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Imagining an Executive: At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, solons seeking to create an executive office included counterparts George Mason and Edmund Jennings Randolph. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)
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Imagining an Executive: At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, solons seeking to create an executive office included counterparts George Mason and Edmund Jennings Randolph. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)
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