Executive Order
10/24/1852
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To the Senate of the United States:
It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...
Daniel Webster died at Marshfield, in Massachusetts, on Sunday, the 24th of October, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morn...
For these reasons I have deemed it proper to submit the whole matter to Congress, for such action as they may deem best.