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To: roofgoat

A decent read that I got from the Library once was called “His Excellency”.

They did not know how The President would be addressed, so they started with this. Washington didn’t care for it and so suggested simply “Mr. President”


10 posted on 03/08/2014 9:02:24 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: Mr. K

I’ve read several, “His Excellency” was the best.


16 posted on 03/08/2014 9:08:28 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Mr. K
They called John Tyler "His Accidency."

21 posted on 03/08/2014 9:27:39 AM PST by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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