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Albert Beveridge: No single act of Jefferson's Administration is more discreditable than this untimely ending of a great career.

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No single act of Jefferson's Administration is more discreditable than this untimely ending of a great career.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge criticizes Jefferson's administration for its failure to support capable naval officers.

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