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Presidential Inaugurations

In San Francisco Warren G. Harding lay dead, and the nation was without a Chief Executive. In the early morning hours, by the light of a flickering oil lamp, an elderly Vermonter swore in his son as the thirtieth President of the United States

Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony

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