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Benjamin Franklin Hackney (1849-1950) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hackney —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., December
30, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jasper
County Circuit Clerk, 1886; postmaster at Carthage,
Mo., 1914-22.
Died, in Jane Chinn Hospital,
Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., November
1, 1950 (age 100 years,
306 days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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Thomas Hackney (1861-1946) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near Campbellsville, Giles
County, Tenn., December
11, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Eastern
District, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1907-09; defeated,
1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
24, 1946 (age 85 years, 13
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Clint Wood Hager (1890-1944) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
11, 1944 (age 54 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager; married,
February
4, 1918, to Mary Kelley. |
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John Tedford Hammond (b. 1905) —
also known as J. T. Hammond —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
30, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John T. Hammond; married 1926 to Ruth
M. Lyon. |
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual Insurance
Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, October
9, 1917, to Ann Roy Johnston. |
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah; married, August
23, 1910, to Gertrude Taylor. |
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Joseph Hanover (1889-1984) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pultusk, Poland,
December
18, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1918-19.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1984
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hanover and Esther (Frost) Hanover; married, February
4, 1929, to Jeanette Kaplan. |
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
also known as Nat E. Harris —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August
9, 1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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James Marshall Head Jr. (1855-1930) —
also known as James M. Head —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 25,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1900-04; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
31, 1930 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Marshall Head and Berthenia P. (Branham) Head; married,
June
30, 1885, to Mary C. Cherry. |
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Samuel Gordon Heiskell (1858-1923) —
also known as Samuel G. Heiskell —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., August
7, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Episcopalian.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Sigma
Kappa.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
17, 1923 (age 65 years, 41
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Stark
County Clerk of the Court, 1849-53; lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1857-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1911 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1962-66;
chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December
21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton. |
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Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
8, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1831-33; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1851; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1853, 1855; Senator
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., September
10, 1880 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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L. M. Henson (b. 1876) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Tenn., December
18, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Butler
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1903-07; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 21st District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Van Hilleary (b. 1959) —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., June 20,
1959.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1995-2003; candidate
for Governor of
Tennessee, 2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 2004,
2008;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Holland (1754-1823) —
of Rutherfordton, Rutherford
County, N.C.; Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice
of the peace; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1783, 1797; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1786, 1789; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1795-97, 1801-11 (at-large
1795-97, 1801-03, 11th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11).
Slaveowner.
Died in Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1823 (age about 68
years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Maury County, Tenn.
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Philip Holland (b. 1877) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., August
26, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1910-11; Saltillo, 1911-13; Basel, 1913-23; Guatemala City, 1923-24; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1924-27; Liverpool, as of 1929-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip A. Holland and Sarah (Williams) Holland; married, May 10,
1904, to Corabelle Anderson. |
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Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010) —
also known as Benjamin L. Hooks —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
31, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; pastor;
state court judge in Tennessee, 1965; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1972-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1996.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Civil rights leader; friend and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1986.
Died April
15, 2010 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Walter Hooper (1870-1957) —
also known as Ben W. Hooper; Ben Walter
Wade —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., October
13, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-95; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1900
(alternate), 1916,
1928;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1911-15; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1916.
Baptist.
Died in Carson Springs, Cocke
County, Tenn., April
18, 1957 (age 86 years, 187
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Newport, Tenn.
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Leonidas Campbell Houk (1836-1891) —
also known as Leonidas C. Houk —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born near Boyds Creek, Sevier
County, Tenn., June 8,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1866; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1873; law partner of Henry
R. Gibson, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1879-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., May 25,
1891 (age 54 years, 351
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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George Smith Houston (1811-1879) —
also known as George S. Houston —
of Athens, Limestone
County, Ala.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
17, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,
5th District 1843-49, 1851-61); Governor of
Alabama, 1874-78; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., December
31, 1879 (age 68 years, 348
days).
Interment at Athens
City Cemetery, Athens, Ala.
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William Cannon Houston (1852-1931) —
also known as William C. Houston —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.; Woodbury, Cannon
County, Tenn.
Born near Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., March
17, 1852.
Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1872;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1877-79, 1881-85; lawyer;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1889;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1895-1904; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1905-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1920.
Christian.
Died near Woodbury, Cannon
County, Tenn., August
30, 1931 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Woodbury, Tenn.
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James H. Howard (b. 1838) —
of Pike
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1838.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; Pike
County Clerk, 1862-68; member of Arkansas
state senate 17th District, 1871-73.
Burial location unknown.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Simon P. Hughes (1830-1906) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; sheriff;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1874-77; Governor of
Arkansas, 1885-89; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1889-1904.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 29,
1906 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and sarcoidosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. |
| | | Cross-reference: Thomas
K. Finletter |
| | | Cordell Hull Dam
on the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell Hull Lake,
in Smith
and Jackson
counties, Tennessee, are named for
him. — The Cordell Hull State
Office Building (built 1952-54), in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Cordell Hull Highway,
in Barren
and Monroe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Nobel
Laureates |
| | | Books by Cordell Hull: The
Memoirs of Cordell Hull |
| | | Books about Cordell Hull: Julius
William Pratt, Cordell
Hull, 1933-44 |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1963) |
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Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Staunton,
Va., 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15; banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., February
12, 1839 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Signal Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Edward Hutton (1828-1893) —
also known as John E. Hutton —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Polk
County, Tenn., March
28, 1828.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1864;
newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1885-89.
Died in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., December
28, 1893 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Mexico, Mo.
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