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Teddy Roosevelt: “Public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next to…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1909
Public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 856—Convening a Special Session of the United States Senate

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