The Cabinet of the United States is a body consisting of the vice president of the United States and the heads of the executive branch's departments in the federal government of the United States,which is regarded as the principal advisory body to the president of the United States. The president is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments,appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,are members of the Cabinet,and acting department heads also sit at the Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as members of the Cabinet.
George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,2001,and ended on January 20,2009. Bush,a Republican from Texas,took office following a narrow victory over Democratic incumbent vice president Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. Four years later,in the 2004 presidential election,he defeated Democrat nominee John Kerry to win re-election. Bush was succeeded by Democrat Barack Obama,who won the 2008 presidential election. Bush,the 43rd president,is the eldest son of the 41st president,George H. W. Bush.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order,or relative preeminence,for domestic and foreign government officials at diplomatic,ceremonial,and social events within the United States and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy,and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents,vice presidents,first ladies,second ladies,and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.
Patrick Joseph Leahy is an American attorney and politician. The senior United States senator from Vermont,he also serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974,and previously served as president pro tempore from 2012 to 2015. He is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Douglas Alan Racine is a former Vermont Secretary of Human Services,a former Vermont State Senator and was the 78th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. He is a Democrat. Racine was a candidate for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont. He previously ran for governor in 2002,but lost to Republican Jim Douglas. In an election where no candidate won a majority,Douglas won a 45% plurality,and Racine declined to contest the outcome before the Vermont General Assembly. Until 2021,Racine was the last Democrat to have served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
Charles Plympton Smith is the Interim Executive Director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington,Vermont. He is a former banker and politician from the U.S. state of Vermont who served in the Vermont House of Representatives. The son of banker and state senator Frederick Plympton Smith,he received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1978,following which he attended the University of Melbourne,Melbourne Australia on a one-year Rotary Foundation Scholarship. From 1975 to 1978 he served two terms in the Vermont House of Representatives,alternating semesters between Harvard and the legislature,which meets only in the spring. He was nominated by both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Charles Manley Smith was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 59th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1933 to 1935 and 63rd Governor of Vermont from 1935 to 1937.
Benjamin Williams was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor.
Terry L. Cline is an American psychologist and public health policy specialist from Oklahoma. Cline resigned on October 30,2017 from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He has served in various positions under Governors of Oklahoma Frank Keating (R),Brad Henry (D),and Mary Fallin (R). Cline resigned his position after financial mismanagement was discovered within the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Nancy Lou Montanez Johner is the Chief Executive Officer of Pathfinder Support Services. Montanez was appointed as Under Secretary for Food,Nutrition,and Consumer Services within the United States Department of Agriculture in August 2006 and terminated in January 2009. She was sworn in on August 21,2006. Prior to her appointment,she had been the Director of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. She had held this post since being appointed to the position by Governor Mike Johanns in March 2004. She is a native of Scottsbluff,Nebraska. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in social work from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
The government of Vermont is a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States. The Constitution of Vermont is the supreme law of the state,followed by the Vermont Statutes. This is roughly analogous to the Federal United States Constitution,United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations respectively. Provision is made for the following frame of government under the Constitution of the State of Vermont:the executive branch,the legislative branch,and the judicial branch. All members of the executive and legislative branch serve two-year terms including the governor and senators. There are no term limits for any office.
Elections in Vermont are authorized under Chapter II of the Vermont State Constitution,articles 43–49,which establishes elections for the state level officers,cabinet,and legislature. Articles 50–53 establish the election of county-level officers.
Neale Francis Lunderville is a government official from the state of Vermont.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermontwas held on November 6,2012. Incumbent Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won re-election to a second term in a landslide,capturing nearly three-quarters of the vote.
The State Treasurer's Office is responsible for several administrative and service duties,in accordance with Vermont Statutes. These include:investing state funds;issuing state bonds;serving as the central bank for state agencies;managing the state’s cash balances,check processing and reconciliation;safeguarding and returning unclaimed or abandoned financial property;and administering three major pension plans for public employees. The Treasurer is fifth in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Vermont.
Brian D. Burns is an American politician who served as the 73rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1975 to 1977 and as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Roger William Hulburd was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor from 1917 to 1919.
Frank Edmund Howe was a Vermont newspaperman and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor from 1913 to 1915.
Joseph H. Denny was a Vermont businessman and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and President Pro Tem of the Vermont Senate.
Michael J. Obuchowski is a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives. Elected at age 20 in 1972,he won reelection 19 times,serving continuously from January,1973 until resigning in January,2011 to accept appointment as Vermont's Buildings and General Services Commissioner. Obuchowski served as Speaker from 1995 to 2001.
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