Internal conflicts within presidential administrations are nothing new in American history. Indeed, they date to the very beginning of the republic with the very consequential clash between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson during the Washington administration. During the Lincoln administration, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase conspired with “Radical Republicans” in Congress to undermine the president’s policies.

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