"Candidacy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Democratic gathering. They thought they would have a little sport at the expense of the distinguished orator from Kentucky, and they haulted immediately in front of him and demanded a speech. They knew that Mr. Marshall was a pronounced Whig and supported the candidacy of Bell and Everett, but as he was from a slave state they did not think he would say anything reflecting on the character of their cherished leader. Mr. Marshall stepped to the front of the sidewalk and held up his hand and said: ...
— Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul • Frank Moore
... lawyer of the local bar at Pineville, and eighty-three years old, published a statement in opposition to Saylor's candidacy. ...
— Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight • Mathew Joseph Holt
... vital nature would not rest under defeat. He almost forced Bradley to issue a card to the public announcing his independent candidacy for Congress. Bradley had no heart in it, however. The energy of youth seemed gone ...
— A Spoil of Office - A Story of the Modern West • Hamlin Garland
... no responsive chord among the people. The nomination was received by every one with the same tranquil indifference, tinged with ridicule, which the President had shown. In vain did Fremont seek to give to his candidacy a serious and dignified character. Very few persons cared anything about it, except the Democrats, and their clamorous approval was as unwelcome as it was significant. Under this humiliation the unfortunate candidate at last decided to withdraw, and so notified his committee about the ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II • John T. Morse
... of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (601 seats, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions; ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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