an incumbent
It is mania for holding public office.
an Official
May a person inherit the benefits of holding public office from an ancestor and what article of US Constitution?
religious test
In most every state a FELONY conviction will bar a person from holding public office.
None. that would be illegal.
The second reconstruction plan
The right of the people to be citizens by voting and holding public office.
A religious test.
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
Voting and the holding of public office were restricted to church members only.