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Woodrow Wilson: “An extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 1921
An extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of Columbia, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1584—Special Session of the Senate

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