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25 hours? Before Cory Booker, there was ‘Mr. Smith’

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Jimmy Stewart as Jefferson Smith in <em>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</em>, directed by Frank Capra, 1939.

In 1939, the character of Mr. Smith — played by Jimmy Stewart — spent 25 hours on the Senate floor railing against corruption.

(Image credit: Silver Screen Collection)

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