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The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
Wendell Willkie
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Wendell Willkie
Age: 52 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 18
Died: 1944
Died: October 8
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Wendell Lewis Willkie
Lewis Wendell Willkie
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