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Definition of Chairmanships
1. chairmanship [n] - See also: chairmanship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chairmanships
Literary usage of Chairmanships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Boutwell, Grimes, Fessenden, and Other Radicals — Senators Doolittle, Cowan,
and Dixon removed from their chairmanships — Senator Trumbull's Character ..."
2. Iowa Journal of History by State Historical Society of Iowa (1919)
"In 1900, thirty-two of the chairmanships in the House went to new members.
Of this number, thirty-one were given to members of the faction of forty-three ..."
3. George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791 by Burton Alva Konkle (1922)
"Friday, the 5th, did slightly better, namely, two chairmanships were added to
his list, one on the minutes of Assembly and one conference with the Council ..."
4. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1895)
"... proportion of committee places, and the majority party would claim as its
right all the chairmanships and all the ranking places below the chairmanships ..."
5. National Ideals and Problems: Essays for College English by Maurice Garland Fulton (1918)
"The legislator points out that ten southern states are now controlling thirty-one
out of sixty chairmanships in the House, that four of these states alone ..."
6. The Minnesota Legislature of 1911 by Lynn Haines (1911)
"chairmanships—This influence brings no small number into the combination. It is
a most important factor in the selection of the Speaker, and subsequently if ..."
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