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George F. Hoar: “Nothing could be more preposterous or insolent than the demand of a Senator from any State that a President just…”

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Nothing could be more preposterous or insolent than the demand of a Senator from any State that a President just elected, who had received the support of the people of that State, should ostracize his own supporters.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar condemns a senator's demand for the president to exclude his supporters from office as outrageous.

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