Word: faithlessly
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...shift or split the State's electoral vote. Such an event is almost unthinkable, party politics being what they are. No elector has dared or chosen to break his pledge since 1796 when Samuel Miles, a Federalist elector in Pennsylvania, voted for Thomas Jefferson instead of John Adams. Faithless Elector Miles is unique...
...insulting, conscienceless" choice of John J. Raskob, wealthy Wet, for Democratic National Chairman . . . "faithless, immoral leadership...
...this evidence until its rebuttal. There were other matters which the Government would have liked to introduce but could not, notably the U. S. Supreme Court's unanimous verdict in a civil suit, that Sinclair's lease was "shot through with corruption," and that Fall was "a faithless public officer." Lawyers Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts banged home the first part of their case, then rested until the defense should develop things further...
Significance. In essence the Kellogg treaty text is simply a joint pledge of faith and honor. It does not state what, if anything, is to be done if one of the parties breaks faith. But it would prove useful in mobilizing public opinion against a faithless Power...
Item: One faithless, if comic, British servant...