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Until he took the oath at your chair, Sir, he was Senator in title only, not in function.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Until he took the oath at your chair, Sir, he was Senator in title only, not in function.”
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Sumner points out that until Lane took the oath of office, he was only a Senator in title, not in function.
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