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Beyond the flyer in our previous Tweet, please check out this link to learn more about the MDEAT Small Business Capitalization Program Information Sessions. You will also be able to download an application for the small business grant! #MDEAT #PSEFL https://t.co/wFY9WEQ1jQ

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Twenty-fifth president William McKinley was also felled by an assassin's bullet, but his conduct after being shot was truly noble. Visibly bleeding, McKinley ordered the crowd to stop beating his assassin--a man named Leon Czolgosz--and, in so doing, saved his life. #QotD #PSEFL

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The second and final part of the Grover Cleveland Miniseries taking place within the President Quote Countdown is today! To honor him as both our 22nd president (1885-1889) and 24th president (1893-1897), combine Tuesday's quote with today's for a special combo QotD! #QotD #PSEFL

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Grover Cleveland's "interrupter" was Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president and the first one known to have recorded his voice (sadly, what he actually said isn't that quotable). Benjamin, grandson of #9 William Henry Harrison, is generally a lower-ranked president. #QotD #PSEFL

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You may know our twenty-second president Grover Cleveland as the only man to serve two non-consecutive terms. Yes, he was also our twenty-fourth president! As such, we honor him with a PSE QotD first: a two-part quote! Part one is today; part two will be on Thursday. #QotD #PSEFL

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When Chester A. Arthur, a Stalwart, became our 21st president, he was under suspicion--not least because Garfield's assassin proclaimed himself a Stalwart (Stalwarts being a political faction). However, he managed to earn contemporary praise for his time in office. #QotD #PSEFL

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Our 20th president James A. Garfield was only in office for a few months before his assassination. As such, he is sometimes omitted from historical rankings. And, yes, the creator of Garfield the cat named him after his grandfather, a man named after this president. #QotD #PSEFL

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The presidency of #19 Rutherford B. Hayes was fairly unremarkable, which means that his legacy will forever be tied to the controversial election of 1876 (hence the nickname "Rutherfraud"). Things were only resolved with the Compromise of 1877, ending Reconstruction. #QotD #PSEFL

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Today's quote from our 18th president Ulysses S. Grant might seem a tad uninspiring, but consider Mark Twain's evaluation of Grant's memoirs which held that they were direct, plain, and true. Perhaps, then, today's QotD does credit to Grant's character after all. #QotD #PSEFL

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Of all presidents, #17 Andrew Johnson may have seen the greatest swing in the evaluation of his legacy. It seems as if a change in historical analysis of Reconstruction has lowered Johnson's esteem. But he was the only former president to serve in the U.S. Senate. #QotD #PSEFL

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A familiar face at last: our sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. He presents a new problem, since we've already used so many of his best quotes. But thanks to the good folks at Abraham Lincoln Online and their comprehensive archives, we found gold yet untapped. #QotD #PSEFL

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Another challenge for us is the size limitation. If a quote can't fit onto our image poster, we can't use it. And so it was that after finding a quote that was JUST too long, and pouring over James Buchanan's (#15) speeches and letters, we decided on this partition. #QotD #PSEFL

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We found today's QotD in the archive of Franklin Pierce's speeches with relative speed. That leaves us some space to actually talk about our 14th president, but his support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Act made him unpopular, both then and now. #QotD #PSEFL

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Thirteenth president Millard Fillmore challenged us to the point that we were REREADING his Annual Messages to Congress. Such was our plight that we decided to repurpose today's QotD, originally referring solely to the power of Congress, into a general maxim for all. #QotD #PSEFL

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#12 Zachary Taylor proved a nightmare with his very limited pool of unsuitable quotes. If the QotD we did select seems dry to you, feel free to read through his First Annual Message to Congress (1849)--as we resorted to--and let us know if you find something better. #QotD #PSEFL

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Between the obscure nature of our eleventh president James K. Polk (try searching for some Polk quotes as compared to, say, Lincoln), and the contentious political controversies of the time, finding today's QotD was tricky. We actually had to comb through his diary. #QotD #PSEFL

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It begins. Time Magazine said the Van Buren presidency was the first truly forgettable one, but it was the tenth presidency, that of John Tyler, that started to challenge our quote hunting. He was the first vice president to finish out his superior's incomplete term. #QotD #PSEFL

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Happy Fourth of July! Of all presidents, it is William Henry Harrison that happens to get featured today, but you know what? As the president with the shortest tenure ever at a mere 31 days, as the first president to die in office, we're happy that this falls to him. #QotD #PSEFL

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Our eighth president Martin Van Buren has an interesting history regarding his names. Born Maarten Van Buren, he eventually became known as the Little Magician. Unfortunately for his reelection attempt in 1840, he also got stuck with the nickname Martin Van Ruin. #QotD #PSEFL

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Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory, #7, is not only making his PSE QotD debut today, but he is actually the first "Jackson" to appear here period. But, considering that we are about to hit a stretch of obscure presidents, we will no longer be wasting space noting debuts. #QotD #PSEFL

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John Quincy Adams--our sixth president--is also making his PSE QotD debut in this series, but he is also quite unique. He is, of course, the first son of a president to become president himself. And he is the first president since his father to serve only one term. #QotD #PSEFL