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On the recordSeptember 2, 1892
With due respect to your own personal convictions, I invite and urge you to consider first and mainly the welfare and happiness of the people of these United States.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Letter Accepting the Presidential Nomination

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