7 sentences with 'senator'
Example sentences and phrases with the word senator and other words derived from it.
• « In 220 BCE a Roman senator, Quintus Fabius Pictor, wrote a history of Rome in Greek, the first major work of Greek literature written by a Roman (like so many ancient sources, it has not survived). »
• « The Maryland Constitution, drafted in 1776, restricted office-holding to the wealthy planter class. A man had to own at least 5,000 pounds of personal property to be governor of Maryland, and to own an estate of 1,000 pounds to be a state senator. The latter requirement excluded more than 90% of Maryland's white men from political office. »
• « Like South Carolina, Massachusetts established requirements for office: To be governor under the new constitution, a candidate had to have a net worth of at least 1,000 pounds. To be a state senator, a man had to own an estate of at least 300 pounds and have at least 600 pounds of total wealth. To vote, he had to have a net worth of at least sixty pounds. »
• « She married John Timberlake, a naval officer, and they had three children. However, rumours abounded about her relationship with John Eaton, a US senator from Tennessee who had come to Washington in 1818. »
• « One of the leading opponents of the bank was Thomas Hart Benton, a senator from Missouri, who declared that the bank served "to make the rich richer and the poor poorer". Biddle's statements, claiming to have more power than President Jackson, helped to fuel sentiments like Benton's. »
• « Like other members of the planter elite, Lloyd himself held various local and national political offices. He was governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811, a member of the House of Representatives from 1807 to 1809, and a senator from 1819 to 1826. As a representative and senator, Lloyd defended slavery as the basis of the American economy. »