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Woodrow Wilson: “Personally, I do not accept the action of the Senate of the United States as the decision of the nation.”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1920
Personally, I do not accept the action of the Senate of the United States as the decision of the nation.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Letter Read at the Jackson Day Dinner

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