As president, Thomas Jefferson refused to issue Thanksgiving proclamations, even though he had done so as governor of Virginia.
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Proclamations
Synonyms for "proclamations" (8 found)
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When the war broke out there was something gruesomely comic in the proclamations of emperors and archdukes appealing to that invincible soul of a nation whose existence or moral worth they had been so arrogantly denying for more than a century.
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U.S. presidents often change government policy through presidential actions, issuing executive orders, proclamations or memoranda, bypassing Congress and the legislative process.
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