The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law,in force from 1867 to 1887,that was intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the U.S. Senate. The law was enacted March 2,1867,over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. It purported to deny the president the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate,unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress,which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. Like its counterpart,the Senate was established by the United States Constitution and convened for its first meeting on March 4,1789 at Federal Hall in New York City. The history of the institution begins prior to that date,at the 1787 Constitutional Convention,in James Madison's Virginia Plan,which proposed a bicameral national legislature,and in the controversial Connecticut Compromise,a 5–4 vote that gave small-population states disproportionate power in the Senate.
From the time of the Great Depression through the 1990s,the politics of West Virginia were largely dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2000 presidential election,George W. Bush claimed a surprise victory over Al Gore,with 52% of the vote;he won West Virginia again in 2004,with 56% of the vote. West Virginia is now a heavily Republican state,with John McCain winning the state in 2008,Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
Peter Godwin Van Winkle was an American lawyer,businessman and politician. For many years a leading officer of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad,he became one of the founders of West Virginia and a United States senator.
George Edmund Price was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Mineral County and served from 1885 to 1889.
John Wallace McCreery was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Raleigh County and served from 1891 to 1893.
Rankin Wiley Jr. was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Mason County and served from 1893 to 1895. He died in 1929 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Lewis Johnson Forman was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Grant County and served from 1909 to 1911. He had previously served as the prosecuting attorney of Grant County,a position he held for 16 years. He died in 1933 of heart disease.
Louis Arthur Watres was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district from 1883 to 1890 and as the fifth lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.
The 2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2010 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Byrd died in office on June 28,2010. Democratic Governor Joe Manchin appointed Carte Goodwin to temporarily fill the vacancy. Goodwin pledged to not run for election to the seat in exchange for the appointment. This was the first open U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia since 1984 and the first in this seat since 1956. Manchin won the open seat and served out the remainder of Byrd's elected term,which ended on January 3,2013.
The 2011 West Virginia gubernatorial election was a special election held on October 4,2011 to fill the office of the West Virginia Governor. The office became vacant upon the resignation of Governor Joe Manchin,who was elected to fill the seat of Robert Byrd in the United States Senate in 2010 following Byrd's death. Lieutenant Governor and Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin,first in the line of succession,became acting governor in 2010 after Manchin took up the Senate seat. On January 18,2011,the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a special election for the office of Governor must be held so a new Governor can be in place by November 15,2011,exactly one year after Manchin resigned. The primary election was held on May 14. Tomblin and Republican Bill Maloney won their respective primaries.
Alexander W. Monroe was a prominent American lawyer,politician,and military officer in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. Monroe served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County. He was the Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates during the 1875–1877 legislative session. Monroe also represented Hampshire County in the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872.
Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy was an American lawyer,politician,and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Flournoy served as a state senator representing the 12th Senatorial District in the West Virginia Senate (1885–1890) and served three terms as mayor of Romney,West Virginia. Flournoy unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the West Virginia Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination in 1900.
Robert White was an American lawyer and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. White served four consecutive terms as the Prosecuting Attorney for Hampshire County,West Virginia (1912–1928),and served one term in the West Virginia Senate (1931–1935),representing the state's 15th Senate district in the 40th and 41st Sessions of the West Virginia Legislature. During the 1933 legislative year,White served as the floor leader for the Democratic Party members of the West Virginia Senate.
The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of West Virginia,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 10.
Gary Rowland Myers is an American attorney and politician who specializes in military law.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were held on November 6,2018,to elect the three U.S. representatives from the West Virginia,one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The filing deadline was January 27,2018. The primary elections were held on May 8,2018. The elections coincided with the other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
West Virginia held elections on November 3,2020. Elections for the United States Senate and House,as well as for several statewide offices including the governorship were held. These elections were held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election and other elections nationwide. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on June 9,2020.
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