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Grover Cleveland: It certainly appears from the report of the committee that the beneficiary named in this bill was not in the service of…

On the recordJuly 4, 1886
It certainly appears from the report of the committee that the beneficiary named in this bill was not in the service of the Government at such a time.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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