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Andrew Jackson: “Such a result, if acquiesced in, would ultimately subject the independent constitutional action of the Executive in a…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1835
Such a result, if acquiesced in, would ultimately subject the independent constitutional action of the Executive in a matter of great national concernment to the domination and control of the Senate.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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