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| How to Address a Lieutenant Governor of a State of the United States
Envelope, official: The Honorable (Full name) Lieutenant Governor of (state) (Address) Letter salutation: Dear Mr./Ms. (surname):
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FYI, here is what's come in to the Blog that relates to this office/rank. For recent questions sent in, check out Robert Hickey's Blog. For specific offices/ranks, check out Robert Hickey's On-Line Guide.
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| How to Address a Former Lt. Governor of a State? How do I address an envelope and letter to a former lieutenant governor? -- E-L C, in California How should I address our former Lieutenant Governor, who is also a medical doctor, who is married. I understand that he would be addressed as The Honorable (Full Name), but am in question as to whether or not the title of Dr. would be included? If addressed on a wedding invitation, should the outer would read?: The Honorable Stephen Wilson and Mrs. Wilson As for the inner, should it read?: Dr. and Mrs. Wilson Any assistance with this question would be greatly appreciated. -- Claudia Harrison, Hendersonville, TN
Dear E-L C, and Ms. Harrison: While a lieutenant governor might me identified as Lieutenant Governor (Name) by others while in office …. even a current lieutenant governor is formally, directly addressed in an invitation's inside envelope, salutation or conversation as Mr./Ms. (Name). A former lieutenant governor is the Honorable (Full Name) but uses whatever honorific to which he or she was entitled before assuming office. What Claudia suggests is perfect for her physician/lieutenant governor. As a former elected official he continues to be the Honorable (Full Name), and as a doctor his honorific goes back to what he was using before his service: Dr. (Name). With the form including a spouse, put her name on a second line ... formally he gets his name on a line of his own, not combined with hers: The Honorable Stephen Wilson and Mrs. Wilson and then on the invitation's inside envelope: Dr. and Mrs. Wilson -- Robert Hickey
How to Write an Official's Name on a Place Card? Can you tell me how to write a mayor's name on a formal place card? Do I refer to him as: The Honorable Mayor Darr or is it: Mayor Mark A. Darr -- Nicole in Little Rock I am hosting a dinner for a U.S. Senator. How should her place card be written? Is it Senator Dianne Feinstein? – or – Diane Feinstein, U.S. Senator ? -- Debbie in Corporate Affairs Can you help me with the proper form to use on a place card for the following person?: H.E. Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Qatar. -- William at the Statehouse
Dear Nicole, Debbie & William: I provide complete details on how to write place cards in my book if this sort of question comes up often. A formal place card simply identifies a person's seat. The name is written on one side of the card: the side facing the guest. You write his or her's name as he or she is addressed in conversation: Mr. Hickey Mayor Darr Senator Feinstein Sheikh Mohammed At formal events there's likely a centerpiece/floral arrangement so other guests can't see one another's cards anyway. So there is no functional purpose to putting a name on both sides. At official events, when the guest holds a high office, it is traditional to write just title of the office the official holds. E.g.,: The President The Chief Justice The Mayor of (City) The Minister of Foreign Affairs At less-formal events larger double-sided tent cards or placards (text on both sides, so others at the table can see who is who and network) can have whatever information the host decides is useful: The Honorable Mark A. Darr Mayor or The Honorable Mark A. Darr Mayor of (Name of City) or The Honorable Mark A. Darr Mayor of (Name of City), State, Country or H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani or H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani Minister of Foreign Affairs or H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar So don't ask "what do I put on the card?" Ask -- What is the function of the card? What information will best support that function? Does it only need to show the guest which their seat? To provide 'call-by name' for others to see and use? ... Or does it need to provide identification for networking? -- Robert Hickey
How to Address a Lieutenant Governor? Lieutenant Governor? Lieutenant? Governor? It has been said the Lieutenant Governor of a US state should be addressed as Governor just as a Lt. Colonel is addressed as Colonel. People want to address the Lt. Gov. with the whole title of "Lieutenant Governor", however, that is very cumbersome. Or should the person address simply be, "Mr. Jones"? -- Wondering
Dear Wondering: Addressing a lieutenant governor as Governor (name) is really going to displease the Governor of your state. There is only one Governor. Actually, lieutenant governors don't have a special honorific for their office. Simply address him or her as Mr./Ms./etc. (name) ... and identify as the Lieutenant Governor of (state) as necessary. You might hear the Lieutenant Governor referred to as "Lieutenant Governor Herbert" or "Lieutenant Governor Bell" in the media, but these are phrases used to identify these officials in a news story, not a direct forms of address. -- Robert Hickey
Is the Wife of a Lieutenant Governor a "Second Lady"? Is there an official guideline in print somewhere that states we are to address the wife of a Lt. Governor as second lady. I have not found anything that refers to this or gives that title to a LT. Governor’s spouse. Any information would be greatly appreciated. -- Diane
Dear Diane: I see the spouses of many officials informally described as a First Lady to define who they are. But it's not a form of address. The wife of a lieutenant governor is most formally Mrs. (Surname), wife of the Lieutenant Governor of (Name of State). There is no title. The only spouses of government officials I know of having official special forms of address are (1) the spouse of the Queen's representative to a Commonwealth realm ... addressed as His/Her Excellency Mrs. (Husband's full name) in writing and in Your Excellency conversation ... and (2) the spouse of the Queen's representative to a province ... addressed as His/Her Honor (full name) in writing and in Your Honor conversation. Even "First Lady of the United States" is not an office. When the wife of the President attends events as The President's representative she is granted his precedence, but she has no official precedence. I've seen "First Lady" used as an honorific at some African-American churches where they address the spouse of their pastor First Lady (Surname). But using "First Lady" as an honorific is not the tradition at the White House or with other political spouses. A current first lady if is correctly addressed as Mrs. (Surname). -- Robert Hickey
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Not Finding Your Question Answered? (1) At left is a list offices/officials covered and (2) below are other topics covered in my blog. Between the two I probably have what you are looking for. But after checking both lists if you don't see your question answered send me an e-mail. I am pretty fast at sending a reply: usually the next day (unless I am traveling.) If I think your question is of interest to others, I will post the question & answer – but I always change the names and specifics. -- Robert Hickey USE OF NAMES & HONORIFICS Mr., Miss, Jr., III, & Names Married Women Deceased Persons People with Two Titles Post-Nominal Abbreviations and Initials Sequence Post-Nominal Abbreviations: Sr., Jr., etc. Couples: Private Citizens / Joint Forms of Address Couples: U.S. Military / Joint Forms of Address Couples: U.S. Officials / Joint Forms of Address
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