The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/CCXLV

by Max Farrand

ⅭⅭⅩⅬⅤ. Sherman to John Adams.^[1]

July 20, 1789.

Wherever the chief magistrate may appoint to office without control, his government may become absolute, or at least aggressive; therefore the concurrence of the senate is made requisite by our constitution.

1. Life and Works of John Adams, Ⅵ, 439.