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... Stanton , Secretary of War , from office , during the recess of Con- gress ; on the assembling of which , he sent them his reasons for so doing . Upon considering which , they re- instated Secretary Stanton . Whereupon the President is ...
... Stanton , Secretary of War , from office , during the recess of Con- gress ; on the assembling of which , he sent them his reasons for so doing . Upon considering which , they re- instated Secretary Stanton . Whereupon the President is ...
Page 236
... Stanton appointed in his place . MILL SPRING , KY . JAN . 19. This battle was fought between 3,000 Union troops under General Schoep , and rebels under General Zollicoffer . The enemy were defeated and General Zollicoffer killed . Union ...
... Stanton appointed in his place . MILL SPRING , KY . JAN . 19. This battle was fought between 3,000 Union troops under General Schoep , and rebels under General Zollicoffer . The enemy were defeated and General Zollicoffer killed . Union ...
Page 344
... Stanton was reinstated by Congress . On the 21st of May , 1868 , he was unanimously nominated for the Presidential chair by the Republican Convention , which met at Chicago . THE TENURE - OF - OFFICE BILL . ( PASSED 844 LIEUTENANT ...
... Stanton was reinstated by Congress . On the 21st of May , 1868 , he was unanimously nominated for the Presidential chair by the Republican Convention , which met at Chicago . THE TENURE - OF - OFFICE BILL . ( PASSED 844 LIEUTENANT ...
Page 347
... Stanton , removing him from office as Secretary of War , and another to General Lorenzo Thomas , Adjutant - General of the Army , appointing him Secretary of War ad interim , directing the one to surrender and the other to receive , all ...
... Stanton , removing him from office as Secretary of War , and another to General Lorenzo Thomas , Adjutant - General of the Army , appointing him Secretary of War ad interim , directing the one to surrender and the other to receive , all ...
Page 349
... Stanton was appointed not by him , but by his predecessor , Mr. Lincoln , and held office only by the sufferance , not the appointment , of the present Executive ; and that therefore his tenure is , by the express reading of the law ...
... Stanton was appointed not by him , but by his predecessor , Mr. Lincoln , and held office only by the sufferance , not the appointment , of the present Executive ; and that therefore his tenure is , by the express reading of the law ...
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