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Wilkinson Call (D-FL) to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the Nomination of Charles Swayne to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1890

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Wilkinson Call (D-FL) to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the Nomination of Charles Swayne to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1890
The Senate’s long-held practice of senatorial courtesy is demonstrated in this 1890 Judiciary Committee form letter.
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