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He was a very capable Secretary of State for the eight years before he was President and so was prominent in the capital. His father had been President and he seems a natural candidate to the kingmakers in the Northeast where he lived . In that year, each of four regions nominated a candidate. I do not think he particularly wanted to be President, but thought it was his duty if people wanted him to run.

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