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On the recordMarch 7, 1931
I most cordially congratulate you upon your ninetieth birthday anniversary, but yet more do I congratulate our country upon the continuance of your splendid services, and hope that you may long live in health and strength to carry them forward.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes On His 90th Birthday.

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