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Harry Truman: “On March 4, which is Sunday, your Presiding Officer, the President of the Senate, the Vice President of the United…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1951
On March 4, which is Sunday, your Presiding Officer, the President of the Senate, the Vice President of the United States, and the former Leader of the Majority, will have been here longer than any other man in the history of the Senate.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Floor of the Senate at a Gavel Presentation Ceremony for Vice President Barkley.

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