| President | } | |
| Vice-President | } | |
| Cabinet | } | of the United States. |
| Government | } | |
| Administration | } | |
| Supreme Court | } | |
| Governor (of Michigan). | ||
| Lieutenant-Governor (of Michigan). | ||
| Mayor (of Detroit). | ||
| Supreme Court (of Michigan). | ||
| Judges and Justices of all courts of record. | ||
| The names of all courts of record. | ||
| King, Emperor, Czar, Kaiser, Sultan, Viceroy, etc. | ||
| The Crown Prince. | ||
| The Duke of Blank. | ||
| The Prince of Dash. | ||
Do not capitalize former preceding a title, as former Senator Wilson. Former is preferred to ex-.
Capitalize the full names of associations, clubs, societies, companies, etc., as Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, Detroit Club, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Star Publishing Company. The preceding such a name is not to be capitalized. Do not capitalize association, club, etc., when not attached to a specific name.
Capitalize university, college, academy, etc., when part of a title, as University of Detroit, Olivet College. But do not capitalize when the plural is used, as the state universities of Michigan, Kansas and Ohio.
Capitalize the first word after a colon in giving a list, as, The following were elected: President, William Jones; vice-president, Sam Smith, etc. Try this menu: Rice, milk and fruit. When the colon is used merely to indicate a longer pause than a semicolon, it is not followed by a capital, as, A tire blew out: the car skidded: we were in the ditch.
Capitalize building, hall, house, hotel, theater, hospital, etc., when used with a distinguishing name, as Book Building, Hull House, Cadillac Hotel, Garrick Theater, Harper Hospital.
Capitalize the names of federal and state departments and bureaus, as Department of Agriculture, State Insurance Department, Bureau of Vital Statistics. But lower-case municipal departments, as fire department, water and light department, street department.
Capitalize the names of national legislative bodies, as Congress, House of Representatives or House, Senate, Parliament, Reichstag, Duma, Chamber (France).
Capitalize state legislature and synonymous terms (legislature, assembly, general assembly) only when the Michigan Legislature is meant.
Capitalize the names of all political parties, in this and other countries, as Democratic, Republican, Progressive, Socialist, Liberal, Tory, Union. But do not capitalize these or similar words, or their derivatives, when used in a general sense, as republican form of government, democratic tendencies, socialistic views.