The page above is from the Journal of the Senate showing the famous expunged censure resolution of 1837. The story began in 1832 when President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Bank of the U.S. Two years later, the next Congress battled the President over this decision, and his subsequent removal of federal deposits from the Bank in a series of incidents called the Bank War. This war culminated in an unprecedented Senate censure of the President on March 28, 1834. Democrats voted to expunge the censure from the official journal three years later after they regained control of the Senate. Senate legislative journal showing the expungement of a resolution to censure the President, Sen 23A-A2, 3/28/1834, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306277)
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The page above is from the Journal of the Senate showing the famous expunged censure resolution of 1837. The story began in 1832 when President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Bank of the U.S. Two years later, the next Congress battled the President over this decision, and his subsequent removal of federal deposits from the Bank in a series of incidents called the Bank War. This war culminated in an unprecedented Senate censure of the President on March 28, 1834. Democrats voted to expunge the censure from the official journal three years later after they regained control of the Senate.

Senate legislative journal showing the expungement of a resolution to censure the President, Sen 23A-A2, 3/28/1834, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306277)

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