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unusual facts about Speaker of the Senate


Speaker of the senate

The U.S. state of Kentucky formerly had a Speaker of the Senate under a prior constitution; the office was briefly of significant importance during the Civil War due to the death of Linn Boyd who was then Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.


Beriah Magoffin

Lieutenant governor Linn Boyd had died in office, and Magoffin refused to allow Speaker of the Senate John F. Fisk to succeed him as governor.


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Anne Lagacé Dowson

Her great uncle Pierre Édouard Blondin was a Conservative Minister in Prime Minister Robert Borden's government, and went on to become Speaker of the Senate.

Christopher McCreery

He previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Leader of the Government in the Senate The Honourable Marjory LeBreton (2007–2009); Senior Advisor to the Speaker of the Senate The Honourable Noel Kinsella (2006–2007): and Executive Assistant to The Honourable Michael J.L. Kirby (2004–2006).

Institute Polonicus

Marek Prawda, ambassador in Belin possesses personal patronage of the two first editions, in the 2011 was passed to the Speaker of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz.