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Thomas R. Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) served as Vice President of the United States of America under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1921.

Marshall is best known for introducing this phrase into the American lexicon: "What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar." in a Senate debate in 1917.



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