At the reconvening of the Democratic (constitutionalist) 29th Constitutional Congress (elected in accordance with Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]), Democratic President Polk proposes the re-establishment of the independent treasury system.

       [restored 1/22/2022]

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 125.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,190,276,558,466

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