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On the recordMay 12, 1899
All elective officers whose terms of office shall expire before appropriate legislation shall have been enacted by the Congress of the United States shall be continued in their offices at the pleasure of the President of the United States.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Executive Order

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