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When a monarch dies without a clear successor, a succession crisis often ensues, frequently resulting in a war of succession. For example, when King Charles IV of France died, the Hundred Years War erupted between Charles' cousin, Philip VI of France , and Charles' nephew, Edward III of England , to determine who would succeed Charles as the ...
1st Court of Appeals (Houston) Terry Adams (R) 6 2nd Court of Appeals (Fort Worth) Bonnie Sudderth (R) 7 3rd Court of Appeals (Austin) Darlene Byrne (D) 8 4th Court of Appeals (San Antonio) Rebeca Martinez (D) 9 5th Court of Appeals (Dallas) Robert Burns III (D) 10 6th Court of Appeals (Texarkana) Josh Morriss (R) 11 7th Court of Appeals (Amarillo)
Byrne won the 1979 Chicago mayoral election on April 3, 1979 becoming the first female mayor of the city, and causing an upheaval in beating the city's political machine. [4] She was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States, as Chicago was the second largest city in the United States at the time. [5]
Marion Christopher Barry (June 17, 1980 – August 14, 2016) was an American construction company owner and the son of Marion Barry, who was a two-time Mayor of the District of Columbia long-term district councilmember. After the death of his father, he was an unsuccessful candidate for his father's Ward 8 council seat in 2015.
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Jaylen Smith, 18, is now the youngest Black mayor in U.S. history after the college freshman won an election on Tuesday to become head city official of Earle, Ark.
Harlan was born December 12, 1864, in Frankfort, Kentucky. [2] He was the youngest son of John Marshall Harlan (who would serve as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1877 through 1911) and Malvina Shanklin Harlan.
Shirley Gibson, city of Miami Gardens pioneer and first mayor, died Oct. 16. She was 79. ’My Grandma is my world:’ Remembering Shirley Gibson, Miami Gardens’ first mayor