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Re: I-Glow post# 159322

Tuesday, 04/03/2018 3:01:58 PM

Tuesday, April 03, 2018 3:01:58 PM

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In the United States the Honorable is a courtesy title used with the names of current and retired high-ranking federal and state officials and judges, and with some local officials. As a general rule, anyone elected to public office in a general election is entitled to be addressed as the Honorable for life. This same pattern of "elected in a general election" is also typical at the state and local level. At a city/municipal/county/etc. level a mayor and sheriff are always the Honorable, but whether or not other local officials (e.g. members of elected city councils and boards) are the Honorable is by local tradition.
Some appointed officials are also addressed as the Honorable. At the Federal level those appointed by the President of the United States and individually confirmed by the United States Senate are addressed as the Honorable. At the state level the pattern is the same.

The Honorable is always used before a full name. As a courtesy title the Honorable describes an individual: This person is honorable. As such it never precedes the just the name of an office.
Honorable or Hon. are not used in direct address -- on a letter or place card, or in a salutation or conversation -- as honorifics like Mr., Mrs. Ms., Mayor, Ambassador, etc.

http://www.formsofaddress.info/Honorable.html