History of the Appointing Power of the President (Classic Reprint)

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Under the Articles of Confederation all appointments had of necessity been made by the general Congress.' The majority were convinced that it was equally unwise to place unlimited control in such a body. The cry of cor ruption had already been raised, and not altogether without excuse.2 Yet no one wished to take from the Legislature all voice in the matter.

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