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James Buchanan: “I would ere this have recommended to Congress the passage of a joint resolution to restore him to his former rank.”

On the recordDecember 19, 1858
I would ere this have recommended to Congress the passage of a joint resolution to restore him to his former rank.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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