Question

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

It was revised under the Grant presidency


The Tenure of Office Act was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1926 following the Myers v United States ruling


It was challenged by President Andrew Johnson


It was challenged by President Grover Cleveland


Congress strengthened the Act during the Grant presidency


It was challenged by President Rutherford B Hayes


Congress repealed the Act following the Supreme Court decision in 1926


The Congress repealed the act in 1887

Answer 1

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The Congress repealed the act in 1887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

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

• 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• The Congress repealed the act in 1887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

Step-by-step 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.