Elector Definition

Elector Sentence Examples

• Thenceforward the elector of Trier held the third place in the electoral college.

• During the Thirty Years' War the elector Philip Christopher von Sotern favoured France, and accepted French protection in 1631.

• Partly for this reason, while Washington had the vote of every elector in the first presidential election of 1789, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixtynine.

• The last elector was Karl Theodor von Dalberg.

• He then followed the fortunes of his friend Maurice, the new elector of Saxony, deserted Charles, and joined the league which proposed to overthrow the emperor by an alliance with Henry II.