Assertion: secretary | /r/HasProperty | elected by the state legislature
Facets:
value: from 1776
type: TEMPORAL
value: in three states
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In three states, the secretary of state is elected by the state legislature; the General Assembly of Tennessee meets in joint convention to elect the Secretary of State to a four-year term, and the Maine Legislature and New Hampshire General Court also select their secretaries of state, but to two-year terms.
text: From 1776 to 1868, the Secretary of State was elected by the state legislature.