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Which law said that the president had to get permission to remove anyone appointed by a past president

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The tenure of office act was a US federal law that was intended to restrict power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.

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Answer:

The tenure of office act

Explanation:

This law provided that the President of the Republic could not dismiss his Secretaries of State, appointed by a former president, without the Senate's authorization. On August 12, 1867, Andrew Johnson had not observed the tenure of office act  and removed Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton was an ally of the radicals. His departure was the breach used for the process to begin

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