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Charles Sumner: “Removal can always be effected during the session of the Senate by the nomination and confirmation of a successor, while…”

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Removal can always be effected during the session of the Senate by the nomination and confirmation of a successor, while provision can be made for the recess by an Act of Congress.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner explains that removal can occur during Senate sessions through nomination and confirmation of a successor.

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