Candidate

Examples

• He always took an active part in politics, but was never a candidate for office, except, I believe, that he was the first Mayor of Georgetown. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We saved our recommendation, honest fellow,' said Eugene, 'for the next candidate--the one who will offer himself when you are transported or hanged. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Four years later the Republican party was successful in electing its candidate to the Presidency. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The debtor, for fear of a very severe execution, was obliged, without any further gratuity, to vote for the candidate whom the creditor recommended. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• At the beginning of every campaign the newspapers tell about secret conferences in which the candidate and his managers decide upon the line of attack. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He said a few words to each candidate as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would disqualify them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• This passage is printed on the examination paper, and it would naturally be an immense advantage if the candidate could prepare it in advance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The convention which had met and made its nomination of the Democratic candidate for the presidency had declared the war a failure. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• My subject is Greek, and the first of the papers consists of a large passage of Greek translation which the candidate has not seen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And herewith honest James's career as a candidate for his aunt's favour ended. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Gratz Brown --afterwards Governor of Missouri and in 1872 Vice-Presidential candidate --was in command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They said the last unsuccessful candidate at Middlemarch--Giles, wasn't his name? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This circumstance gave rise to exceedingly unfair and unjust criticisms of him when he became a candidate for the Presidency. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Ryland was the popular candidate; when Lord Raymond was first added to the list, his chance of success appeared small. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The day before the convention met Morse had arranged with Vail that certain signals should mean that certain candidates had been nominated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The National Whig Convention, to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President, met at Baltimore on May 1, 1844. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We discussed his chances, the merits of the other candidates, and the dispositions of the voters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The Duke of----, and Mr. Ryland, Lord Raymond's old antagonist, were the other candidates. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments, and high favour at court. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In a way the battle resembles a tug-of-war in which each of the two leading candidates is trying to pull the nation over to his favorite issue. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The efforts to kill off politically the two successful generals, made them both candidates for the Presidency. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The citizens, therefore, who had no land, had scarce any other means of subsistence but the bounties of the candidates at the annual elections. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There was no want of distinguished and noble candidates to fill up the ranks on either side. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Four rejected candidates. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They are looked upon as candidates; they are placed on the waiting list. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• You do not know how many candidates there always are for the _first_ situations. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But the conspicuous candidates do decide what direction thought shall take about this condition. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I wanted, as between these candidates, to see Mr. Lincoln elected. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I myself have seen two or three candidates break a limb. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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