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TIL about Manuel Herrick, the first (and only) man elected to the US Congress after: 1) being raised to believe that he is the Second coming of Jesus Christ; and 2) being arrested for robbing a train, being declared insane at the resulting trial, and being sent to a mental asylum.

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