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electors
electors in the history of the Holy Roman Empire , the princes who had the right to elect the German kings or, more exactly, the kings of the Romans (Holy Roman emperors). Until the reign (1493-1519) of Maximilian I , however, an elected king was traditionally crowned by the pope before he was ca... Read more
electoral college
electoral college in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senato... Read more
Frederick III
Frederick III (Frederick the Pious), 1515-76, elector palatine (1559-76). The first German prince to accept Calvinism, he ordered the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) drawn up (see under Heidelberg ). He aided the Calvinists in the Netherlands and in France. ... Read more
Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos , 1631-85, German painter and etcher. He specialized in depicting animals and landscapes and was court painter to Elector Palatine Charles Louis. He is represented in German galleries, and the New-York Historical Society has two of his paintings. ... Read more
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
Nikolaus von Amsdorf , 1483-1565, German Protestant reformer. He became a devoted supporter of Martin Luther. Elector John Frederick I of Saxony appointed Amsdorf bishop of Naumberg in 1541, but after the elector was captured by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the office was withdrawn (1547). A zealou... Read more
Wittenberg
Wittenberg , city (1994 pop. 53,374), Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, on the Elbe River. A city with a noted history, it is today an industrial and mining center and a rail junction. Manufactures include chemicals and fertilizer. First mentioned in the late 12th cent., Wittenberg was (1273-1422) the seat ... Read more
Albert I
Albert I c.1250-1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298-1308), son of Rudolf I . Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as king of the Germans for Albert. However, on Rudolf's death (1291) the electors rejected Albert's candidacy in orde... Read more
Frederick the Winter King
Frederick the Winter King 1596-1632, king of Bohemia (1619-20), elector palatine (1610-20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II ) and chose Frederick as king. Influenced by his minister Christian of Anhalt , Fred... Read more
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola , c.1494-1566, German Protestant minister, whose family name was Schnitter (originally Schneider). He was born at Eisleben and is sometimes called Magister Islebius. He had an early association with Martin Luther and was active in the founding of Protestantism. In 1536 he espoused an... Read more
Salomon de Caus
Salomon de Caus 1576-1626, French engineer and physicist, educated in England. From 1614 to 1620 he was engineer to the Elector Palatine, Frederick, at Heidelberg. Because of his Les Raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines (1615), an early exposition of the principle of steam power, h... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Elector"

Elector
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ELECTOR A voter who has fulfilled the qualifications imposed by law; a constituent; a selector of a public officer; a person who has...
the Great Elector
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition the Great Elector see Frederick William .
Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the new rulers of Brandenburg in 1415. Elector Frederick II (ruled 1440 –...the growing Hohenzollern presence. The elector built the city palace on confiscated land...Berliners refused to follow the lead of Elector John Sigismund (ruled 1600 –...
Andreas Schlüter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...apparently called there by the prince-elector of Brandenburg, Frederick III, who later...on one to Italy at the expense of the elector. Later that year Schlüter produced...after his models. Monument to the Great Elector In 1696 Schlüter began his designs...
Prussia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...into existence only in 1701, when the elector of Brandenburg assumed the title "king...Prussia passed through inheritance to the elector of Brandenburg, and in 1660, by the...confirmed to Frederick William , the Great Elector. In the course of the 17th cent. the...
Frederick William
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Frederick William (1620-1688) was elector of Brandenburg from 1640 to 1688. Known as the Great Elector, he augmented and integrated the Hohenzollern...Frederick William was the only son of Elector George William and Elizabeth Charlotte...
Brandenburg
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...of Nuremberg, who became Frederick I, elector and margrave of Brandenburg, initiating...or representative assembly. Both the elector and the nobles introduced the manorial...weak position when they negotiated with Elector Frederick William I, known as the "Great...
Palatinate
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the Rhine" (henceforth known as the "elector palatine") to take part in imperial elections. The elector palatine was the first secular prince...1500s determined the tentative role that Elector Louis V (ruled 1508 – 1544...
Seton (or Sethon) Alexander (d. ca. 1604)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...of that city. Christian II, the young elector of Saxony, had heard of Seton's brilliant...resisted every known test. This excited the elector's desire to see and converse with Seton...calling and flatly refused to gratify the elector's greed. In the end the elector ordered...
Electoral College
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...are actually for another office, that of elector. In most states the names of the candidates for elector are not even on the ballot. Those chosen...members the state has in Congress, with one elector assigned for each of the state ’...

Dictionary entries related to "Elector"

Elector
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Elector A prince of the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE who had the right to elect the emperor...election of 1257 that the number of Electors was fixed at seven. The office of Elector disappeared when Napoleon abolished the empire in 1806.
elector
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English e·lec·tor / iˈlektər; x2CC;tôr / • n. a person who has the right to vote in an election. ∎  (in the U.S.) a member of the electoral college. DERIVATIVES: e·lec·tor·ship n.
Cuvilliés, Jean-François-Vincent-Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...1708) the service of Max II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679–1726...and, when Karl Albrecht succeeded as Elector (1726–45), seems to have...eluded him until 1763. For the new Elector's brother, Clemens August (1700...
Haak, Theodore
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...counselor of state to Frederick IV, the elector palatine. A grandson of Schloer ’...declined an offer to become secretary to the elector, Charles Louis, at Heidelberg, accepting...London. At this time John Wilkins was the elector ’ s private chaplain. In 1645...
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...statesman J. C. von Boyneburg, he met the elector Johann Philipp von Sch ö nborn...a number of position papers for the elector, and began a vast correspondence that...The mission was completed, but the elector Johann Philipp had died, and his successor...
Schlüter, Andreas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...1694 he moved to Berlin, and was sent by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (1688...created the equestrian statue of the Great Elector ( Friedrich Wilhelm (1640–...Baroque Palace was mostly finished when the Elector became King Friedrich I of Prussia in...
Kunckel, Johann
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of the bedchamber to Johann Georg II, elector of Saxony, where there was an active...1679 he was invited by Frderick william, elector of Brandenburg, to become head of his...director of the glassworks there. On the elector ’ s death in 1688 he entered...
Reichenbach, Georg Friedrich Von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...military engineer in the service of the elector palatine, who was later king of Bavaria...science. His free time was spent at the elector ’ s observatory, where he learned...instrument making. After his graduation the elector, on Count Rumford ’ s recommendation...
Brandenburg
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the MARGRAVE's status as an imperial ELECTOR was confirmed by the Golden Bull of CHARLES...YEARS WAR , FREDERICK WILLIAM (the Great Elector) (1620–88) entered the...country's industry and trade. In 1701 Elector Frederick III (1657–1713...
Heynitz (Heinitz), Friedrich Anton von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of all mining in the Harz Mountains. On 10 December 1763, Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony appointed Heynitz director of...intrigues at the electoral court and in disagreements with the elector, and he therefore asked to be allowed to resign. His request...

Thesaurus entries related to "Elector"

elector
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English elector • noun   synonyms : voter, member of the electorate, constituent, selector, chooser.
constituent
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...essential, inherent. • noun   1. representatives must listen to their constituents synonyms : voter, elector, member of a constituency.   2. the constituents of tobacco synonyms : component, ingredient, element; part...

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Luis Rubio / El elector y los candidatos.(Primera)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 3/6/2005; 700+ words ; Byline: Luis Rubio Sabe el elector promedio lo que quiere? La respuesta...contendientes parte de la premisa de que el elector es tonto, ignorante e incapaz de discernir...candidatos en el sentido de que el elector es manipulable y no ha crecido (para...
THE PROBLEM OF THE FAITHLESS ELECTOR: TROUBLE APLENTY BREWING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE IN CHOOSING THE PRESIDENT
Magazine article from: Northwestern University Law Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...its starkest form, of the "faithless" elector. Some states have statutory provisions...constitutes resignation from the office of elector.7 If these laws purport to change faithless...the national party from candidates for elector who seek to run in the party's primary...
The Elector Defector.(Roger Lea MacBride)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The American Enterprise; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...vetting electors since 1972, when a GOP elector deserted--and did so quite predictably...which he praised the conscience-driven elector as a vital, if all too rare, feature...in 1972 the champion of the faithless elector was chosen by the Virginia Republican...
No stranger to politics.(An Interview With Elector Stephen Duprey)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...focused on Duprey, who served as a New Hampshire elector in the history-making 2000 presidential election...COBBLESTONE some thoughts on his role as an elector. Q HOW DID YOU GET CHOSEN AS AN ELECTOR? By [New Hampshire] state law, each political...
LYNNWOOD MAN MAY BECOME FIRST MUSLIM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR IN U.S. NATIVE OF PAKISTAN AMONG THOSE CHOSEN BY STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/5/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...possibly the first Muslim presidential elector in U.S. history. And his religion...to pick their presidential electors. Elector was not a position Siddiqui had intended...will use every opportunity I can as an elector to bring attention to the hate and bigotry...
Bush wins Electoral College majority; 271 votes: A Gore elector leaves ballot blank over lack of congressional representation for D.C.
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 12/19/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Republicans to defect, the only rogue elector was a Democrat from the District of Columbia...we did it," said Mel Martinez, an elector in Florida, where members hugged and...never any doubt," said New Hampshire elector Wayne McDonald, who was besieged with...
A LOOK AT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE; Electors are suddenly in the spotlight; "A position that was always invisible" - presidential elector - has taken center stage. How are Minnesota's electors chosen, and what do they do? Could they affect this strange election?(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 11/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...invisible," said Little, who served as an elector once before, in 1992, without having...House of Representatives. So far, no elector pledged to Bush has publicly expressed...works like this: Each party chooses one elector from each congressional district at the...
An independent elector?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The New American; 10/4/2004; 700+ words ; ...led in the wrong direction. Fellow GOP elector Rob Capeheart sees it differently...affair, the "defection" of a single elector could have a dramatic impact. "Will...own personal viewpoint." Actually, an elector's first duty is to the Constitution...
3RD DISTRICT ELECTOR BACKS PRESIDENTIAL VOTING SYSTEM
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 11/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...should count for something. He's your elector. Even if his candidate Al Gore is the...the Democratic Party's presidential elector for the 3rd Congressional District, which...counties. Steinberg was picked as an elector at a party convention last June. It...
AMENDMENT 36 OPENS SCARY DOORS, ELECTOR WARNS.(News)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/6/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Rocky Mountain News I'd never met an elector before. Neither did I much care, honestly...won the position of official Democratic elector from Colorado's 6th Congressional District...District who even bothered to run for the elector's job. It is at this point that he...