speakership

IPA: spˈikɝʃɪp

Examples of "speakership" in Sentences

He lost his bid for the speakership in 1972.
For the Speakership, it changed in structure.
Resignation of the speakership and seat in the House.
He attempted to gain the Speakership four times before succeeding.
He then resigned the Speakership of the House of Keys as required by law.
Roscommon, and took an important part in the dispute about the speakership.
The speakership is the oldest elected state wide office in the Commonwealth.
Oh and he wasn't forced out of the speakership, he left because he's so humble.
To others who weathered the storms of the Gingrich speakership, a Gingrich administration is hard to fathom.
So on stage--a one-term governor; a guy who quit the speakership; a guy who lost by 18 points; and a lunatic.
The exception is Mrs. Pelosi, who would lose her speakership and perhaps resign if Democrats lose their majority.
"In the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in Washington."
When it came to pass that John Boehner would assume the speakership, one would have thought the party was inheriting Millard Fillmore.
After his active extracurricular sex life was revealed and he was eased out with DeLay leading the easing, his quick replacement for the speakership was the nonconfrontational Dennis Hastert, whose top priority was decidedly not revolutionary: to bring order out of chaos in the House.