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Calvin Coolidge: The counsel of the farmer from the country, joined with the resolutions of the workingmen from the city, carried the…

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The counsel of the farmer from the country, joined with the resolutions of the workingmen from the city, carried the convention and the Constitution was ratified.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge acknowledges the collaboration between rural and urban representatives in shaping the Constitution.

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