Question

Please select all of the things below that are true about the Tenure of Office Act.

Answer 1

Answer:

• It was challenged by President Andrew Johnson
• It was challenged by President Grover Cleveland
• The Tenure of Office Act was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1926 following the Myers v United States ruling
• The Congress repealed the act in 1887
• It was challenged by President Rutherford B Hayes
• It was revised under the Grant presidency

Explanation:

The Tenure of Office Act was passed over the veto of President Johnson in March 1867, presented that all federal executives whose appointment needed Senates Confirmation could not be dismissed without the approval of the Senate.

Illegal to replace any official whose appointment had to be approved by the Senate without the senate's approval.

Johnson's removal of the secretary of war Edwin Stanton from his office violated the Tenure of Office Act.