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The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
York
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Spoils
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Nothing
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