Pierce, William Leigh (1740?–10 December 1789), Continental army officer and member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Weir
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Convention ◽  
Continental Army ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
The U.S

Predicting leadership performance and potential in the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Allen ◽  
Nehama E. Babin ◽  
Joy T. Oliver ◽  
Teresa L. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Performance ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Officer Candidate

Voting at the U.S. Constitutional Convention

2019 ◽  
pp. 780-796
Author(s):  
Keith L. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Constitutional Convention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Choice Perspective ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter describes how the public-choice perspective has provided new insights into the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. It reviews articles on the impact of the rules of the Convention, attempts to infer delegate votes, and reviews how public choice has helped us understand the adoption of various clauses in the Constitution and studies of the Beard thesis.

A Spatial Analysis of Delegate Voting at the Constitutional Convention

2013 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jac C. Heckelman ◽  
Keith L. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Constitutional Convention ◽  
The U.S

Previous studies of the U.S. Constitutional Convention have relied on votes recorded for the state blocs or a relatively small number of delegate votes. We construct a new data set covering delegate votes on over 600 substantive roll calls, and use the data in several ways. First, we estimate a single dimensional position for the delegates which reflects their overall voting patterns. Next, we explain these positions using a variety of delegate and constituent variables. Finally, we suggest a method for identifying state and floor medians, which can be used to predict equilibrium outcomes at the Convention.

General Victoriano Huerta and the Mexican Revolution

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich E. Schuler
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Revolution ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
National Leader ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
Revolutionary Regime ◽  
New Phase ◽  
The U.S

General Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916) stands out as the bête noire of twentieth-century Mexico. He was a career army officer who had attained the rank of general. Other generals and the old economic and social hierarchy supported him as a transitional national leader who could restore order following Francisco Madero’s revolution and presidency. Huerta has become the national bête noire because of his assumed responsibility for the assassination of Madero and his vice president, along with several governors and congressmen of the revolutionary regime. His seizure of power resulted in a new phase of the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, and his involvement with German Mexico and the area along the border with the United States. After going into exile, he attempted to return to power by invading Mexico. He was arrested by U.S. officials and interned at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, where he died during emergency surgery.

Enshrining a Constitutional Privilege

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Habeas Corpus ◽  
Constitutional Convention ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Suspension Model ◽  
First Time ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Constitution that emerged from the Constitutional Convention in 1787 created a stronger central government than had existed under the Articles of Confederation and for the first time established national courts. It also included the Suspension Clause, which provided: “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” As explored in this chapter, a wealth of evidence from the Founding period demonstrates that in the Suspension Clause, the Founding generation sought to constitutionalize the protections associated with the seventh section of the English Habeas Corpus Act and import the English suspension model, while also severely limiting the circumstances when the suspension power could be invoked.

scholarly journals Describing Success by Gender Through the U.S. Army Officer Evaluation System

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Ellie Senft ◽  
John Caddell ◽  
Julia Lensing
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Army ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Subjective Ratings ◽  
Evaluation Report ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The U.S

The United States Army uses both subjective and objective evaluation methods when assessing the performance of duties and potential for future service in the Officer Evaluation Report (OER). Males and females proportionally receive the same objective ratings, but on the surface, it is difficult to determine whether subjective ratings are equal. This paper seeks to examine the different ways success is described in each gender and how the OER follows or deviates from these trends. Upon examination of narratives written on the evaluation reports, many of the same words are used to describe success of males and females in the narratives written by their raters. The similarities amongst the reports suggest that the narratives follow a standardized format which may devalue their purpose of providing individualized feedback to the officer and to promotion boards.

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