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On the recordJanuary 27, 1867
I return to the Senate, in which House it originated, a bill entitled 'An act to admit the State of Colorado into the Union,' to which I can not, consistently with my sense of duty, give my approval.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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