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Born February 15, 1845 • Clinton • New York
Died February 7, 1937 (aged 91) • New York City • New York
Title / Office United States Senate (1909-1915), United States
Political Affiliation Republican Party
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1912)
Role In Root-Takahira Agreement • Washington Conference

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