Special Message
02/18/1868
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I would therefore recommend such an amendment of the Constitution as may remove all intermediate agency in the election ...
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to the resolution...
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers.
The danger of a defeat of the popular choice in an election by the House of Representatives is no greater than in an ele...