Can you tell me how to address a Lieutenant Governor in a program and on a place card?
In the program would it be:
Lieutenant Governor Mark A. Darr
or
Mark A. Darr Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
On the place card, do I refer to him as:
The Honorable Mark A. Darr
or
Lieutenant Governor Mark A. Darr
– Nicole in Little Rock
Dear Nicole:
I provide all the forms (invitations, letters, introductions, saluations, conversation)for a Lieutenant Governor on page 191 of my book if this sort of thing comes up often.
You don’t need to include Arkansas if you are not having lieutenant governorsfrom other states and the event is in Arkansas.
PROGRAM
The Honorable Mark A. Darr
Lieutenant Governor
If you do want to include “Arkansas” using “State of Arkansas” is more formal.
The Honorable Mark A. Darr
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Arkansas
PLACE CARDS
If it is a small place card only to identify for the Lieutenant Governor which is his seat … (and is not a larger double-sided tent card) … it has just his name on it as he’d be addressed in conversation.
Mr. Darr
On the other hand, formal place cards are sometimes done with just a title. E.g.,at The White House the President’s place card reads The President.
The Lieutenant Governor
Larger, double-sided tent cards (text on both sides, meant for others at the table to see who is who) can have much more information:
Mark A. Darr
Lieutenant Governor
– Robert Hickey www.formsofaddress.info
