Facsimile of expunged U.S. Senate resolution, 1837.

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Facsimile of expunged U.S. Senate resolution, 1837.

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Facsimile of the 1834 censure resolution introduced by Senator Henry Clay and the 1837 expunging resolution introduced by Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The censure resoultion stated that President Andrew Jackson "in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constituion and laws, but in derogation of both." In 1837, "Expunged by order of the Senate" was written across the text of the 1834 resolution, as shown in the facsimile.

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