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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 18, 2013. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that when he left the United States Senate in 1897, John Sherman (pictured) had served longer in that body than any other Senator in its history?
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Should be something about the struggles over whether he would be elected speaker of the house in Dec 1859 - Jan 1860 (in relation to The Impending Crisis of the South). AnonMoos 17:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:John Sherman - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 19:40, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the move discussion is no longer in progress, or else your link would point somewhere else. 67.161.249.235 (talk) 05:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it happened a year ago, as the date suggests. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Our"

The use of "our" in the Chinese immigration section assumed the POV of American self-interest. Replaced with "the country's." Surprised it got past the review for article of the day Tapered (talk) 05:44, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Tapered 191.36.131.3 (talk) 03:35, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]