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TIL that 100 years ago with WW1 raging, Pres. Woodrow Wilson didn’t want America led by a “lame duck” if he lost re-election. So, if he lost, he planned to appoint his OPPONENT as Secretary of State (3rd in line of succession) and then resign along with his VP, making his opponent instant President.

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