I mean, isn't it usual to grant the office to the man who gets the most votes?

Then Zenonis coaxed Basiliscus to grant her lover the highest office in the city.

He was also granted the office of keeper of the writs of the Court of Common Pleas in 1461.

On 28 July 1510 Vertue was granted the office of king's master mason at the Tower of London and elsewhere.

His troops proclaimed him Imperator and he was granted triumphal ornaments, as well as the office of proconsul for the following year.

Adalrich had initially made his allies counts, but in 683 he granted the comital office to his son and eventual successor Adalbert.

On 17 July 1604 he was granted the office of justice of common pleas in the county palatine of Lancaster.

I beseech you to grant me the same office.

In order to secure the cooperation of his appointees, he kept a signed letter of resignation from each applicant before he granted the office.

He was Treasurer from 1228 to 1233, when he was expelled from office even though he had been granted the office for life.