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Arthur William Aleshire (1900-1940) —
also known as Arthur W. Aleshire —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born near Luray, Page
County, Va., February
15, 1900.
Democrat. Grocer; gasoline
station business; His legs were
paralyzed as the result of an accident in 1923; used a
wheelchair; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938.
Member, Knights of Pythias.
Died, from uremia
and heart
disease, in a hospital
at Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, March
11, 1940 (age 40 years, 25
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Bernard Anderson (b. 1870) —
also known as Louis B. Anderson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., April
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Anderson and Caroline (Jarrett) Anderson; married, November
12, 1898, to Julia E. Barr. |
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Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) —
also known as Robert H. Angell —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., January
25, 1868.
Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement);
president, Shenandoah Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial National Bank;
president, Home Furniture
Co.; director, New Hotel
Corporation; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke
city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1912,
1928,
1932;
Virginia
Republican state chair, 1931.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., November
12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. |
| | | The Hugo L. Black U.S.
Courthouse, in Birmingham,
Alabama, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Here lies a good
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.
Newman, Hugo
Black : A Biography — Howard Ball, Hugo
L. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon, The
antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in
modern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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William T. Blankenship (b. 1904) —
also known as Bill Blankenship —
of Eckman, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Raven, Tazewell
County, Va., July 23,
1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patton Blankenship and Ida (Davis) Blankenship; married, June 3,
1939, to Helen Louise Aldish. |
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Hillary J. Brannock (1844-1921) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., November
8, 1844.
Mayor
of Payette, Idaho, 1911-13.
Baptist.
Member, Knights of Pythias.
Died in Union
County, Ore., September
24, 1921 (age 76 years, 320
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
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Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King
William County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of
Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District,
1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) —
also known as Thomas G. Burch —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in Henry
County, Va., July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Banker;
director, American Furniture
Co.; director, The Henry (hotel);
mayor
of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., March
20, 1951 (age 81 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Roy A. Cole (b. 1896) —
of Montcalm, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Shawsville, Montgomery
County, Va., April
21, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; funeral
director; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1927-30;
defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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Ralph Hunter Daughton (1885-1958) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1933-44; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1944-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., December
22, 1958 (age 73 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (1914-1999) —
also known as Mills E. Godwin, Jr. —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), November
19, 1914.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Virginia
state senate 5th District, 1952-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1962-66; Governor of
Virginia, 1966-70, 1974-78.
Christian.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Rotary.
Died of complications of pneumonia,
January
30, 1999 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allan Denny Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as A. D. Ivie —
of Leaksville (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., May 3,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913-14 (20th District 1911, 19th
District 1913-14).
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Sterling Ivie and Sallie (Scales) Ivie; married, October
11, 1905, to Annie McKinney. |
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor
of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; livestock
raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1904,
1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) —
also known as Harry W. Nice —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1936;
Governor
of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Junior
Order; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1941 (age 63 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John R. Saunders (1869-1934) —
of Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., December
19, 1869.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 39th District, 1908-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary
of state of Virginia, 1918.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died March
17, 1934 (age 64 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Stacy Tavenner Jr. (b. 1895) —
also known as Frank S. Tavenner, Jr. —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 12,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1940-48; acting
chief counsel, International Prosecutions Section, Tokyo, Japan, 1947.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Stacy Tavenner and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner;
married, December
28, 1920, to Sarah Ellen Zea. |
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
also known as Junius E. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member
of Virginia
state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Ernest Foster Young (b. 1870) —
also known as Ernest F. Young —
of Dunn, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., March
22, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Harnett County,
1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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