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On the recordJanuary 6, 1919
In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished and patriotic citizens, who had endeared himself to the people by his strenuous devotion to their interests and to the public interests of his country.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1506-B—Announcing the Death of Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt

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