| It's an appointive position based on faculty recommendation and grades. |
| He does not note that originally, 20 seats were to be appointive. |
| Or is it like a choice appointive position, one with tons of patronage? |
| After two early appointive terms in the U.S. Senate, he won election to the Senate in 1831, serving until 1842 and again from 1849 until his death. |
| From a machine perspective, such jobs are far more useful than appointive positions in the executive branch. |
| He is not a journalist by training, and he's never held appointive or elective office. |
