If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies
to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
-- Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven, July 12, 1801
to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
-- Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven, July 12, 1801
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