| 单词 | midnight appointment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidnight appointment midnight appointment n. U.S. History a political appointment made during the last hours of an administration; spec. one of those made in such circumstances by President John Adams. ΚΠ 1801 T. Jefferson Appointments 5 Mar. in Papers (2006) XXXIII. 674 [John W.] Kittera one of the midnight appointments not being confirmed. 1823 T. Jefferson Let. 12 June in Writings (1984) 1474 Among the midnight appointments of Mr. Adams, were commissions to some federal justices of the peace for Alexandria. 1916 Let. 25 May in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1948) 35 480 James Marshall was at that time an assistant justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to which a biographical dictionary adds the information that his was also a ‘midnight appointment’. < as lemmas |
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