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South Branch Intelligencer
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
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The U.S. Senate rejected nominations of Andrew Stevenson as Minister to England (22-23) and Roger B. Taney as Secretary of the Treasury (18-28), but confirmed Benjamin F. Butler as Attorney General without a vote.
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The National Intelligencer of Wednesday last, says--The Senate spent several hours yesterday in the consideration of Executive business. In the course of the sitting the nomination of ANDREW STEVENSON, as Minister to England, and of Roger B. TANEY as Secretary of the Treasury, were REJECTED; and the nomination of BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, as Attorney General, was confirmed.
The injunction of secrecy having been removed from the proceedings on these nominations, (though at too late an hour to permit us to obtain a transcript of them for this morning's paper.) we shall give them in full in our next. We are able only to state now that the vote on the nomination of Mr. Stevenson was, Ayes 22, Noes 23; and the vote on the nomination of Mr. Taney, Ayes 18, Noes 28. The nomination of Mr. BUTLER was confirmed without a division.
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nomination of andrew stevenson rejected (ayes 22, noes 23); nomination of roger b. taney rejected (ayes 18, noes 28); nomination of benjamin f. butler confirmed without a division.
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The Senate spent several hours in consideration of Executive business, rejecting nominations of ANDREW STEVENSON as Minister to England and Roger B. TANEY as Secretary of the Treasury, and confirming BENJAMIN F. BUTLER as Attorney General. Proceedings details to be published later after secrecy injunction removed.