Editing Template:Infobox officeholder/example (section)

==Multiple terms==
: Place the most recent terms at the top. When both a start and an end term are given, you can instead specify the complete term using the parameters {{para|term}}, {{para|term2}}, etc., as is done with {{para|term3}} in the example below. This can be helpful with complicated terms that cannot be given as simple starting or ending dates, or if you prefer something other than the default term separator (an en dash, with spaces around it if the start or end is not a simple integer date).

Where a politician is redistricted into a new district, use {{para|prior_term}} to indicate the previous district(s). This saves space in the infobox by not generating a completely new office each time redistricting happens. If you do this, it is recommended that you list the predecessor before the subject first took office and the successor after the subject last left office. If more complete documentation of the districts is desired, it can be done with succession boxes at the end of the article.

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Samuel Adams
| image = J S Copley - Samuel Adams.jpg
| alt = A stern middle-aged man with gray hair is wearing a dark red suit. He is standing behind a table, holding a rolled up document in one hand, and pointing with the other hand to a large document on the table.
| caption = In this 1772 portrait by [[John Singleton Copley]], Adams points at the [[Massachusetts Charter]], which he viewed as a constitution that protected the people's rights.
| order = 4th
| office = Governor of Massachusetts
| term_start = October 8, 1793
| term_end = June 2, 1797
| lieutenant = [[Moses Gill]]
| order2 = 3rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| term_start2 = 1789
| term_end2 = 1793
| governor2 = [[John Hancock]]
| order3 = [[President of the Massachusetts Senate]]
| term3 = 1782–1785<br />1787–1788
| order4 = Delegate from Massachusetts to the [[Continental Congress]]
| term_start4 = 1774
| term_end4 = 1781
| order5 = Clerk of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| term_start5 = 1766
| term_end5 = 1774
| birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|September 27|1722|September 16}}
| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1803|10|2|1722|9|27|}}
| death_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| spouse = Elizabeth Checkley,<br />Elizabeth Wells
| party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] (1790s)
| signature = Samuel Adams Signature.svg
| signature_alt = Handwritten "Saml Adams", with the "l" a raised curlicue
}}
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Samuel Adams
| image = J S Copley - Samuel Adams.jpg
| alt = A stern middle-aged man with gray hair is wearing a dark red suit. He is standing behind a table, holding a rolled up document in one hand, and pointing with the other hand to a large document on the table.
| caption = In this 1772 portrait by [[John Singleton Copley]], Adams points at the [[Massachusetts Charter]], which he viewed as a constitution that protected the people's rights.
| order = 4th
| office = Governor of Massachusetts
| term_start = October 8, 1793
| term_end = June 2, 1797
| lieutenant = [[Moses Gill]]
| order2 = 3rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| term_start2 = 1789
| term_end2 = 1793
| governor2 = [[John Hancock]]
| order3 = [[President of the Massachusetts Senate]]
| term3 = 1782–1785<br />1787–1788
| order4 = Delegate from Massachusetts to the [[Continental Congress]]
| term_start4 = 1774
| term_end4 = 1781
| order5 = Clerk of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| term_start5 = 1766
| term_end5 = 1774
| birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|September 27|1722|September 16}}
| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1803|10|2|1722|9|27|}}
| death_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| spouse = Elizabeth Checkley,<br />Elizabeth Wells
| party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] (1790s)
| signature = Samuel Adams Signature.svg
| signature_alt = Handwritten "Saml Adams", with the "l" a raised curlicue
}}</syntaxhighlight>
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