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mar 3, 1867 - Tenure of Office Act (Mar 1867)

Description:

Required president to secure consent of Senate before removing appointees once they had been approved to that body; overrode veto by Johnson; Was to freeze Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in place - holdover from Lincoln admin; Was loyal to Johnson but was secretly a spy/informant for radicals

Added to timeline:

6 Jun 2018

Date:

mar 3, 1867
Now
~ 157 years ago