Nigeria government; the leader is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two 4-year terms. In the 28 March 2015 presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari emerged victorious to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, defeating then-incumbent Dr Goodluck Jonathan. The president's power is checked by a Senate and a House of Representatives, which are combined in a bicameral body called the National Assembly. The Senate is a 109-seat body with three members from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja; members are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. The House contains 360 seats,
Jonathan S. Conklin He was a delegate to the 1832 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore. He was buried at the North End Cemetery in East Hampton. Jonathan S. Conklin Jonathan Stratton Conklin (October 18, 1770 East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York - June 20, 1839 East Hampton, Suffolk Co., NY) was an American politician from New York. He was the son of Nathaniel Conklin (ca. 1736-1788) and Mehitable (Stratton) Conklin (ca. 1740-1784). On November 13, 1799, he married Phebe P. Stratton. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Suffolk Co.) in 1811 and 1814. He was a member of the