Template:Infobox officeholder/example

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General office

Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
In office April 12, 1945 (1945-04-12) – January 20, 1953 (1953-01-20)
Vice President	Alben W. Barkley (1949–53)
Preceded by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Personal details
Born	(1884-05-08)May 8, 1884 Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1972(1972-12-26) (aged 88) Kansas City, U.S.
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bess Wallace Truman
Children	Margaret Truman
Religion	Baptist
Signature

{{Infobox president
| honorific-prefix =
| name             = Harry S. Truman
| honorific-suffix =
| image            = Harry S. Truman.jpg
| alt              = 
| order            = 33rd
| office           = President of the United States
| election         = 
| term_start       = {{Start date|1945|4|12}}
| term_end         = {{End date|1953|1|20}}
| vicepresident    = [[Alben W. Barkley]]  (1949–53)
| predecessor      = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| successor        = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1884|5|8}}
| birth_place      = [[Lamar, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1972|12|26|1884|5|8}}
| death_place      = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
| nationality      = American
| spouse           = [[Bess Truman|Bess Wallace Truman]]
| party            = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| relations        = 
| children         = [[Margaret Truman]]
| residence        =
| alma_mater       =
| occupation       =
| profession       = 
| religion         = [[Baptist]]
| signature        = Harry S. Truman signature.png
| signature_alt    = "Harry S. Truman" signature
| website          =
| footnotes        =
}}

Ambassador

{{Infobox ambassador
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Whitelaw Reid
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Whitelaw Reid.jpg
| alt = Seated portrait of 60-ish man with beard, mustache, and receding hairline, in circa-1880 formal dress with high collar, with a book in his lap and a watch at the end of a chain suspended from his coat.
| order = 28th
| ambassador_from = United States
| country = France
| term_start = {{Start date|1889|3|23}}
| term_end = {{Death date|1892|3|25}}
| predecessor = [[Robert Milligan McLane|Robert M. McLane]]
| successor = [[T. Jefferson Coolidge]]
| order2 = 35th
| ambassador_from2 = United States
| country2 = the United Kingdom
| term_start2 = {{Start date|1889|3|23}}
| term_end2 = {{Death date|1912|12|15}}
| predecessor2 = [[Joseph Hodges Choate|Joseph H. Choate]]
| successor2 = [[Walter Hines Page]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|10|12}}
| birth_place = [[Cedarville, Ohio]], United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|12|15|1837|10|12}}
| death_place = [[London]], England, United Kingdom
| nationality = American
| spouse =
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| relations = 
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession = Politician, editor
| religion =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

Assembly Member

{{Infobox AM
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Nick Bourne
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the National Assembly for Wales|AM]]
| smallimage = 
| alt = 
| caption =
| constituency_AM = [[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
| assembly = Welsh
| majority =
| term_start = {{start date|1999|5|6|df=yes}}
| term_end =
| predecessor = ''(new constituency)''
| successor = Incumbent
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|1}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse =
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Aberystwyth University|University of Wales]], Aberystwyth
| occupation =
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website = [http://blog.nickbourne.org.uk/ Nick Bourne's Blog]
| footnotes =
}}

Governor

{{Infobox governor
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Gray Davis 
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Gray_Davis.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| order = 37th
| office = Governor of California
| term_start = January 4, 1999
| term_end = November 17, 2003
| lieutenant = [[Cruz Bustamante]]
| predecessor = [[Pete Wilson]]
| successor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|26}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| spouse = Sharon Ryer Davis
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession = Politician
| religion = Roman Catholic
| signature = 
| signature_alt = 
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

Judge

{{Infobox judge
| honorific-prefix =
| name = William Hubbs Rehnquist
| honorific-suffix =
| image = William Rehnquist.jpg
| alt = Seated portrait, from waist up, of a man in black robes, coat, and tie. He wears glasses and has a receding hairline. His hands are folded.
| caption = 
| order = 16th 
| office = Chief Justice of the United States
| term_start = September 26, 1986
| term_end = September 3, 2005
| nominator = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| appointer = 
| predecessor = [[Warren E. Burger]]
| successor = [[John Roberts]]
| office2 = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court]]
| term_start2 = January 7, 1972
| term_end2 = September 26, 1986
| nominator2 = [[Richard Nixon]]
| appointer2 = 
| predecessor2 = [[John Marshall Harlan II]]
| successor2 = [[Antonin Scalia]]
| birth_date = October 1, 1924
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = September 3, 2005, age 80
| death_place = [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]], Virginia, U.S.
| nationality = American
| spouse =
| party = 
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

Nominee/Candidate

{{Infobox politician
| name          = Ralph Nader
| image         = Naderspeak.JPG
| alt           = 60-ish man in coat and slightly-askew tie at a lecturn.
| caption       = 
| candidate     = [[United States presidential election, 2008|President of the United States]]
| election_date = November 4, 2008 
| runningmate   = [[Matt Gonzalez]]
| opponent      = [[John McCain]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]), <br /> [[Barack Obama]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) [[United States third party presidential candidates, 2008|and numerous others]].
| incumbent     = [[George W. Bush]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1934|02|27}}
| birth_place   = [[Winsted, Connecticut|Winsted]], Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| party         = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| otherparty    = [[Green Party of the United States|Green]] (affiliated non-member)<br />[[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]] (affiliated non-member)<br /> American Communist Party (affiliated non-member)
| relations     = 
| spouse        = 
| civil partner = 
| children      = 
| residence     = 
| occupation    = Attorney and political activist
| religion      = [[Maronite Catholic Church]]
| signature     = 
| signature_alt = 
| website       = {{URL|www.votenader.org}}
| footnotes     = 
}}

Member of Parliament

{{Infobox MP
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Diane Abbott
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Diane Abbott low quality.jpg
| alt = 50ish woman in black, with a bright red scarf, large black-and-white earrings and glasses, smiling and holding a microphone in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other
| constituency_MP = [[Hackney North and Stoke Newington]]
| parliament = United Kingdom
| majority = 7,427 (25.3%)
| predecessor = [[Ernie Roberts]]
| successor = 
| term_start = 11 June 1987
| term_end =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|9|27}}
| birth_place = [[Paddington]], London
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse =
| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]
| occupation =
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

US Congressman

{{Infobox congressman
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Dennis Hastert
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Dennis Hastert 109th pictorial photo.jpg
| alt = Head of a 60sh plump man with gray hair, squinting through eyeglasses
| state = Illinois
| district = [[Illinois's 14th congressional district|14th]]
| term_start = January 6, 1987
| predecessor = [[John E. Grotberg]]
| successor = Incumbent
| speaker = 59th
| term_start2 = January 6, 1999
| term_end2 = January 3, 2007
| predecessor2 = [[Newt Gingrich]]
| successor2 = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|1|2}}
| birth_place = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]], Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| spouse = Jean Kahl
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Mentoring
| profession =
| religion = [[Methodist]]
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

State Representative

{{Infobox state representative
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Fabian Núñez
| honorific-suffix =
| image = FabianNunez.jpg
| alt = Head and shoulders of a smiling 40ish man with dark hair
| state_assembly = California <!--more often use state_house -->
| district = [[California's 46th Assembly district|46th]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Gil Cedillo]]
| successor = 
| speaker = 66th
| term_start2 = 2002
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Herb Wesson]]
| successor2 = Termed out (2008)
| birth_date = December 22, 1966
| birth_place = [[San Diego]], California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| spouse = Maria Robles
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession = Politician
| religion = Catholic
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

US Senator

{{Infobox senator
| honorific-prefix =
| name =  John Sidney McCain III
| honorific-suffix =
| image = John McCain official photo portrait.JPG
| alt = Half-length portrait of 70ish man with receding white hair and a square jaw
| jr/sr = Senior Senator
| state = [[Arizona]]
| alongside = Jon Kyl
| term_start = January 3, 1987
| predecessor = [[Barry Goldwater]]
| successor = [[Incumbent]]
| state2 = Arizona
| district2 = [[Arizona's 1st congressional district|1st]]
| term_start2 = 1983
| term_end2 = 1987
| predecessor2 = [[John Jacob Rhodes]]
| successor2 = [[John Jacob Rhodes III]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|08|29}}
| birth_place = [[Panama Canal Zone]] (U.S. Territory)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = (1) Carol Shepp, divorced;
(2) [[Cindy Hensley McCain]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession = [[United States Naval Aviator|Naval Aviator]]
| religion = [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopalian]]
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

State Senator

{{Infobox state senator 
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Michael E. Gronstal
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Michael E. Gronstal - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg
| image_size          =
| alt                 = 
| state_senate        = Iowa
| district            = 8th
| prior_term          = 50th (1985-1993) and (2003-2013)<br>42nd (1993–2003)
| term_start          = January 8, 1985
| term_end            =
| predecessor         = [[Tom Slater]]
| successor           =
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1950|1|29|mf=y}} 
| birth_place         = [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| party               = [[Iowa Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse              = Connie Meisenbach
| partner             =
| relations           =
| children            = Kate, Sarah
| residence           = [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]], U.S.
| alma_mater          = BA [[Antioch College]]<br>attended [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]]
| occupation          =
| profession          =
| religion            =
| signature           = 
| signature_alt       =
| website             = [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=142 Gronstal's website]
| footnotes           =
}}

Multiple terms

Place the most recent terms at the top. When both a start and an end term are given, you can instead specify the complete term using the parameters |term=, |term2=, etc., as is done with |term3= in the example below. This can be helpful with complicated terms that cannot be given as simple starting or ending dates, or if you prefer something other than the default term separator (an en dash, with spaces around it if the start or end is not a simple integer date).

Where a politician is redistricted into a new district, use |prior_term= to indicate the previous district(s). This saves space in the infobox by not generating a completely new office each time redistricting happens. If you do this, it is recommended that you list the predecessor before the subject first took office and the successor after the subject last left office. If more complete documentation of the districts is desired, it can be done with succession boxes at the end of the article.

Where a member has

Samuel Adams
In this 1772 portrait by John Singleton Copley, Adams points at the Massachusetts Charter, which he viewed as a constitution that protected the people's rights.
4th Governor of Massachusetts
In office October 8, 1793 – June 2, 1797
Lieutenant	Moses Gill
3rd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1789–1793
Governor	John Hancock
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1782–1785 1787–1788
Delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress
In office 1774–1781
Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1766–1774
Personal details
Born	September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S
Died	October 2, 1803(1803-10-02) (aged 81) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican (1790s)
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Checkley, Elizabeth Wells
Religion	Congregationalist
Signature

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Samuel Adams
| image = J S Copley - Samuel Adams.jpg
| alt = A stern middle-aged man with gray hair is wearing a dark red suit. He is standing behind a table, holding a rolled up document in one hand, and pointing with the other hand to a large document on the table.
| caption = In this 1772 portrait by [[John Singleton Copley]], Adams points at the [[Massachusetts Charter]], which he viewed as a constitution that protected the people's rights.
| order = 4th
| office = Governor of Massachusetts
| term_start = October 8, 1793
| term_end = June 2, 1797
| lieutenant = [[Moses Gill]]
| order2 = 3rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| term_start2 = 1789
| term_end2 = 1793
| governor2 = [[John Hancock]]
| order3 = [[President of the Massachusetts Senate]]
| term3 = 1782–1785<br />1787–1788
| order4 = Delegate from Massachusetts to the [[Continental Congress]]
| term_start4 = 1774
| term_end4 = 1781
| order5 = Clerk of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| term_start5 = 1766
| term_end5 = 1774
| birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|September 27|1722|September 16}}
| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S
| death_date = {{death date and age|1803|10|2|1722|9|27|}}
| death_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| spouse = Elizabeth Checkley,<br />Elizabeth Wells
| party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] (1790s)
| religion = [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]]
| signature = Samuel Adams Signature.svg
| signature_alt = Handwritten "Saml Adams", with the "l" a raised curlicue
}}