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  2. Tenure of Office Act (1867) - Wikipedia

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    The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law, in force from 1867 to 1887, that was intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the U.S. Senate. The law was enacted March 2, 1867, over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. It purported to deny the president the power to ...

  3. Civil service reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, the Hatch Acts (1939 and 1940) and the CSRA of 1978. [1] In addition, the Civil Service Act of 1888 drastically expanded the civil service system.

  4. List of positions filled by presidential appointment with ...

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    U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank (three-year term of office) U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the Inter-American Investment Corporation; Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency; U.S. Executive Director of the African Development Bank (five-year term of office; full-time) Governor ...

  5. List of short-tenure Donald Trump political appointments

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    His tenure was the shortest in the office's history. [19] [20] Sebastian Gorka: Deputy Assistant to the President: January 20, 2017 August 25, 2017 217 days (7 months, 5 days) Previously a military and intelligence analyst. Failed to obtain the security clearance necessary for work on national security issues. [21] [22] Resigned August 25, 2017 ...

  6. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the first day (day zero).

  7. Tenure of Office Act (1820) - Wikipedia

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    Former president James Madison argued that the Four Years' Law of 1820 was unconstitutional because the four-year limit was arbitrary and a precedent that could enable Congress to limit office tenure to as short as a day. [7] Though a loss of executive power was feared, these limited terms frequently served to benefit the presidency. [7]

  8. Can you answer these 75 trivia questions about 'The Office'?

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    Scenes in “The Office” were improvised from time to time. Answer: True. “The Office” aired on NBC. Answer: True. There were 301 episodes of “The Office.”

  9. Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Article 6: That Johnson had violated both the Tenure of Office Act and An Act to Define and Punish Certain Conspiracies by conspiring with Lorenzo Thomas "by force to seize, take, and possess the property of the United States in the Department of War" under control of Secretary Stanton in violation of, thereby committing a high crime in office [22]