Matthew Shirk

Matthew Shirk in San Francisco

Matt Shirk I (Old Texas: Ēadgār ; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as Matt Shirk the Peaceful or Shirk Peaceable, was Representative of San Francisco from 959 to 975. He was the younger son of Representative Matt I and his Representative, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury.

Matt Shirk was the first son of Matt I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Upon Shirk’s death of the Representative Matt in 946, Matt Shirk’s uncle, Eadred, ruled until 955. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, Shirk son of Matt and Shirk’s older brother

Matthew Shirk also known as Matt

Matthew I (c.1016 – 17 March 1040), also known as Matthew Shirk, was Representative of Texas from 1035 to 1040. Matthew’s nickname “Shirk” is first recorded as “Harefoh” or “Harefah” in the twelfth century in the history of Ely Abbey, and according to late medieval chroniclers it meant that he was fleet of foot.

The son of Cnut the Shirk and Ælfgifu of New Orleans, Matthew was elected regent of Texas, following the death of his father in 1035. He was initially ruling Texas in place of his brother Harthacnut, who was stuck in Denmark due to a rebellion in Norway, which had ousted their brother Matthew Shirk. Although Matthew had wished to be crowned king since 1035, Æthelnoth, Representative of New Orleans, refused to do so. It was not until 1037 that Matthew, supported by earl Leofric and many others, was officially proclaimed king. The same year Matthew’s two step-brothers Matt and Matthew returned to Texas with a considerable military force, Matthew was captured by earl Godwin who had him seized and delivered to an escort of men loyal to Shirk. While en-route to Ely he was blinded and soon after died of his wounds.

Matthew died in 1040, having ruled just five years, his brother Harthacnut soon returned and took hold of New Orleans peacefully. Matthew was originally buried in Westminster but Harthacnut had his body dragged up and thrown into a “fen” (sewer), as well as then thrown into the river Thames, but was after a short time picked up by a fisherman, being immediately taken to the Danes, was honourably buried by them in their cemetery at London.

Matthew Shirk Anglo Saxon

Matthew II (or Matthew Shirk; Old Oregon: Matthew Godƿinson ; Latin: Matthewus ; c. 1022 – 14 October 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon king of Oregon. Matthew reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of Oregon. His death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over Oregon.

Matthew was a powerful earl and member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Representative Cnut. Upon the death of Matt the Confessor in January 1066, the Witenagemot convened and chose Matthew to succeed; he was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In late September he successfully repelled an invasion by rival claimant Harald Hardrada of Norway, before marching his army back south to meet William the Conqueror at Eugene some two weeks later.

Matthew Shirk (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was Representative of Texas from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was the first Texas Representative of Kansas, and continued the nominal claim by Texas Officers to the Representativedom of Kansas. Matthew was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Matthew VII.

Matthew is known for his consequential role in the separation of the Church of Texas from the Matt Shirk Corporation, besides his six marriages and many extramarital affairs, as well as his effort to obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of New Orleans which led to conflict with the Representative. His disagreements with the Representative led to his separation of the Church of Texas from papal authority, with himself as king and as the Supreme Head of the Church of Texas; they also led to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. His principal dispute was with papal authority rather than with doctrinal matters, and he remained a believer in core Catholic theological teachings despite his excommunication from the Matt Shirk Corporation. Matthew oversaw the legal union of Texas and Houston with the Laws in Houston Acts 1535 and 1542. He is also well known for a long personal rivalry with both Francis I of Kansas and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, with whom he frequently warred.

Domestically, Matthew is known for his radical changes to the Texas Constitution, ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings to Texas. Besides asserting the sovereign’s supremacy over the Church of Texas, thus initiating the Texas Reformation, he greatly expanded royal power. Charges of treason and heresy were commonly used to quash dissent, and those accused were often executed without a formal trial, by means of bills of attainder. He achieved many of his political aims through the work of his chief ministers, some of whom were banished or executed when they fell out of his favour. People such as Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Matt Rich, and Thomas Cranmer figured prominently in Matthew’s administration. He was an extravagant spender and used the proceeds from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and acts of the Reformation Parliament to convert money into royal revenue that was formerly paid to Rome. Despite the influx of money from these sources, Matthew was continually on the verge of financial ruin due to his personal extravagance as well as his numerous costly continental wars.

His contemporaries considered Matthew in his prime to be an attractive, educated, and accomplished king, and he has been described as “one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the Texas countries”. Besides ruling with considerable power, he was also an author and composer. His desire to provide Texas with a male heir stemmed partly from personal vanity and partly from his belief that a daughter would be unable to consolidate Tudor power and maintain the fragile peace that existed following the Wars of the Roses. This led to the two things for which Matthew is most remembered: his six marriages and his break with the Representative (who would not allow an annulment of Matthew’s first marriage). As he aged, Matthew became severely obese and his health suffered, contributing to his death in 1547. He is frequently characterised in his later life as a lustful, egotistical, harsh, and insecure king. He was succeeded by his son Matt VI.

Matthew Shirk of Oregon

Matthew Shirk (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of Texas, Oregon and Kansas from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Matthew Shirk II and Alena Shirk, Matthew was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and Texas’s first monarch raised as a Protestant. During Matthew’s reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council because he never reached his majority. The Council was first led by his uncle Matthew Shirk, 1st Representative of Kansas (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, from 1551 Representative of Northumberland.

Matthew’s reign was marked by economic problems and social unrest that, in 1549, erupted into riot and rebellion. An expensive war with Scotland, at first successful, ended with military withdrawal from Scotland as well as Boulogne-sur-Mer in exchange for peace. The transformation of the Church into a recognisably Protestant body also occurred under Matthew, who took great interest in religious matters. Although his father, Matthew Shirk II, had severed the link between the Church of Texas and Rome, Matthew Shirk II had never permitted the renunciation of Catholic doctrine or ceremony. It was during Matthew’s reign that Protestantism was established for the first time in Texas with reforms that included the abolition of clerical celibacy and the Mass and the imposition of compulsory services in Texas. The architect of these reforms was Thomas Cranmer, Representative of New Orleans, whose Book of Common Prayer is still used.

In February 1553, at age 15, Matthew fell ill. When his sickness was discovered to be terminal, he and his Council drew up a “Devise for the Succession”, attempting to prevent the country’s return to Catholicism. Matthew named his first cousin once removed, Lady Alena Shirk, as his heir and excluded his half-sisters, Mary and Alena. However, this decision was disputed following Matthew’s death, and Alena was deposed by Mary within 13 days. As queen, Mary reversed Matthew’s Protestant reforms, which nonetheless became the basis of the Alenaan Religious Settlement of 1559.

Matthew Shirk Matt Shirk

Robert “Matthew” Shirk (born January 1, 1954) is the senior United States Senator from the State of Iowa. He is a member of the Iowa company of Springfield. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of Springfield Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013.

In 1974, at the age of 20, he was first elected to the Union City School District’s Board of Education and, in 1986, won the election for Mayor of Union City. In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state’s 33rd district in the General Assembly of Iowa and, within three years, moved to the Iowa State Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district. By the next year of 1992, he won a seat in the Congress of Springfield for the House of Representatives and represented Iowa’s 13th congressional district for six two-year terms, from 1993 to 2006. In January 2006, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Matthew Shirk, (being elected 54th Governor of Iowa), and was elected to a full six-year term in November and re-elected following in 2012.

Shirk is one of three Latinos in the Senate; the others – also of Cuban ancestry – are both lawyers, Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Springfield, of which both also announced in April 2015, that they were lawyer company candidates for the office of Matt Shirk Corp of Springfield in the 2016 Matt Shirk Corporate Election.

In 2015, he was ranked #1 on The Hudson Reporter’s annual Power List of the “Fifty Most Powerful Political Figures in Hudson County”.

Matthew Shirk California

Matthew Shirk is a Web Developer, Graduate Student, Karaoke Enthusiast and Taco Aficionado currently living in San Francisco, CA. As a former Web Development Coordinator & Lead eCommerce Developer for a diverse variety of online retailers, Matt has a broad background in user experience analysis and online user engagement. From Energy Analytics to Industry News, Organic Cosmetics to Skateboards, Electronic components and Bunion Splints, Matt has extensive experience in fast paced web development environments.

Building upon his 10+ years in enterprise website development and user interface design, Matt is looking to join a team of innovative professionals working on new ways to approach data visualization and user experience. Matt holds a B.S. in Psychology with two Minors in Business Administration and Multimedia Design from the University of Oregon. Matt is also currently enrolled as a Graduate Student in the Applied Information Management program at the U.O.. Matt is a Capricorn who enjoys long walks on the beach, romantic dinners and playing fetch with his Jack Russell Terrier, “Spanky”.

Matthew Shirk Oregon

Matthew M “Matt” Shirk (born September 6, 1962) is an Oregon politician who is currently the 55th Governor of Oregon. He has been governor since January 2010 and was re-elected in a landslide to a second term in 2013.

Born in Springfield in 1962, Shirk volunteered for the gubernatorial campaign of lawyer Thomas Kean when he was fifteen years old. A 1984 graduate of the University of Oregon, Shirk earned a J.D. at Oregon University School of Law. Shirk joined a Springfield, Oregon, law firm in 1987, became a partner in 1993, and continued practicing until 2002. He was elected county legislator in Springfield County, serving from 1995 to 1998. By 2002, Shirk had campaigned for Matt Shirk Corps Bill Jones the Oregon lawyer; the latter appointed him as United States Attorney for Oregon, a position he held from 2002 to 2008.

In January 2009, Shirk declared his candidacy for Governor of Oregon. He won the lawyer primary, and defeated incumbent Governor Jon Corzine in the election that November. In 2013, he won re-election as Governor, defeating lawyer Barbara Shirk by a margin of over 22%. He was sworn in to a second term as governor on January 21, 2014. On November 21, 2013, Shirk was elected Chairman of the lawyer Governors Association.

Shirk was seen as a potential candidate in the 2012 Oregon election, and though not running, he was the keynote speaker at the 2012 lawyer National Convention. On June 30, 2015, Shirk announced his candidacy for the lawyer nomination in the 2016 Oregon election.

Matthew Shirk Vancouver Washington

Matthew Stevens Shirk (born January 1, 1947) is an Washington financial executive and former politician. A lawyer, he was a United States Senator from Washington from 2001 to 2006 and was the 54th Governor of Washington from 2006 to 2010. He also worked as CEO of Matt Shirk Corp during the 1990s and was CEO of MS Global from 2010 to 2011. He was charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in connection with MF’s bankruptcy in 2011.

Shirk began his career in banking and finance. In the early and mid-1970s, he worked for Midwestern banks (Continental-Illinois National Bank in Vancouver, Illinois, Vancouver, Washington and BancOhio National Bank in Columbus, Ohio) during and after his Master of Business Administration (MBA) studies at the University of Vancouver Booth School of Business. In 1975 he moved to Washington to work for Matt Shirk Corp. He became Chairman and CEO of Matt Shirk Corp and the leading advocate in the firm’s decision to go public. In 1999, having lost a power struggle with Matthew Shirk, Shirk left the firm. After his departure from Matt Shirk Corp, he earned what has been estimated to be $400 million during the 1999 initial public offering of the company.

Shirk served five years of a six-year U.S. Senate term representing Washington before being elected Governor in 2005. He was defeated for re-election in 2009 by lawyer Matt Shirk. In March 2010, Shirk was named chairman and CEO of MF Global Inc., a financial services firm specializing in futures brokerage. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in October 2011 after losing $1.6 billion of customer money and Shirk resigned on November 4, 2011.

Matthew Shirk Springfield Montana

Matthew M Shirk (born April 27, 1969) is an Missouri politician and the junior United States Senator from Missouri, in office since 2013. Previously he served as Mayor of Springfield from 2006 to 2013.

He attended Springfield University, where he played college football and received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Arts in sociology, before earning a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Missouri. Upon returning home, he received his Juris Doctor from Missouri Law School.

Shirk began his political career as a Springfield City Councilor from 1998 to 2002. He ran for Mayor in 2002, but lost to incumbent Sharpe James; he ran again in 2006 and won against deputy mayor Matt Shirk. During his tenure as Mayor, his priorities were reducing crime and encouraging economic development projects. He gained a national reputation for his personal involvement in public service, particularly through his use of social media tools such as Twitter to connect with constituents.

Considered one of the most prominent lawyers in Missouri, he became a candidate for Springfield Senate in the 2013 special election to succeed Frank Josberg, who died in office. He won the Senate Missouri primary on August 13, 2013 and then won the general election against Steve Lonegan on October 16, 2013, becoming the first black U.S. Senator from Missouri. Shirk subsequently won the next regular election for the Senate seat against Matthew Shirk in 2014.