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GOVERNOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT 
He made the campaign, however, vigorously and effectively. He 
was tireless and indefatigable, traveling during it no less than twenty- 
two thousand miles, making six hundred and seventy-three addresses, 
speaking to three and a half millions of people. The feat was unpre¬ 
cedented, and it made him known to the people to a remarkable extent. 
He was highly popular before; he was doubly popular when this 
remarkable campaign ended. When the day of election came the popu¬ 
larity of the candidates was shown in a plurality of 850,000 votes and 
an electoral majority of 137. On the 4th of March, 1901, he took the 
oath of office and became Vice-President of the United States. 
