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Bronze, 10-1/2" x 14-1/2"
Placed 1902
Vice President's Room, S-214

Text of the Plaque

IN THIS ROOM
HENRY WILSON
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND A SENATOR FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
DIED NOVEMBER 22 1875
THE SON OF A FARM LABORER. NEVER AT
SCHOOL MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS. IN
YOUTH A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER, HE
RAISED HIMSELF TO THE HIGH PLACES OF
FAME, HONOR AND POWER, AND BY UNWEARIED
STUDY MAKE HIMSELF AN AUTHORITY IN THE
HISTORY OF HIS COUNTRY AND OF LIBERTY
AND AN ELOQUENT PUBLIC SPEAKER TO
WHOM SENATE AND PEPLE EAGERLY
LISTENED. HE DEALT WITH AN CONTROLLED
VAST PUBLIC EXPENDITURE DURING A GREAT
CIVIL WAR, YET LIVED AND DIED POOR, AND
LEFT TO HIS GRATEFUL COUNTRYMEN THE
MEMORY OF AN HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVICE,
AND A GOOD NAME FAR BETTER THAN RICHES.