The first time that the filibuster was used in the United States Senate was in 1837, when several Jacksonian Senators sought to expunge the Senate's formal censure of President Andrew Jackson in 1834 for withdrawing federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The Anti-Jacksonian Senators used the filibuster as a procedural tactic to delay the motion. Ultimately, the filibuster failed and the pro-Jackson contingent succeeded in expunging the President's censure from the Senate record.From FightingRegistrar, A Brief History of the Filibuster Daily Kos 12/14/09.
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