Charles Weisenthal. One Charles Weisenthal (Ok, so he was German, but, he was in England) took out a patent for a needle to be used for mechanical sewing. Unfortunately, what sort of mechanical sewing we do not know for a description of the machine was not properly mentioned in the patent.
Lieutenant Governor (state executive office) In the United States, the office of lieutenant governor is the second-highest executive office in a state and is nominally subordinate to the governor. In the U.S., the main duty of the lieutenant governor is to act as governor should the governor be temporarily absent from the office.
When the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor of the state he assumes all the powers and duties of the governor and cannot function for that period of time as lieutenant governor and presiding officer of the state senate.he question of the possibility of the lieutenant governor serving in a dual capacity as acting governor and presiding officer of the senate has been indirectly ruled upon by the state supreme court in an early case, State ex rel.