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TIL when Senator Harrison of Mississippi's campaign manager asked Senator Bilbo of Mississippi to support Harrison for Senate Majority Leader, Bilbo said that Harrison had to ask him personally. Harrison replied that he wouldn't talk to Bilbo even if it meant the Presidency. Harrison lost by 1 vote.

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