Force One. In 1964, Thomas was named Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. By the time of his death in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 1966, at the age of 67, Thomas ranked eleventh in seniority in the House. The voters of Harris County elected his wife Lera Thomas to complete his term. Lera Thomas was the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the fall of 1967, downtown Houston's Albert Thomas
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Lee–Fendall House


, but offered to return ownership and pay rent if Harriott would swear the Loyalty Oath to the Federal Government. Harriotte refused to swear her loyalty and the house was turned into and annex of the Grosvenor Hospital. Chief Surgeon Bentley likely moved his quarters to the house and it was here that he performed the first successful blood transfusion. Hundred of soldiers recuperated from wounds, surgeries, and illnesses at the house. Those who did not survive were placed in a dead house, or morgue, built at the back of the property
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Colorado House career of Douglas Bruce


The Colorado House of Representatives career of Douglas Bruce began with Bruce's appointment to a vacant legislative seat in November 2007 and his swearing-in in January 2008; he was a focal point of controversy during his one term in the state house, becoming the first legislator in Colorado history to be officially censured. He was defeated in the Republican primary in his 2008 bid for a full term. In October 2007, Bruce announced his plans to seek a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives. After Rep. Bill Cadman was appointed
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Fingersmith (novel)


a letter explaining all to Mrs Sucksby, still believing that it was Maud and Gentleman alone who deceived her. Charles returns, saying Maud intercepted the letter, and sent Sue a playing card — the Two of Hearts, representing lovers — in reply. Sue takes the token as a joke, and storms into the house to confront Maud, half-mad with rage. She tells everything to Mrs Sucksby, who pretends to have known nothing, and despite Mrs Sucksby's repeated attempts to calm her, swears she will kill
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Maakhir


governmental and presidential decree. President Jibril promised a new government by June 2008, but Warsangelis decided instead to rally behind the campaign to elect General Ilkajir as President of Puntland. By the swearing in of the new president of Puntland, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, Maakhir had fully rejoined Puntland. The two branches of government in Maakhir (the Parliament and the Executive) were led by President Jibril Ali Salad, the president of Maakhir; and Eng. Ahmed Guure Aadan, the House of Representative speaker. Maakhir State of Somalia had 17
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Jefferson F. Long


Jefferson Franklin Long (March 3, 1836 – February 4, 1901) was an American politician from Georgia. He was the second African American sworn into the US House of Representatives, and the only African American to represent Georgia until Andrew Young was elected in 1972. Long was the first African American to speak on the floor of the US House, opposing the Amnesty Bill that exempted former confederates serving in the House from swearing allegiance to the Constitution. Long was born a slave by a slave mother and a white father near
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Emperor: Battle for Dune


brother swear allegiance to his new baron. Believing that Copec has usurped the title, Gunseng openly rebels against him. The player character chooses to either side with Gunseng or Copec, and both opposing factions battle on Giedi Prime. Depending on who emerges victorious, the game will then feature Gunseng or Copec as the reigning baron of House Harkonnen. House Ordos' campaign revolves around their ability to create gholas. The house eventually creates a ghola of the deceased Emperor Shaddam Corrino, who will serve as a puppet emperor subservient to House
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Seniority in the Parliament of Malaysia


This is a complete list of members of the Parliament of Malaysia based on seniority . Seniority of members are determined by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. But based on common practice, members are ranked by the number of consecutive terms as either Senator or Member of the House and seniority date (i.e. date of first swearing in as either Senator of Member of the House). Senators and Members of the House who swear in on the same day are later ordered numerically according to the Hansard. Note that the "italicised"
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Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament


may not be a Cabinet Minister. The Constitution requires that Parliament elect the person nominated by the Prime Minister, however the parliament's Standing Orders include a process for contested elections. Following their election the Speaker must present themselves to the Queen's Representative to swear an oath of allegiance and lay claim to the privileges of the House. The Speaker holds office until they cease to be an MP (or, in the case of a Speaker who is not an MP, cease to be qualified to be one), become a
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Keith Ellison


of Representatives on November 7, 2006, and sworn in on January 4, 2007. He received national attention for his decision to use an English translation of the Qur'an, translated by British scholar George Sale in 1734, that once belonged to President Thomas Jefferson for his reenacted swearing-in ceremony, which generated both praise and criticism from political pundits. At the time of his swearing in Ellison said he intended to focus on wages, housing, "relief and justice for the middle class", and ending the U.S. involvement
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Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici


elected to the House of Representatives in 1998 as a member of the Nationalist Party. He was appointed by Parliament as the Chairman of Committees in the same year and was a permanent member of a number of other Committees. Between October 2001 and March 2003 he served as a Board Member of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, being re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003. In April 2003, Carm Mifsud Bonnici was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs. Following the swearing-in
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Swearing on the Horns


the Host—often dressed in formal costume, such as that of a barrister. In some houses, an "initiation fee" of money or drinks was required in addition to the oath; in others, the fee could be paid to bypass the ceremony altogether. Participants were then awarded the title of "Freemen of Highgate". The ceremony was a source of amusement for regular customers, who would do their best to convince newcomers to take part in the swearing in. The details of the swearing took various forms across
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Dutch cabinet formation


a government, then appoints all ministers and state secretaries individually by Royal Decree ("Koninklijk Besluit"). Each minister swears an oath of loyalty to the Constitution. After this the entire Council of Ministers and the monarch are photographed on the stairs of Huis ten Bosch palace. The newly minted ministers all tender their resignations from the House of Representatives, as cabinet ministers are not allowed to be members of Parliament. The new cabinet then proposes its program to parliament, and is confirmed in office. Prior to 2012, the
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Next Dutch general election


The next Dutch general election to elect the members of the House of Representatives is scheduled for 17 March 2021, but may be held at an earlier date if a snap election is called. The current government was inaugurated after the longest coalition formation in Dutch history, with 225 days between the election and swearing in of the cabinet. The current cabinet is led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who presides over a coalition consisting of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),
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100-Hour Plan


business hours after the swearing-in, the House of Representatives had passed every one of the plan's measures in the form that they had been submitted to Congress. These measures included all of those promised, with the exception of part of one of the recommendations of the 9/11 commission. The origin for the name of the plan is a play-on-words from former Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt who promised quick action on the part of government (to combat the Great Depression) during his "first hundred days" in
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Public image of Mitt Romney


Axelrod once remarked that Romney "must watch "Mad Men" and think it's the evening news." Romney's Mormonism means that he abstains from swearing, instead using words like "good grief", "flippin'", "good heavens" and "for Pete's sake"; former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Thomas Finneran recalled that when annoyed, Romney would "let loose" with phrases like "go to H-E-double hockey sticks." "People" magazine included Romney in
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Republicanism in Australia


Commonwealth in 2014, the title of Queen's Counsel (QC) has again been conferred. Currently South Australia and New South Wales are discussing the reintroduction. Nevertheless, all Australian senators and members of the House of Representatives continue to swear "to be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty" before taking their seats in parliament; as a part of the constitution, any changes to this oath could only be approved by a referendum. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) first made republicanism its official policy in 1991,
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Federal Parliament of Somalia


building was undergoing renovations. The outgoing President, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament all attended the ceremony in the capital, which witnessed the swearing in of most of the MPs and the selection of a new interim Speaker. The tenth Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated on 27 December 2016. In a statement to the United Nations Security Council, Michael Keating, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), noted that the Upper House of Parliament had come into existence, comprising 54 members chosen on
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United States Senate


's principal duties (the other being to receive from the states the tally of electoral ballots cast for president and vice president and to open the certificates "in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives", so that the total votes could be counted). Since the 1950s, vice presidents have presided over few Senate debates. Instead, they have usually presided only on ceremonial occasions, such as swearing in new senators, joint sessions, or at times to announce the result of significant legislation or nomination, or when
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Lord Mayor's Show


Mayor and several others participate in a procession from Guildhall, via Mansion House and St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of the City of London, to the Royal Courts of Justice on the edge of the City of Westminster, where the new Lord Mayor swears allegiance to the Crown. Until 1882 the procession went to Westminster Hall. The office of Lord Mayor dates from 1189 and it was a requirement of the charter establishing it that the mayor travelled to the royal enclave at Westminster to present himself to the monarch's representatives
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Martha Jones


television history of "Doctor Who"" or the Doctor's "first black assistant" Martha's status as "first black companion" depends on whether Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) is considered a companion in the 2006 series. In her introduction, Martha is represented as being 'normal' in ways previous "Doctor Who" companions were not. For example, she becomes the first character to use light swear words when she exclaims "We're on the bloody moon!" Davies felt that this level of swearing was
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Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)


as follows: ""I swear to observe the Constitution"". (, , ) Certain offices are incompatible with the office of representative. Members of a regional or community parliament who take the oath of office as a representative automatically cease to sit in the regional or community parliament, in accordance with the Belgian Electoral Code. The same applies the other way around as well, a representative who takes the oath of office in a regional or community parliament automatically ceases to be a representative. A member of the Chamber of
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Eddie Bernice Johnson


Eddie Bernice Johnson (born December 3, 1935) is an American politician from the state of Texas, currently representing Texas's in the United States House of Representatives. She has endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020. Elected in 1992, Johnson was the first registered nurse elected to Congress. At the swearing in of the 116th United States Congress, she became Dean of the Texas congressional delegation. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She formerly served in the Texas state house, where she was elected in 1972
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Ben Cardin


as a Delegate representing District 11 of western Baltimore County. With state legislative District 11 overlapping Congressional District 3, there were two Cardins on the ticket in this area in 2002. Present at Jon's swearing in was the oldest living former member of the House of Delegates at 95 years of age, Meyer Cardin, Jon's grandfather and Ben's father. Also in attendance was Ben himself, who stated, "The next generation's taking over." After Ben announced that he would vacate his Congressional seat to run for
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Bill Flores


9,708 (4 percent). Flores won his fifth term in the U.S. House in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 134,375 votes (56.9 percent), he defeated the Democrat Rick Kennedy, who trailed with 97,574 ballots (41.3 percent) and the Libertarian Peter Churchman with 4,415 (1.9 percent). Upon his swearing-in, Flores became the first Republican to represent Waco in Congress since Reconstruction. Flores supports limited government and lower taxes; an end to the spending of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
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Thomas Jefferson and education


the smaller collection destroyed in the War of 1812. He intended to pay off some of his large debt, but immediately started buying more books. In honor of Jefferson's contribution, the library's website for federal legislative information was named THOMAS. In 2007, Jefferson's two-volume 1764 edition of the Qur'an was used by Rep. Keith Ellison for his swearing into the House of Representatives. In February 2011 the "New York Times" reported that a part of Jefferson's retirement library, containing 74 volumes with 28 book
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Hollywood blacklist


would never "employ any proven or admitted Communist because they are just a disruptive force, and I don't want them around". On November 17, the Screen Actors Guild voted to make its officers swear a pledge asserting each was not a Communist. The following week, on November 24, the House of Representatives voted 346 to 17 to approve citations against the Hollywood Ten for contempt of Congress. The next day, following a meeting of film industry executives at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel, AMPP President Johnston
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James P. T. Carter


, Arizona Territory on September 3. He was suffering from "Panama Fever" upon his arrival at the territorial capital, but appeared to quickly recover. The 3rd Arizona Territorial Legislature convened a month after his arrival and the new secretary was responsible for swearing in the members of the House of Representatives. Following the session, the legislators thanked Carter for the "gentlemanly deportment" and "faithful manner" the Secretary demonstrated during the session. Governor Richard Cunningham McCormick left for California on December 9, 1866. Carter accompanied McCormick part
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Kerala Legislative Assembly


among its own members. While the Speaker still represents his constituency, he remains an impartial chair of the Assembly and refrains from debating. When a new assembly is formed, the political party/alliance which is invited by the Governor to form a government, nominates one among them as Pro-term Speaker. The Pro-Term speaker swears in front of Governor and opens the new assembly's first session. He oversees swearing-in ceremony of all legislators at the assembly hall and then becomes the returning officer for the Speaker
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Edward Archer (politician)


Edward Walker Archer (12 December 1871 – 1 July 1940) was an Australian politician. Archer gained election to the Australian House of Representatives electoral Division of Capricornia on an Anti-Socialist platform on 12 December 1906, serving until 13 April 1910. When he was sworn in as an MP in February 1907, he chose make an affirmation rather than swear an oath, making him the first member of the House of Representatives to do so. Later, Archer switched to state politics, serving as member for the electorate of Normanby
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Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives


In New Zealand, the Speaker of the House of Representatives () is the individual who chairs the country's elected legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives. The individual who holds the position is elected by members of the House from among their number in the first session after each general election. He or she holds one of the highest-ranking offices in New Zealand. The current Speaker is Trevor Mallard, who was initially elected on 7 November 2017. The speaker's role in presiding over New Zealand's House
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Ben Chafin


the vote on August 19, 2014, in a special election. Chafin's victory tipped control of the Virginia Senate back to the Republicans, 21 to 19, after Democrats won control with the swearing-in of Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam following the 2013 general election. Chafin succeeded Democrat Phillip Puckett, who resigned his seat following the 2014 General Assembly regular session. Previously, Chafin had represented the Fourth District in the Virginia House of Delegates, to which he was elected without opposition in November 2013, succeeding conservative Democrat Joseph P.
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1952 Lyne by-election


Spensley and Joe Cordner, also stood for the seat. The presence of two Country Party candidates split the vote and Hayes took three thousand votes more than either Lucock or Lancaster, but with preferences from Lancaster, Lucock easily won the seat. When Philip Lucock was sworn in as the member for Lyne on 22 March 1952, he became the first member of the House of Representatives to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II who had ascended to the throne on 6 February. At the following Federal election in 1954 Lancaster stood as an
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President of the Senate


House of Representatives). While vice presidents used to regularly preside over the Senate, modern vice presidents have done so only rarely, usually only when swearing in new senators, during joint sessions, announcing the result of a vote on a significant bill or confirmation, or when casting a tie-breaking vote. The Senate chooses a president pro tempore to preside in the vice president's absence. Modern presidents pro tempore, too, rarely preside over the Senate. In practice, the junior senators of the majority party typically preside
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Ladies in Retirement


who dreads them being sent to an institution. Ellen snaps. She strangles Miss Fiske to death. Ellen tells visitors and Lucy that Miss Fiske is traveling. She tells her sisters she bought the house and makes them swear on a bible that they will never talk about Miss Fiske or that she sold the house to anyone. Both sisters swear. The neighbor nuns come in a terrible storm to borrow something. Ellen sends Lucy to the shed to get it. She is surprised there by Albert. She had a flirtation with
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Steve Kraus


Steven W. Kraus (born July 28, 1959) was the Representative of the 89th district of the Ohio House of Representatives until his felony conviction on July 27, 2015. He attended the Community College of the Air Force of Air University before receiving his bachelor's in engineering from Troy University. Kraus' election was also significant due to his defeat of Chris Redfern, a long-serving state representative and the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party at the time. After winning election, but prior to his swearing in, Kraus
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2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York


Democratic and Working Families nominee Matthew Zeller and Republican, Conservative and Independence Party nominee Tom Reed. "Tea Party" candidate Janice Volk is running as a write-in candidate. Tom Reed defeated Matthew Zeller for both the special election to fill the open seat and for the term beginning on January 3, 2011. On November 15, one day before his formal swearing-in ceremony to fill the seat left vacant by Massa, in Washington, D.C., Reed was hospitalized with blood clots in his lungs and was scheduled to
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Women in the United States Senate


in the House of Representatives and both houses of the Maine state legislature. She and later Debbie Stabenow of Michigan are the only women to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the federal legislature. Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona became the third woman to do so upon her swearing-in ceremony in January 2019. In 1992, Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) became the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator when she toppled Senator Alan Dixon in the Democratic primary. Later that year,
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The Book of the New Sun


a secret door — Severian remembers the phrase using Thecla's memory. Walking the corridors of the House Absolute, Jonas is revealed to be a robot who once crash-landed on earth and is now partly covered by human flesh, and steps into a mirror and disappears, promising to return for Jolenta when he is healed. Severian is lost and eventually encounters the Autarch himself, to whom he swears service, upon being shown a portal to another universe. Stumbling into the gardens of the House Absolute, Severian is reunited with
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Minced oaths in media


familiar to the domestic circle. In particular, authors of children's fiction sometimes put minced oaths into the mouths of characters who swear a lot, as a way of depicting a part of their behaviour that would be unconvincing not to represent, but also avoiding the use of swear words which would be considered unsuitable for children to read. In 1851, Charles Dickens wrote: Bark's parts of speech are of an awful sort—principally adjectives. I won't, says Bark, have no adjective police and adjective strangers in
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Dan Forest


primary election, which included Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives Dale Folwell, Representative Gray Mills, and Wake County Commissioner Tony Gurley. Forest went on to defeat Gurley in a July 17 runoff election, winning 96 of 100 counties, to become the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. In November, Forest defeated former State Representative Linda Coleman in the general election for lieutenant governor. After a provisional ballot recount, Forest's margin of victory was only about 7,000 votes, or .16%. Upon his swearing-
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Sean Casten


This race was viewed as one that Democrats needed to win in order to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since the 2010 elections. Illinois's 6th congressional district supported Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by about 7 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election. This was one of 25 GOP-held seats in the U.S. Representatives that Clinton carried in 2016; Democrats flipped 23 of them in 2018. Upon his swearing-in, Casten became the first Democrat to represent this district since it assumed its present
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Aaron Peña


home town. On May 31, 2009, as Representative Peña was about to turn 50 years of age, he was commissioned a Major in the Texas State Guard. The Texas State Guard is one of three branches of the Texas military forces. Major General Chris Powers administered the oath for the commission directed by Governor Rick Perry and the Adjutant General. The Representative serves as a Staff Judge Advocate serving in the Command Headquarters in Austin. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Capitol on the floor of the Texas House
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Covenant (biblical)


scholars that the removal of the foreskin symbolically represents such a sealing of the covenant. According to Weinfeld, the Abrahamic covenant represents a covenant of grant, which binds the suzerain. It is the obligation of the master to his servant and involves gifts given to individuals who were loyal serving their masters. In the covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15, it is God who is the suzerain who commits himself and swears to keep the promise. In the covenant there are procedures for taking the oath, which involve a smoking oven and
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Nature and Art


, to William Snr. He is astonished at the news and calls for William, who reacts in the same horrified manner, forgetting his own seduction of Agnes. They call for Henry, who immediately denies Rebecca is the mother, declaring her virtuous, and proceeds to tell the truth of finding the baby. Rebecca is brought to the house, admits to declaring herself mother and Henry father to the baby. She is made to swear of the admission on the bible. Henry, not wanting Rebecca to confess a lie,
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Commonwealth realm


Governor of the Church of England and appoints its bishops and archbishops who thereafter act as her Lords Spiritual. In Scotland, she swears an oath to uphold and protect the Church of Scotland and sends to meetings of the church's General Assembly a Lord High Commissioner as her representative, when she is not personally in attendance. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the royal family. The group is loosely defined as the extended family of the monarch who, either as representatives of
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Bob Armstrong (politician)


On November 9, 1963, Armstrong won a special election to the Texas House of Representatives for a part of Travis County, including the capital city of Austin. The vacancy was created by the resignation of fellow Democrat Jack Ritter. Coincidentally, Armstrong was to have been sworn into office on November 22, 1963, the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas. Instead, his swearing-in was delayed until the following day. He remained a representative until January 1971. In his last two terms, he
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Nnamdi Chukwuocha


During their swearing-in ceremony, they recited the oath of office in "perfect unison." In 2012, Chukwuocha was elected to the Wilmington City Council, where he was elected president pro tempore in 2018. He was appointed to serve on the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission by Jack Markell. In 2018, he was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives after defeating incumbent Charles Potter Jr. in the Democratic primary race. He represents District 1, which covers the area north of the Brandywine River and west of North Market Street
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Mayor of Auckland


Auckland Council. The deputy mayor acts in support of the Mayor of Auckland. It is the second highest elected position in the council. However, like the position of Deputy Prime Minister, this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. They are appointed by the mayor from the elected ward councillors. The current deputy mayor is Bill Cashmore, who currently represents the Franklin ward on the Auckland Council. Cashmore was announced as deputy mayor in October 2016, and assumed office upon the swearing in of the new council. Beyond committees
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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico


The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of New Mexico in the United States House of Representatives. New Mexico has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. As of 2016, this is the last time that Republicans won a majority of congressional districts in New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Heather Wilson defeated Democrat Patricia A. Madrid, the State Attorney General. This
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Elections in Iraq


of Representatives shall be four calendar years, starting with its first session and ending with the conclusion of the fourth year. Second: The new Council of Representatives shall be elected forty-five days before the conclusion of the preceding electoral term. The previous election had been on 15 December 2005. The opening session of the Council of Representatives had been 16 March 2006 (the swearing in session) and the first substantive session of the Council of Representatives was then held on 22 April 2006. The Court was of the opinion that
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Gene G. Chandler


Gene G. Chandler (born June 28, 1947) is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Chandler, who is from Bartlett, representing Carroll County District 1 (Bartlett, Hart's Location and Jackson) in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Chandler was Deputy Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1997 to 1998; Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; and Speaker of the House from 2000 to 2004. He served as House Speaker Pro-Tempore
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Thomas Cromwell


both houses returned home on 30 March, they were required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession, and all the King's subjects were now required to swear to the legitimacy of the marriage and, by implication, to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome. On 13 April, the London clergy accepted the oath. On the same day, the commissioners offered it to Sir Thomas More and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, both of whom refused it. More was taken into custody on
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Blubber (novel)


a tax accountant for a living. Ann Brenner — Jill and Kenny's mother. She is trying to stop smoking cigarettes. She can blow very big chewing gum bubbles. She swears around the house often, and is okay with her kids doing it, as long as they know that there are some people who don't approve of those words. Her job involves working with computers. Rochelle — A new girl in school. She is the only one who tried to defend Linda. In the end she becomes friends with
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Dominic Behan


house in which Behan lived was the property of Christine English, Dominic's grandmother, who owned several properties in the city. His father Stephen was a member of the IRA and had been one of Michael Collins' "Twelve Apostles", who were responsible for the deaths of several officers from the British Army during the Irish War of Independence. He was banned from a professional future career for refusing to swear allegiance to the British Crown during the war of independence. In 1937, the family moved to a new local council
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Sune och Svarta Mannen


tells it she turns sad and starts crying, even if they will sometimes be able to see each other again. Because they think of marrying each other, they write a marriage contract, with Gud as witness. When not being able to agree over how many children they'll get, they call it their first marriage quarrel, and after that they kiss each other. The Andersson's family visits the new town, where they purchase a new house. Sune meets the Pär and Pål twins, who sing a swearing song
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The Brady Bunch in the White House


has never had any dealing with the company and swears to resign if he is disproven. The press then asks who will be his running mate and Carol suggests Mike. President Randolph agrees to pick Mike as his running mate and they are shown to win the election. However, just before the President and Mike are to be sworn in, evidence reveals that President Randolph has made dealings with the oil company and is thus forced to resign which makes Mike the new president. Mike then needs to select a new Vice President,
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Henry Waxman


Palos Verdes Peninsula and Northwest San Pedro. Before the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in 1995, Waxman was a powerful figure in the House as chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment from 1979. In this role he conducted investigations into a range of health and environmental issues, including universal health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid coverage, AIDS and air and water pollution. In 1994, Waxman forced the chief executives of the seven major tobacco companies to swear under oath that nicotine was not addictive
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St. Matthias Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School


upper part forms the Church of St. Barnabas and the school was up-graded to a High School in 1975. In August 1986 the School was upgraded to Higher Secondary level and the facilities were enlarged. There are Two Major Categories of Subjects Offered by the School listed for the +1/+2 Examinations. There are as follows: - There are four houses. Each house has ranks were representatives are selected every year, they take oath in swearing-in ceremony and start performing their duties. Ranks held by students are Captain (Boy
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An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths


House also voted that day to instruct the committee to include the following wording for the oath: ""I, A B a Representative of the United States in the Congress thereof, do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States."" On April 25, the committee reported its bill to the whole House, which approved it two days later. The Senate committee charged with the bill added a section requiring state officials and legislators to take the same
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George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician)


first Congress and the Thirty-second Congresses he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules, and during the Thirty-fifth Congress he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Roads and Canals. Jones represented the U.S. Congress at the swearing in of the terminally ill, newly elected Vice-President Willam Rufus deVane King in Matanzas, Cuba. With war impending, Jones was a delegate to the Peace Convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the conflict, but he
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Sal Iaquinto


Salvatore Robert Iaquinto (born March 1, 1968) is an American politician. From 2006–2013 he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 84th district in Virginia Beach. He is a member of the Republican Party. Iaquinto announced that he would not run for reelection in 2013. On May 31, 2013, he was given an interim appointment as a judge of the Virginia Beach General District Court, effective July 1. Iaquinto said he would resign from the House, effective on the date of his swearing-in
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Nilsa Cruz-Perez


due to the death of Senator Walter Rand on January 6, 1995. She was sworn into the Assembly on February 27. Serving in the Assembly until 2010, representing the 5th District for the entire time she was serving, she was the Assistant Majority Leader from 2002–2005 and Deputy Majority Leader from January 2006 to January 2010. In 2009 she announced that she would retire after her current term in the legislature. Following the election and swearing in of State Senator Donald Norcross to the United States House of Representatives in 2014, the
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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey


The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. New Jersey has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Incumbent Democrat Rob Andrews won unopposed. This district covers Camden County. Incumbent Republican Frank A. LoBiondo defeated Democrat Viola Thomas-Hughes. This district covers the southern part of the state. Incumbent Republican
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American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina v. North Carolina


the practice isn't new: Mochitsura Hashimoto, the Japanese submarine commander who in 1945, was allowed by a military tribunal to swear on his beliefs of Shinto, the ancient religion of Japan." The "Christian Science Monitor" also quoted Manish Vij, a New York blogger for Sepia Mutiny who said, "The only thing more compelling [to] ... South Asian Muslims is to literally swear upon your mother's head, and mothers aren't as convenient to drag around in court as a copy of the Koran.
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2009 Perak constitutional crisis


be final". Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin also filed an application at the High Court to declare the swearing in of Zambry Abdul Kadir as unconstitutional and illegal. According to Nizar's senior exco member Ngeh Koo Ham, the Perak state legal advisor, Ahmad Kamal Mohd Shahid was trying to block state representatives from being notified of an emergency sitting of the state assembly on 3 March. He mentioned that this obstruction was in “contempt of the house” and liable for punishment under house rules. Because the assemblypersons were barred from entering the
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Wendell Willkie


party would be far more effective in demonstrating American support than sending one of his advisors. Willkie visited the president at the White House for the first time as an ally on January 19, 1941, the evening before Roosevelt's third swearing-in. The president asked Willkie to be his informal personal representative to Britain, and Willkie accepted. Eleanor Roosevelt recorded that family members and White House staff found excuses to observe Willkie, and she would have done so herself had she been aware of the visit as it was happening.
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Georgia General Assembly


each house separately, has the ability to create interim committees. Before taking office senators and representatives must swear (or affirm) an oath—stipulated by state law. A majority of the members to which each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum to transact business. A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the General Assembly, an event that occurs whenever a member dies, resigns, or moves from the district from which he was elected,
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Age of candidacy


the US House of Representatives where he served for 10 years. In 1964 Congressman Jed Johnson, Jr. of Oklahoma was elected to the 89th Congress in the 1964 election while still aged 24 years. However, he became eligible for the House after turning 25 on his birthday, December 27, 1964, 7 days before his swearing in, making him the youngest "legally " elected and seated member of the United States Congress. In South Carolina, two Senators aged 24 were elected, but were too young according to the State
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Castor and Pollux


earned. Castor and Pollux are also represented in the Circus Maximus by the use of eggs as lap counters. In translations of comedies by Plautus, women generally swear by Castor, and men by Pollux; this is exemplified by the slave-woman character Staphyla in "A Pot of Gold" (act i, ll.67–71) where she swears by Castor in line 67, then the negative prefix in line 71 denotes a refutation against swearing by Pollux. The Etruscans venerated the twins as "Kastur" and "Pultuce",
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Bougainville House of Representatives


elect a woman representative and a former combatant representative who fought with the Bougainville Revolutionary Army during Bougainville's armed struggle for independence from Papua New Guinea. A 41st representative, the Speaker, is appointed externally by the elected members. Representatives of Bougainville who have been elected to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea are allowed many of the same privileges as members of the Bougainville House of Representatives; but they may not: introduce motions, vote, or be counted towards a quorum. However, they are allowed to attend meetings of
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P. G. T. Beauregard


on May 2. Beauregard traveled to Mobile and then took a U.S. naval transport to his hometown of New Orleans. In August that year Beauregard's house was surrounded by troops who suspected he was harbouring Edmund Kirby Smith. All the inhabitants were locked in a cotton press overnight. Beauregard complained to General Philip Sheridan who expressed his annoyance at his erstwhile enemy's treatment. After the war, Beauregard was reluctant to seek amnesty as a former Confederate officer by publicly swearing an oath of loyalty, but both Lee and Johnston counseled him
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Jean Chouan


who abhorred the ecclesiastical reforms were also those who, most doggedly, supported the monarchy. Reactions also varied geographically. An interesting indicator of local sentiment was the percentage of priests who were willing to swear allegiance to the new Constitution. In dioceses near Paris and in the southeast, more than nine of ten priests were willing to take the oath. On the other hand, the percentage of swearing priests was lowest in Brittany, in some small pockets in the northeast, and in Nîmes and Toulouse in the south, all between
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Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca


Martín, who had been spared beheading, was given leave in April 1567 to travel to Spain to plead their case before the King, with whom he had been friends since before his ascendance to the throne. Before he left New Spain, he had been required to swear allegiance to the crown and to present himself in Spain to the king within 50 days of his arrival. Don Martín was under house arrest briefly, but promising not to return to New Spain, he was released and resumed his profligate life in Madrid,
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Millard Fillmore


the swearing-in was postponed until the following day. Fillmore took the oath from Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and in turn swore in the senators beginning their terms, including Seward, who in February had been elected by the New York legislature. Fillmore had spent the four months between the election and swearing-in being feted by the New York Whigs and winding up affairs in the comptroller's office. Taylor had written to him, promising influence in the new administration; the president-elect mistakenly thought that the vice president
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List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority 2010–2015


way that the Father of the House is selected. They are not laid down in Standing Orders but arise from the customary practice of the House of Commons. The modern custom is that the Father of the House is the MP who has the longest continuous service. If two or more members were first elected in the same General Election (or at by-elections held on the same day), then priority is given to the one who was sworn in first. The order of swearing in is recorded in "Hansard"
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2018 Illinois House of Representatives election


, Douglas, Englewood, Fuller Park, Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, Loop, Near North Side, Near South Side, South Shore, Washington Park, and Woodlawn. The district had been represented by Democrat Juliana Stratton since 2017. Stratton would later on become Governor J.B. Pritzker's running mate for Lieutenant Governor, leaving her seat open. The Democratic primary for the 5th district seat featured four candidates. After winning his primary election, Robinson would face no Republican challenger in the general election. Through his election and swearing
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Robert Fisher (New Hampshire)


Robert Fisher is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He represented the Belknap 9 district, which includes the town of Belmont, NH and the city of Laconia, from December 2014 until his resignation in May 2017. In 2012, Robert ran as a Democrat for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, but was unsuccessful. In 2014, he ran for the House of Representatives again, this time as a Republican. He won the 2014 election, and was re-elected
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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York


York House seats, while Republicans won six. Nationally, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives on Election Day. Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district: The 1st district is located in eastern Long Island and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 58% of the vote in 2016. New York's 1st district was included
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Secretary of State of Puerto Rico


in his dual role as head of Puerto Rico's Department of State, as well as the islands' lieutenant governor. Traditionally, gubernatorial inaugural ceremonies are initiated by the outgoing administration's Secretary of State who, prior to the ceremonial swearing-in of the new Governor, will turn over the master of ceremonies role to the Secretary of State-designate, symbolizing the orderly transition from one administration to another. Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico, once confirmed by both houses of the Legislature, do not serve for a fixed
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New Zealand House of Representatives


but agree to support it on confidence votes. The prime minister is answerable to, and must maintain the support of, the House of Representatives; thus, whenever the office of prime minister falls vacant, the governor-general appoints the person who has the support of the House, or who is most likely to command the support of the House. In the event that the House of Representatives loses confidence in the Cabinet, and therefore the government, it can dissolve the government if a vote of no-confidence is passed
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List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire


The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Hampshire. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from New Hampshire. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete. As of January 2019 , there are twelve former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire who are currently living. The most recent representative to die was
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