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Which president did Charles Sumner have a dispute with over the control of Santo Domingo?

  • James Buchanan

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • Andrew Johnson

  • Ulysses S. Grant

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Charles Sumner had a dispute with President Ulysses S. Grant over the control of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). This disagreement led to Sumner losing his power in the Senate and opposing Grant's re-election.
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