68th United States Congress
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The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1925, during the last months of the administration of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, and the two years of the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 3, 1923 - June 7, 1924
- Second session: December 1, 1924 - March 3, 1925 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 67th Congress
Next congress: 69th Congress
[edit] Major events
- August 2, 1923 – Death of President Warren Harding and succession of Calvin Coolidge
[edit] Major legislation
- May 19, 1924 – World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), ch. 157, 43 Stat. 121
- May 26, 1924 – Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), ch. 190, 43 Stat. 153
- June 2, 1924 – Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act) ch. 233, 43 Stat. 253, 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(2)
- June 2, 1924 – Revenue Act of 1924 (Mellon tax bill), ch. 234, 43 Stat. 253
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
Affiliation | Members | Voting share |
Note | |
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Republican Party | 53 | 55.2% | ||
Democratic Party | 42 | 43.8% | ||
Farmer Labor Party | 1 | 1.0% | ||
Total | 96 |
[edit] House of Representatives
Affiliation | Members | Voting share |
Delegates and Resident Commissioner |
Note | |
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Republican Party | 225 | 51.7% | 1 | ||
Democratic Party | 207 | 47.6% | 1 | ||
Farmer Labor Party | 2 | 0.5% | - | ||
Socialist Party | 1 | 0.2% | - | ||
Other | - | - | 3 | ||
Vacant | - | - | - | ||
Total | 435 | 5 |
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
- President of the Senate: Calvin Coolidge, succeeded to the U.S. Presidency on August 2, 1923; thereafter vacant
- President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins
[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership
- Senate Majority Leader: Henry Cabot Lodge (MA, unofficially to November 9, 1924); Charles Curtis (KS, thereafter)
- Senate Majority Whip: Charles Curtis (KS to November 9, 1924); Wesley Jones (Washington, thereafter)
- Conference Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge (MA, to November 9, 1924); Charles Curtis (KS, thereafter)
- Conference Secretary: James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (NY)
[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Senate Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson (AR)
- Senate Minority Whip: Peter Gerry (IL)
- Democratic Conference Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson (AR)
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Majority (Republican) Leadership
[edit] Republican Caucus
[edit] Minority (Democratic) Leadership
[edit] Members
[edit] Senate
- Alva B. Adams (Dem.) appointed to fill Samuel D. Nicholson's seat after Nicholson's death.
- Rice W. Means (Rep.) elected to Samuel D. Nicholson's seat after Nicholson's death.
- Samuel D. Nicholson (Rep.) died 24 March 1923, Succeeded by Alva B. Adams and then by Rice W. Means.
- Lawrence C. Phipps (Rep.)
- Hiram Bingham (Rep.) elected to Frank B. Brandegee's seat after Brandegee's death.
- Frank B. Brandegee (Rep.) committed suicide 14 October 1924. Succeeded by Hiram Bingham.
- George P. McLean (Rep.)
- Charles S. Deneen (Rep.) filled Joseph M. McCormick's empty seat after McCormick's death.
- Joseph M. McCormick (Rep.) committed suicide 25 February 1925. Succeeded by Charles S. Deneen.
- William B. McKinley (Rep.)
- William M. Butler (Rep.) appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge.
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.) died 9 November 1924. Succeeded by William M. Butler.
- David I. Walsh (Dem.)
- Magnus Johnson, (FL) elected to replace Knute Nelson after Nelson's death.
- Knute Nelson (Rep.) died 28 April 1923. Succeeded by Magnus Johnson.
- Henrik Shipstead, (FL)
- LeBaron B. Colt (Rep.) died 18 August 1924. Succeeded by Jesse H. Metcalf.
- Peter G. Gerry (Dem.)
- Jesse H. Metcalf (Rep.) elected to LeBaron B. Colt's seat after Colt's death.
- Porter H. Dale (Rep.) elected to William P. Dillingham's vacant seat after Dillingham's death.
- William P. Dillingham (Rep.) died July 12, 1923. Succeeded by Porter H. Dale.
- Frank L. Greene (Rep.)
[edit] House of Representatives
Section contents: Alabama - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming
Alaska - Hawaii - Philippines - Puerto Rico |
- Miles C. Allgood (Dem.)
- Edward B. Almon (Dem.)
- William B. Bankhead (Dem.)
- Joseph L. Hill (Dem.)
- George Huddleston (Dem.)
- Lamar Jeffers (Dem.)
- John McDuffie (Dem.)
- William B. Oliver (Dem.)
- Henry B. Steagall (Dem.)
- John R. Tyson (Dem.)
- William J. Driver (Dem.)
- William A. Oldfield (Dem.)
- Tilman B. Parks (Dem.)
- Heartsill Ragon (Dem.)
- James B. Reed (Dem.)
- Lewis E. Sawyer (Dem.)
- John N. Tillman (Dem.)
- Otis T. Wingo (Dem.)
- Henry E. Barbour (Rep.)
- Charles F. Curry (Rep.)
- John D. Fredericks (Rep.)
- Arthur M. Free (Rep.)
- Julius Kahn (Rep.)
- Clarence F. Lea (Dem.)
- Walter F. Lineberger (Rep.)
- James H. MacLafferty (Rep.)
- Mae Ella Nolan (Rep.)
- Henry Z. Osborne (Rep.)
- John E. Raker (Dem.)
- Philip D. Swing (Rep.)
- Edward H. Fenn (Rep.)
- Richard P. Freeman (Rep.)
- Schuyler Merritt (Rep.)
- Patrick B. O'Sullivan (Dem.)
- John Q. Tilson (Rep.)
- Frank Clark (Dem.)
- Herbert J. Drane (Dem.)
- William J. Sears (Dem.)
- John H. Smithwick (Dem.)
- Thomas M. Bell (Dem.)
- Charles H. Brand (Dem.)
- Charles R. Crisp (Dem.)
- William C. Lankford (Dem.)
- William W. Larsen (Dem.)
- Gordon Lee (Dem.)
- Robert L. Moore (Dem.)
- Frank Park (Dem.)
- William D. Upshaw (Dem.)
- Carl Vinson (Dem.)
- James W. Wise (Dem.)
- William C. Wright (Dem.)
- William W. Arnold (Dem.)
- Frederick A. Britten (Rep.)
- James R. Buckley (Dem.)
- Carl R. Chindblom (Rep.)
- Edward E. Denison (Rep.)
- Thomas A. Doyle (Dem.)
- Charles Eugene Fuller (Rep.)
- Frank H. Funk (Rep.)
- William J. Graham (Rep.)
- William P. Holaday (Rep.)
- Morton D. Hull (Rep.)
- William E. Hull (Rep.)
- Edward J. King (Rep.)
- Stanley H. Kunz (Dem.)
- Martin B. Madden (Rep.)
- James E. Major (Dem.)
- John C. McKenzie (Rep.)
- Magne A. Michaelson (Rep.)
- Edward E. Miller (Rep.)
- Allen F. Moore (Rep.)
- Henry T. Rainey (Dem.)
- John W. Rainey (Dem.)
- Henry R. Rathbone (Rep.)
- Frank R. Reid (Rep.)
- Adolph J. Sabath (Dem.)
- Elliott W. Sproul (Rep.)
- Thomas S. Williams (Rep.)
- Richard Yates (Rep.)
- Harry C. Canfield (Dem.)
- Samuel E. Cook (Dem.)
- Richard N. Elliott (Rep.)
- Louis W. Fairfield (Rep.)
- Frank Gardner (Dem.)
- Arthur H. Greenwood (Dem.)
- Andrew J. Hickey (Rep.)
- Merrill Moores (Rep.)
- Fred S. Purnell (Rep.)
- Everett Sanders (Rep.)
- Albert H. Vestal (Rep.)
- William E. Wilson (Dem.)
- William R. Wood (Rep.)
- William D. Boies (Rep.)
- Cyrenus Cole (Rep.)
- Lester J. Dickinson (Rep.)
- Cassius C. Dowell (Rep.)
- Hiram K. Evans (Rep.)
- William R. Green (Rep.)
- Gilbert N. Haugen (Rep.)
- Harry E. Hull (Rep.)
- William F. Kopp (Rep.)
- Christian W. Ramseyer (Rep.)
- Thomas J. B. Robinson (Rep.)
- Horace M. Towner (Rep.)
- Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (Rep.)
- William A. Ayres (Dem.)
- Ulysses S. Guyer (Rep.)
- Homer Hoch (Rep.)
- Edward C. Little (Rep.)
- William H. Sproul (Rep.)
- James G. Strong (Rep.)
- Jasper N. Tincher (Rep.)
- Hays B. White (Rep.)
- Alben W. Barkley (Dem.)
- James C. Cantrill (Dem.)
- William J. Fields (Dem.)
- Ralph W. E. Gilbert (Dem.)
- Ben Johnson (Dem.)
- David H. Kincheloe (Dem.)
- John W. Langley (Rep.)
- Joseph W. Morris (Dem.)
- John M. Robsion (Rep.)
- Arthur B. Rouse (Dem.)
- Maurice H. Thatcher (Rep.)
- Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (Dem.)
- Frederick M. Vinson (Dem.)
- James B. Aswell (Dem.)
- Henry G. Dupré (Dem.)
- George K. Favrot (Dem.)
- Ladislas Lazaro (Dem.)
- Whitmell P. Martin (Dem.)
- James O'Connor (Dem.)
- John N. Sandlin (Dem.)
- James Z. Spearing (Dem.)
- Riley J. Wilson (Dem.)
- Carroll L. Beedy (Rep.)
- Ira G. Hersey (Rep.)
- John E. Nelson (Rep.)
- Wallace H. White, Jr. (Rep.)
- Stephen W. Gambrill (Dem.)
- Thomas A. Goldsborough (Dem.)
- John B. P. C. Hill (Rep.)
- John C. Linthicum (Dem.)
- Sydney E. Mudd (Rep.)
- Millard E. Tydings (Dem.)
- Frederick N. Zihlman (Rep.)
- Abram P. Andrew, Jr. (Rep.)
- William P. Connery, Jr. (Dem.)
- Frederick W. Dallinger (Rep.)
- Louis A. Frothingham (Rep.)
- James A. Gallivan (Dem.)
- Charles L. Gifford (Rep.)
- Frederick H. Gillett (Rep.)
- William S. Greene (Rep.)
- Robert M. Leach (Rep.)
- Robert Luce (Rep.)
- Calvin D. Paige (Rep.)
- John J. Rogers (Rep.)
- Peter F. Tague (Dem.)
- George H. Tinkham (Rep.)
- Allen T. Treadway (Rep.)
- Charles L. Underhill (Rep.)
- Samuel E. Winslow (Rep.)
- Robert H. Clancy (Dem.)
- Louis C. Cramton (Rep.)
- Grant M. Hudson (Rep.)
- William F. James (Rep.)
- John C. Ketcham (Rep.)
- Carl E. Mapes (Rep.)
- James C. McLaughlin (Rep.)
- Clarence J. McLeod (Rep.)
- Earl C. Michener (Rep.)
- Frank D. Scott (Rep.)
- John M. C. Smith (Rep.)
- Bird J. Vincent (Rep.)
- Arthur B. Williams (Rep.)
- Roy O. Woodruff (Rep.)
- Sydney Anderson (Rep.)
- Frank Clague (Rep.)
- Charles Russell Davis (Rep.)
- Oscar Keller (Rep.)
- Harold Knutson (Rep.)
- Ole J. Kvale (FL)
- Oscar Larson (Rep.)
- Walter Newton (Rep.)
- Thomas D. Schall (Rep.)
- Knud Wefald (FL)
- Thomas J. Busby (Dem.)
- James W. Collier (Dem.)
- Ross A. Collins (Dem.)
- Benjamin G. Humphreys (Dem.)
- William Y. Humphreys (Dem.)
- Bill G. Lowrey (Dem.)
- Percy E. Quin (Dem.)
- John E. Rankin (Dem.)
- Thomas W. Wilson (Dem.)
- Clarence A. Cannon (Dem.)
- Clement C. Dickinson (Dem.)
- Leonidas C. Dyer (Rep.)
- Charles L. Faust (Rep.)
- James F. Fulbright (Dem.)
- Harry B. Hawes (Dem.)
- Henry L. Jost (Dem.)
- Ralph F. Lozier (Dem.)
- Samuel C. Major (Dem.)
- Joe J. Manlove (Rep.)
- Jacob L. Milligan (Dem.)
- Cleveland A. Newton (Rep.)
- Sidney C. Roach (Rep.)
- Milton A. Romjue (Dem.)
- Thomas L. Rubey (Dem.)
- Joseph S. Wolff (Dem.)
- John M. Evans (Dem.)
- Scott Leavitt (Rep.)
- Edgar Howard (Dem.)
- Melvin O. McLaughlin (Rep.)
- John H. Morehead (Dem.)
- Willis G. Sears (Rep.)
- Ashton C. Shallenberger (Dem.)
- Robert G. Simmons (Rep.)
- Ernest R. Ackerman (Rep.)
- Isaac Bacharach (Rep.)
- Charles Browne (Dem.)
- John J. Eagan (Dem.)
- Elmer H. Geran (Dem.)
- Frederick R. Lehlbach (Rep.)
- Frank J. McNulty (Dem.)
- Daniel F. Minahan (Dem.)
- Charles F. X. O'Brien (Dem.)
- Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (Rep.)
- Randolph Perkins (Rep.)
- George N. Seger (Rep.)
- Rober L. Bacon (Rep.)
- Loring M. Black, Jr. (Dem.)
- Sol Bloom (Dem.)
- John J. Boylan (Dem.)
- John F. Carew (Dem.)
- Emanuel Celler (Dem.)
- John D. Clarke (Rep.)
- William E. Cleary (Dem.)
- William B. Cockran (Dem.)
- Parker Corning (Dem.)
- Frank Crowther (Rep.)
- Thomas H. Cullen (Dem.)
- Stephen W. Dempsey (Rep.)
- Samuel Dickstein (Dem.)
- Hamilton Fish (Rep.)
- James V. Ganly (Dem.)
- Anthony J. Griffin (Dem.)
- Meyer Jacobstein (Dem.)
- John J. Kindred (Dem.)
- Fiorello H. La Guardia (Rep.)
- George W. Lindsay (Dem.)
- Clarence MacGregor (Rep.)
- Walter W. Magee (Rep.)
- James M. Mead (Dem.)
- Ogden L. Mills (Rep.)
- Luther W. Mott (Rep.)
- David J. O'Connell (Dem.)
- John J. O'Connor (Dem.)
- Frank Oliver (Dem.)
- James S. Parker (Rep.)
- Nathan D. Perlman (Rep.)
- Anning S. Prall (Dem.)
- John F. Quayle (Dem.)
- Daniel A. Reed (Rep.)
- Daniel J. Riordan (Dem.)
- Archie D. Sanders (Rep.)
- Bertrand H. Snell (Rep.)
- Homer P. Snyder (Rep.)
- Gale H. Stalker (Rep.)
- Charles I. Stengle (Dem.)
- Christopher D. Sullivan (Dem.)
- Thaddeus C. Sweet (Rep.)
- John Taber (Rep.)
- Jonathan M. Wainwright (Rep.)
- Charles B. Ward (Rep.)
- Royal H. Weller (Dem.)
- Charles L. Abernethy (Dem.)
- Alfred L. Bulwinkle (Dem.)
- Robert L. Doughton (Dem.)
- William C. Hammer (Dem.)
- John H. Kerr (Dem.)
- Claude Kitchin (Dem.)
- Homer L. Lyon (Dem.)
- Edward W. Pou (Dem.)
- Charles M. Stedman (Dem.)
- Hallett S. Ward (Dem.)
- Zebulon Weaver (Dem.)
- Olger B. Burtness (Rep.)
- Thomas Hall (Rep.)
- James H. Sinclair (Rep.)
- George M. Young (Rep.)
- James T. Begg (Rep.)
- Charles Brand (Rep.)
- Theodore E. Burton (Rep.)
- John L. Cable (Rep.)
- Raymond C. Cole (Rep.)
- John G. Cooper (Rep.)
- Robert Crosser (Dem.)
- Martin L. Davey (Dem.)
- Roy G. Fitzgerald (Rep.)
- Israel M. Foster (Rep.)
- Charles C. Kearns (Rep.)
- Nicholas Longworth (Rep.)
- John McSweeney (Dem.)
- Charles A. Mooney (Dem.)
- Charles E. Moore (Rep.)
- William M. Morgan (Rep.)
- Benjamin F. Murphy (Rep.)
- Isaac R. Sherwood (Dem.)
- John C. Speaks (Rep.)
- Ambrose E. B. Stephens (Rep.)
- Charles J. Thompson (Rep.)
- Mell G. Underwood (Dem.)
- Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
- Milton C. Garber (Rep.)
- William W. Hastings (Dem.)
- Everette B. Howard (Dem.)
- James V. McClintic (Dem.)
- Thomas D. McKeown (Dem.)
- Fletcher B. Swank (Dem.)
- Elmer Thomas (Dem.)
- John W. E. Thomas (Dem.)
- Willis C. Hawley (Rep.)
- Nicholas J. Sinnott (Rep.)
- Elton Watkins (Dem.)
- Edward M. Beers (Rep.)
- Harris J. Bixler (Rep.)
- George F. Brumm (Rep.)
- Thomas S. Butler (Rep.)
- Guy E. Campbell (Dem.)
- John J. Casey (Dem.)
- James J. Connolly (Rep.)
- William M. Croll (Dem.)
- Herbert W. Cummings (Dem.)
- George P. Darrow (Rep.)
- George W. Edmonds (Rep.)
- Samuel F. Glatfelter (Dem.)
- George S. Graham (Rep.)
- William W. Griest (Rep.)
- M. Clyde Kelly, (P)
- Samuel A. Kendall (Rep.)
- Everett Kent (Dem.)
- Edgar R. Kiess (Rep.)
- J. Banks Kurtz (Rep.)
- James M. Magee (Rep.)
- Louis T. McFadden (Rep.)
- John M. Morin (Rep.)
- Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. (Rep.)
- Stephen G. Porter (Rep.)
- Harry C. Ransley (Rep.)
- Milton W. Shreve (Rep.)
- Frank C. Sites (Dem.)
- Nathan L. Strong (Rep.)
- William I. Swoope (Rep.)
- Henry W. Temple (Rep.)
- William S. Vare (Rep.)
- Laurence H. Watres (Rep.)
- Henry W. Watson (Rep.)
- George A. Welsh (Rep.)
- George M. Wertz (Rep.)
- Adam M. Wyant (Rep.)
- James F. Byrnes (Dem.)
- Frederick H. Dominick (Dem.)
- Hampton P. Fulmer (Dem.)
- Allard H. Gasque (Dem.)
- William T. Logan (Dem.)
- John J. McSwain (Dem.)
- William F. Stevenson (Dem.)
- Gordon W. Browning (Dem.)
- Joseph W. Byrns (Dem.)
- Ewin L. Davis (Dem.)
- Hubert F. Fisher (Dem.)
- Finis J. Garrett (Dem.)
- Cordell Hull (Dem.)
- Samuel D. McReynolds (Dem.)
- Brazilla C. Reece (Rep.)
- William C. Salmon (Dem.)
- James W. Taylor (Rep.)
- Eugene Black (Dem.)
- Thomas L. Blanton (Dem.)
- John C. Box (Dem.)
- Clay S. Briggs (Dem.)
- James P. Buchanan (Dem.)
- Thomas T. Connally (Dem.)
- John N. Garner (Dem.)
- Daniel E. Garrett (Dem.)
- Claude B. Hudspeth (Dem.)
- Luther A. Johnson (Dem.)
- John M. Jones (Dem.)
- Fritz G. Lanham (Dem.)
- Joseph J. Mansfield (Dem.)
- Samuel T. Rayburn (Dem.)
- Morgan G. Sanders (Dem.)
- Hatton W. Sumners (Dem.)
- Guinn Williams (Dem.)
- Harry M. Wurzbach (Rep.)
- Frederick G. Fleetwood (Rep.)
- Ernest W. Gibson (Rep.)
- Schuyler O. Bland (Dem.)
- Joseph T. Deal (Dem.)
- Patrick H. Drewry (Dem.)
- Thomas W. Harrison (Dem.)
- James M. Hooker (Dem.)
- Andrew J. Montague (Dem.)
- Robert W. Moore (Dem.)
- George C. Peery (Dem.)
- Henry S. Tucker (Dem.)
- Clifton A. Woodrum (Dem.)
- Lindley H. Hadley (Rep.)
- Samuel B. Hill (Dem.)
- Albert Johnson (Rep.)
- John F. Miller (Rep.)
- John W. Summers (Rep.)
- John S. Webster (Rep.)
- Robert E. Allen (Dem.)
- George W. Johnson (Dem.)
- Thomas J. Lilly (Dem.)
- Stuart F. Reed (Rep.)
- Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (Rep.)
- James A. Taylor (Dem.)
- Joseph D. Beck (Rep.)
- Victor L. Berger, Socialist
- Edward E. Browne (Rep.)
- Henry A. Cooper (Rep.)
- James A. Frear (Rep.)
- Florian Lampert (Rep.)
- John M. Nelson (Rep.)
- Hubert H. Peavey (Rep.)
- John C. Schafer (Rep.)
- George J. Schneider (Rep.)
- Edward Voigt (Rep.)
[edit] Delegates
[edit] Resident Commissioners
- Félix Córdova Dávila, Unionist, Puerto Rico
- Isauro Gabaldon, Philippines
- Pedro Guevara, Philippines
[edit] Employees
- Architect of the Capitol:
- Elliott Woods, died May 22, 1923.
- David Lynn, appointed August 22, 1923.
[edit] Senate
- Secretary: George A. Sanderson of Illinois
- Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island
- Chaplain: John J. Muir, Baptist
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland, elected December 5, 1923
- Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1923
- Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected December 5, 1923
- Postmaster: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected December 5, 1923
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess
- Chaplain: James S. Montgomery, Methodist, elected December 5, 1923
[edit] References
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. 0-465-02778-4.
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 0-06-088434-7.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
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