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Washington retired from the military and took up farming again at Mount Vernon as a celebrated war hero. Washington was elected President of the United States in 1789 and served for two consecutive terms of office after being re-elected in 1792. John Adams was elected to office in 1796 and succeeded Washington in 1797. [6]
The 1938 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Homer Bone was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Ewing D. Colvin.
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [ 4 ] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [ 5 ]
] WVSP is the 4th oldest State Police agency in the United States of America. Governor John Jacob Cornwell was insistent upon having a State Police force which he said, "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the ...
Incumbent secretary of state Steve Hobbs (D) was named to replace former secretary of state Kim Wyman (R) who was re-elected to a third term in 2020, but resigned in 2021 to take a position in the Biden administration. [14] Hobbs won a 2022 special election to fill the role, and announced that he would seek re-election to a first full term.
In this October 2018 photo, then-US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens as then-President Donald Trump answers questions during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room in Washington, DC.
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 2 to December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college, while John Adams was reelected as vice president.
Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, [1] initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers, [ 2 ] he announced he would seek a third term as governor. [ 3 ]