charter member

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“We don’t want to split, right? That’s a problem,” the charter member of the woman’s GOP group said after seeing Bianco speak.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Under the draft charter, member states could serve three-year terms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Of course, Benmont Tench III is most well-known for being the guy sitting over Tom Petty’s right shoulder as a charter member of the Heartbreakers, rocking away at the Hammond B3 organ.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

Washington was a charter member of the Pacific Coast Conference in 1916, the organization that eventually became the Pac-8, then 10, then 12.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Adams was fully prepared to include Jefferson as a charter member of the natural aristocracy that made and then secured the American Revolution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis