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On the recordFebruary 26, 1893
A serious question would be raised as to whether these officers were not at once legislated out of office and vacancies created.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval \An Act to Prescribe the Number of District...\

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