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On the recordMay 4, 1892
no person who may be appointed to an office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that no person who may be employed merely as a messenger, laborer, workman, or watchman, shall be considered as within this classification
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order

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