| United States. President - Presidents - 1916 - 544 pages
...In his appointments to the several offices he acted as he himself said : "With the best Intentions and fullest determination to nominate to office those...characters could be found by my exploring every avenue Washington, George — C«ntinued. of inforuiatlou respecting their merit and pretensions tbat It was... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 606 pages
...us he himself said : "With the best intentions and fullest determination to nominate to office thOHC persons only who, upon every consideration, were the...exploring every avenue of Information respecting their merit and pretensions that it was in my power to uDtain." His regard for the Constitution Hcenis to... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1922 - 660 pages
...contemporaries. In his appointments to the several ollices he acted as he himself said: "With the best intentions and fullest determination to nominate to office those...exploring every avenue of information respecting their merit and pretensions that it was in my power to obtain." His regard for the Constitution seems to... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1922 - 668 pages
...In his appointments to the several offices he acted ns he himself said : "With the best intentions and fullest determination to nominate to office those...exploring every avenue of Information respecting their merit and pretensions that It was In my power to obtain." His regard for the Constitution ,seems to... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1889 - 864 pages
...a single engagement, un influenced by any ties of blood or friendship, and with the best intentions and fullest determination to nominate to office those...and pretensions that it was in my power to obtain." Appointing Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, as his secretary of state ; Alexander Hamilton, of New York,... | |
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