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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: National Rifle Association, politicians, New York</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-01.html">January 1, 1955</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 43rd District, 1997-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_6316595_000/pages/ldpd_6316595_000_00000044.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/288/55.43.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Henry A. Gildersleeve"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Alger Gildersleeve (1840-1923)</b> — also known as <b>Henry A. Gildersleeve</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Clinton town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/08-01.html">August 1, 1840</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; general sessions court judge in New York, 1876-89; New York City superior court judge, 1891-95; appointed 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1896-1909; resigned 1909. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-27.html">February 27, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Smith James Gildersleeve and Rachel (Alger) Gildersleeve; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/04-14.html">April 14, 1868</a>, to Virginia Crocheron; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#334.61.64">Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53201721">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Empire State Notables (1914)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roy Innis (b. 1934)</b> — also known as <b>Emile Alfredo Innis</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-born.html">Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-06.html">June 6, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemist</a>; civil rights leader; chairman of the Harlem chapter, and national board member and vice-chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1993. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malloy-malone.html#900.16.19">Shawn-Michael Malone</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/016/000079776">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1310259">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank C. Moore (1896-1978)</b> — of Kenmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Toronto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-23.html">March 23, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 50th District, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1943-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1951-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1967. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <b>National Rifle Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Died in Crystal River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CI-died.html">Citrus County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/04-23.html">April 23, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms05515">Elmlawn Cemetery</a>, Tonawanda, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas M. Reynolds (b. 1950)</b> — of Clarence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-born.html">Centre County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-03.html">September 3, 1950</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 147th District, 1988-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1999-2004 (27th District 1999-2003, 26th District 2003-04). Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000569">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400338">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/274/000040154">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006)</b> — also known as <b>Win Paul Rockefeller</b> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-17.html">September 17, 1948</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AR.html">Arkansas Republican state chair</a>, 1994; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/AR.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">blood disorder</a> and complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/07-16.html">July 16, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 302 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#983.75.07">Winthrop Rockefeller</a> and Barbara (Sears) Rockefeller; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/">1971</a> to Deborah Cluett Sage; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Lisenne Dudderar; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#729.26.37">Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#166.20.70">Richard Steere Aldrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#433.61.94">Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#146.48.91">John Davison Rockefeller IV</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#139.38.57">Simon S. Rockefeller</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#432.10.27">Henry Rockefeller</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#895.51.95">John Phillips Rockefeller</a>; third cousin of Elsie Rockefeller (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#105.69.05">William Proxmire</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/520/000118166">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William R. Sears (born c.1930)</b> — of Woodgate, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1930. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-90 (129th District 1966, 115th District 1967-90). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Still living as of 1990. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Anne Miller.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bird Wilson Spencer (1847-1931)</b> — also known as <b>Bird W. Spencer</b> — of Passaic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/11-27.html">November 27, 1847</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NJ.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/passaic.html">mayor of Passaic, N.J.</a>, 1910-11. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Died in Sea Girt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-28.html">July 28, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 243 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-buried.html#cms00384">Cedar Lawn Cemetery</a>, Paterson, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Florence Vanderveer Conover.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17258609">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Wood Wingate (1840-1928)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Wingate</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/07-01.html">July 1, 1840</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; led construction of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">elevated railways</a> in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, National Rifle Association, 1886-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <b>National Rifle Association</b>. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-22.html">March 22, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms07109">Friends Burying Ground</a>, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mary P. (Robinson) Wingate and Charles Wingate; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Susan Prudence Man.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">George W. Wingate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1956, closed 2006), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-names.html">Brooklyn, New York</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Wood Wingate">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109942788">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KpcvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP8"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/924/21.65.jpg" width=70 height=84 border=0 alt="John B. Woodward"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896)</b> — also known as <b>John B. Woodward</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/05-31.html">May 31, 1835</a>. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">leather business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html#2">mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y.</a>, 1885. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <b>National Rifle Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-07.html">March 7, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/05-31.html">May 31, 1870</a>, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28079066">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> John B. Woodward: a biographical memoir (1897)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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