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Why did jefferson not want to keep william marbury and other?

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Because political parties were beginning to crystallize. Washington and Adams were Federalists. Jefferson was what became known as a Republican Democrat. If Jefferson refused to give Marbury his judge's commission, then he could appoint his own man to the bench.
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