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Definition of Officeholders
1. officeholder [n] - See also: officeholder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Officeholders
Literary usage of Officeholders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"My views as to what ought to be required of officeholders are set forth in my
letter of acceptance and are no doubt sufficiently well known. ..."
2. The Life of Rutherford Birchard Hayes by Charles Richard Williams (1914)
"to procure the passage of a resolution condemning the civil service order of the
President which forbids federal officeholders from managing the party ..."
3. American History: For Use in Secondary Schools by Roscoe Lewis Ashley (1907)
"Voters and officeholders. — It is easy to overesti- Tasks allotted mate the influence
... The i- -r. rm officeholders. same liberality was not shown to ..."
4. Readings on Parties and Elections in the United States by Chester Lloyd Jones (1912)
"LIMITING PARTISAN ACTIVITY OF officeholders. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
JULY, ... The rules limiting the evil of the activity of officeholders, ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"Official Appointments for Orleans Territory—A Letter to Mazzei—Provision for
Lafayette—To Madison—Desires Republican officeholders not to interfere in ..."
6. The State and Government by James Quayle Dealey (1921)
"officeholders.—There are, broadly speaking, two classes of officeholders: I.
Those who have discretionary powers in the performance of their executive, ..."
7. Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois: With His by Henry Martyn Flint (1860)
"... Administration—Coalition between the Federal officeholders and the Abolitionists—Mr.
Douglas' last Speech in the Senate preparatory to Illinois Canvass. ..."
8. The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between General and Senator Sherman from by William Tecumseh Sherman, John Sherman (1894)
"... impartial attitude maintained by General Sherman — His mission to Mexico —
Removals of officeholders by the President— General Sherman on the situation ..."
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