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    Whose presidental champaign coined the phase "Maine goes, so goes the Nation?"

    Question #111614. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Dec 21 09 11:07 AM)


    great2beme

    		William Henry Harrison?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Maine_goes,_so_goes_the_nation

    Dec 21 09, 12:49 PM
    looney_tunes

    		According to the above link, the phrase was first used during the election of Benjamin Harrison, 1888. The pattern was established starting with the election of William Henry Harrison.

    Dec 21 09, 3:29 PM

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