delegate

Examples of delegate in the following topics:

• The Framers of the Constitution

  • Almost all of these delegates had taken part in the Revolution.
  • At least twenty-nine of the delegates served in the Continental forces.
  • By 1787, four-fifths of the delegates had been in the Continental Congress.
  • Many delegates pursued more than one career simultaneously.
  • US Postage Stamp depicting delegates at the signing of the US Constitution.

• National Convention

  • The 2004 Democratic National Convention counted 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates.
  • The 2004 Republican National Convention had 2,509 delegates and 2,344 alternates.
  • Broadly speaking, each U.S. state and territory party is apportioned a select number of voting representatives, individually known as delegates and collectively as the delegation.
  • The 2004 Republican National Convention had 2,509 delegates and 2,344 alternates.
  • The delegation may pass, nominally to retally their delegates' preferences, but often to allow a different delegation to give the leading candidate the honor of casting the majority-making vote.

• Selecting Candidates

  • Generally, each U.S. state and territory is allotted a select number of voting representatives, known individually as delegates and collectively as the delegation.
  • The size of each delegation depends upon the unique formula used by a given political party.
  • The spokespersons of the states are called upon in alphabetical order by state name to announce their delegation count or to pass.
  • After all states have either declared or passed, those states that passed must announce their delegate count.
  • The decision to pass is usually made beforehand to give either the delegation of the presidential or vice presidential candidates' home state the honor of casting the majority-making vote.

• Delegated Powers

  • The delegated powers are a list of items found in the U.S.
  • And many presidential powers are delegated powers that Congress has accorded presidents to exercise on its behalf and that it can cut back or rescind.
  • The delegated powers, also called enumerated powers, are a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
  • The Tenth Amendment states that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. " Historically, Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States have broadly interpreted these provisions.

• Constituency

  • Representatives can act in two models of representation: as delegates or trustees.
  • The delegate model of representation is a model of a representative democracy.
  • In this model, constituents elect their representatives as delegates for their constituency.
  • These delegates act only as a mouthpiece for the wishes of their constituency, and have no autonomy from the constituency.
  • By contrast in the delegate model, the representative is expected to act strictly in according to a mandate from the represented.

• The Constitutional Convention

  • The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the convention.
  • The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
  • Among the most controversial issues confronting the delegates was that of slavery.
  • Twenty-five of the Convention's 55 delegates owned slaves, including all of the delegates from Virginia and South Carolina.
  • It was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman.

• The Caucus

  • Despite a Democratic Party rule that delegates are allocated proportionally rather than "winner takes all," some caucus groups decide individually how to allocate their group's delegates.
  • In the "winner-take-all" scenario, a group's delegate allocation may be reported as unanimous while ignoring minority votes.
  • Voters have the option to draft resolutions introduced by delegates at later divisional caucuses or conventions.

• The National Convention

  • The 2004 Democratic National Convention counted 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates.
  • These were often heated affairs, with delegates from each state playing a major role in determining the party's national nominee .
  • It also sets out the number of delegates to be awarded to each, as well as the rules for the nomination process.
  • Broadly speaking, each U.S. state and territory party is apportioned a select number of voting representatives, individually known as delegates and collectively as the delegation.
  • The 2004 Democratic National Convention counted 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates.

• Drafting the Final Document

  • Due to the difficulty of travel in the late 18th century, very few of the selected delegates were present on the designated day of May 14, 1787.
  • During the debates, each state was allowed to cast a single vote in accordance with the majority opinion of the state's delegates.
  • Some delegates wanted to add property qualifications for people to hold office.
  • Moving by state delegation from north to south, as had been the custom throughout the Convention, the delegates filed to the front of the room to sign their names .
  • As the final delegates were signing the document, Benjamin Franklin commented on the painting of a sun behind Washington's chair at the front of the room.

• The Annapolis Convention

  • Because of the small representation, the Annapolis Convention did not deem "it advisable to proceed on the business of their mission. " After an exchange of views, the Annapolis delegates unanimously submitted a report to their respective States in which they suggested that a convention of representatives from all the States meet at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May, 1787.
  • The report expressed the hope that more states would be represented and that their delegates or deputies would be authorized to examine areas broader than simply commercial trade.
  • At the resulting Philadelphia Convention of 1787, delegates produced the United States Constitution.