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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a leading moderate Republican who lost his seat in the United States Senate to John F. Kennedy in the 1952 elections, was appointed ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 by Dwight D. Eisenhower in gratitude for the defeated senator's role in the new president's defeat of conservative leader Robert A. Taft for the 1952 Republican nomination and subsequent service as ...
Seniority also affects access to more desirable office space in the House Office Buildings: [3] after an office is vacated, members next in seniority can choose whether to move into it. Only after allocations for existing members are complete can incoming members be assigned offices via the congressional office lottery. [4]
Flag of ambassadors of the United States of America President Kennedy with a group of ambassadors in March 1961. Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large.
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 (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.
Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress.
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 111th United States Congress (January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011) in order of seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office. Representatives whose terms begin the same day are ranked by seniority. [1]
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 110th United States Congress (January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009) listed by seniority. [ 1 ] Seniority depends on the date in which members were sworn into office.
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 115th United States Congress, which ran from January 3, 2017, through January 3, 2019, ordered by seniority.