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George Raines —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1871-78; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School teacher; lawyer; railroad
promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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John F. Reidy (b. 1893) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., August
23, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1924-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph M. Reilly (b. 1927) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 21,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1962-65; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-82 (11th District 1966, 7th District
1967-72, 14th District 1973-82).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Mary Power. |
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Harrah Judson Reynolds (b. 1835) —
also known as Harrah J. Reynolds —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., September
30, 1835.
School principal; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1909.
Baptist.
Member, Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrah Reynolds and Hannah White (Savage) Reynolds; married, April
24, 1867, to Mary Desiah Broughton. |
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
League of
Women Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry. |
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James M. Rozan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Boruszyn, Poland.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1909-10, 1912-13.
Polish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph T. St. Lawrence (b. 1913) —
of Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
9, 1913.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Rockland County 1965, 105th District
1966, 94th District 1967-68).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marguerite Clinton Downey. |
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Randall Neefus Saunders (b. 1868) —
also known as Randall N. Saunders —
of Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
26, 1868.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; Columbia
County School Commissioner; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1911; defeated, 1911;
superintendent of schools.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Saunders and Ann (Neefus) Saunders. |
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Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. (1828-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born March 2,
1828.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; Ulster
County Judge, 1864-72; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1876-77; New York
state attorney general, 1878-79; defeated, 1879; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-90.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 9,
1894 (age 66 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Jacob Schupler (b. 1909) —
also known as Philip J. Schupler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Austria,
February
28, 1909.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Democrat. School teacher; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1974-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) —
also known as Florence Shapiro —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 2,
1948.
Republican. School teacher; public
relations and advertising business; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1990-92; member of Texas
state senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District
1995-2011).
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School teacher; minister;
newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Avery Skinner (1796-1876) —
of Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 9,
1796.
Democrat. School teacher; tavern
keeper; postmaster;
Oswego
County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director,
Syracuse Northern Railway.
Died in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
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Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) —
also known as Albert K. Smiley —
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1828.
School principal; created a resort
hotel, now known as Mohonk Mountain House, where many important
conferences were held; member, U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners,
1879-1912; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1888.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., December
2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Miles M. Smith (1876-1938) —
of Lestershire (now Johnson City), Broome
County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in East Union, Broome
County, N.Y., February
4, 1876.
Democrat. School teacher; dentist;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1907; mayor
of Binghamton, N.Y., 1932-35; resigned 1935; district labor
director, Works Progress Administration, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., May 12,
1938 (age 62 years, 97
days).
Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Wellington D. Smith and Ellen (Andrews) Smith; married, November
3, 1898, to May Youngs. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Binghamton (N.Y.) Press &
Sun-Bulletin, November 2, 1931 |
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William Smyth (1819-1898) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), June 19,
1819.
Republican. School principal; newspaper
publisher; Tioga
County School Commissioner, 1858-63; village
president of Owego, New York, 1866-69; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1872; postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1889-93.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., September
27, 1898 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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James H. Somerville (b. 1864) —
of Mercer, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Johnsburg, Warren
County, N.Y., March
28, 1864.
Progressive. School teacher; insurance
agent; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1913-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) —
also known as Gladys Blossom Noon —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1918.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.
Female.
Jewish.
Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due to
incapacitating illness.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., June 19,
1988 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Toby Ann Stavisky —
also known as Toby A. Stavisky; Toby Ann
Goldhaar —
of Whitestone, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1984,
2008;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 2000-.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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William Morey Stuart (b. 1883) —
also known as William M. Stuart —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cameron town, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 7,
1883.
Republican. School teacher; postmaster;
author;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937-52 (Steuben County 2nd District 1937-44,
Steuben County 1945-52).
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Webster Tallmadge (1842-1894) —
also known as Daniel W. Tallmadge —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
5, 1842.
School teacher; member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80, 1888 (Kings County 9th District 1879,
Kings County 11th District 1880, Kings County 12th District 1888).
Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
15, 1894 (age 52 years, 283
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tibbetts Hills, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Truax (1846-1910) —
also known as Charles H. Truax —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durhamville, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1846.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer; New
York City superior court judge, 1881-94; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1897-1909; defeated, 1909.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in the Hotel
Savoy, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1910 (age 63 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Asiba Tupahache —
Born in Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y.
School teacher; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1992.
Female.
Matinecoc
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 1992.
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Albert Vann —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School teacher; member of New York
state assembly 56th District, 1975-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
2000,
2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) —
also known as Edward B. Vreeland —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; banker;
postmaster at Salamanca,
N.Y., 1889-91; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903,
37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street
railway construction in Washington, D.C., and railroad
construction in Ohio; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Randi Weingarten (b. 1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
18, 1957.
Democrat. School teacher; president,
United Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004-08.
Female.
Lesbian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Gabriel Weingarten and Edith (Appelbaum)
Weingarten. |
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article |
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Harvey Weisenberg (born c.1934) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Police
officer; school teacher; member of New York
state assembly 20th District, 1989-.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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William W. Wemple (b. 1862) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y., January
19, 1862.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Schenectady
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1903-06; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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George Herrick West (1854-1936) —
also known as George H. West —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
23, 1854.
Republican. School teacher; merchant;
insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1899-1900.
Died October
8, 1936 (age 81 years, 290
days).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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Winfred E. Whittemore (1868-1947) —
of Estelline, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1868.
Republican. School teacher; real
estate and insurance
business; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14 (29th
District 1907-08, 59th District 1913-14); member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1915-18.
Died March
12, 1947 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Estelline, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Josephus W. Whittemore and Lucy A. (Hoyt) Whittemore; married 1895 to
Margaret Rice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gilbert Rhoads Willson (1881-1967) —
also known as Gilbert R. Willson —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.; Point Rock, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Pennsauken, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Lee Center, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
23, 1881.
School teacher; U.S. Consul in Matamoros, 1918-24; Yarmouth, 1924-29; Lagos, as of 1932; Piedras Negras, as of 1938.
Died, in Cooper Hospital,
Camden, Camden
County, N.J., March
20, 1967 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken, N.J.
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Charles S. Witkowski (1907-1993) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 4,
1907.
School teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1957-61; defeated, 1961.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 89
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924) —
of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher;
civil
engineer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93.
Died in 1924
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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