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Who instructed Secretary of State James Madison to keep the commissions from being delivered?

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When Thomas Jefferson took office on March 4, he ordered that the four remaining commissions be withheld. Marbury sued the new secretary of state, James Madison, in order to obtain his commission.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

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