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Corridors Of Knowledge

The Wall Street Journal

November 26, 2025

The Library of Congress

- By Jane Aikin

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed a political ally as librarian, it was Henry Cl

This story is from the November 26, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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