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- ▶ 1:52:07 David Rosenthal So Ohio Senator John Sherman, uh, brother of general William Tecumseh Sherman, uh, great hero of the civil war.
- ▶ 1:52:32 David Rosenthal So Senator John Sherman, uh, as, uh, in 1889, as like the sort of public sentiment is starting to shift against this huge octopus monopoly proposes an anti quote unquote antitrust bill in the US and the federal Senate.
- ▶ 1:52:56 David Rosenthal Sherman was running for office, uh, in Ohio.
- ▶ 1:53:13 David Rosenthal Uh, and, uh, so the act, you know, does pass, but, but Sherman makes the political gamble that, like, the, the political power and stature that he's going to get from doing this is going to be worth more than the money that he's going to…
- ▶ 1:54:26 David Rosenthal And in fact, when Sherman runs for reelection in Ohio, the very next year in 1891, do you know who once again, one of his biggest donors was?