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What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.

I'm from Indiana the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

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Thomas R. Marshall

Former Vice President of the United States

Born: 1854-03-14

Died: 1925-06-01

Thomas Riley Marshall (14 March 1854 – 1 June 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well known member of the Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies that later helped him win election as the 27th governor of Indiana. In office, he attempted to implement changes from his progressive agenda to the Constitution of Indiana, but his efforts proved controversial and were blocked by the Indiana Supreme Court.More