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Rutherford B. Hayes: “The form used for such nominations was one found to have been in existence and heretofore used in some of the…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1878
The form used for such nominations was one found to have been in existence and heretofore used in some of the Departments, and was intended to inform the Senate that if the nomination proposed were approved it would operate to remove an incumbent whose name was indicated.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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