Hence it was that for the first time in the history of the United States, an officer distasteful to the President and personally distrusted and disliked by him was forced upon him as one of his confidential advisers in the administration of the Government.

In the _prima facie_ statement of this case the Senate was in the wrong.

Upon the record of its votes and the expression of opinion by its own members, the Senate was in the wrong.

The history of every preceding Administration and of every subsequent Administration of the Federal Government proves that the Senate was in the wrong.
The situation in which the President was left by this action was anomalous and embarrassing.

One of the most important Departments of the Government--especially important at that era--was left under the control of a man with whom he did not even hold personal relations.