Released in 1892, he settled down in Gonzales where he worked as an attorney and tried, unsuccessfully, to win political office. There, Hardin's father established and taught at the school that John Hardin and his siblings attended. John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895) was American gun-fighter. All three had been drinking heavily. "[5]:81, Yet Hardin's main notoriety in the Sutton–Taylor feud came from his part in the killing of two lawmen known to be Sutton family allies. Built on 328 acres of farmland five miles northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana, the speedway was started by local ...read more, On August 19, 1919, in a break with conventional practice, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson appears personally before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to argue in favor of its ratification of the Versailles Treaty, the peace settlement that ended the First World War. He taught himself guitar, picking out songs by John Prine, Loudon Wainwright III, and Bob Dylan, and he eventually began writing on his own as a teenager.In 1988, he cut short his Ph.D. … [34] Although Hardin may not have intended to kill Couger, he had violated an ordinance prohibiting firing a gun within the city limits. In Hardin's version of the killing, he names the murdered cattleman as "Billy Coran" and the Mexican as "Bideno". John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records.Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. Both sides accused the other parties of seeking the tourist revenue generated by the location of the body. Not long after, on this day in 1895, Selman went looking for Hardin. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wesley-hardin-killed-in-texas. [5]:79[60], Hardin eventually adapted to prison life. Hardin then met up with his "gang" on May 26, 1874, in a Comanche, Texas, saloon to celebrate his 21st birthday. Hardin admitted that he and his brother Joseph had been involved (along with both Taylors) in the killings. John Wesley Harding Was a friend to the poor He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand All along this countryside He opened a many a door But he was never known To hurt a honest man. 1860 U S Census of Free Inhabitants; Subdivision No. Citizens complained to Town Marshal "Wild Bill" Hickok. However, before the retrial could be organized Selman was killed in a shootout with US Marshal George Scarborough on April 6, 1896, during an argument following a card game. Hardin had a quick temper, which often got him into trouble. To-day as a train was leaving Pensacola, the sheriff, with a posse, boarded the cars to assist Texan officers to arrest the notorious John Wesley Hardin, who is said to have committed twenty-seven murders, and for whose body $1,000 reward has been offered by an act of the Legislature of Texas. By then, 18 months had passed since the completion of Blonde on Blonde. John Wesley Hardin, (born May 26, 1853, Bonham county, Texas, U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1895, El Paso, Texas), most notorious killer and quick-draw gunman of the Texas frontier. In his autobiography, Hardin admitted that he had "adopted" this alias from Brenham, Texas, Town Marshal Henry Swain, who had married a cousin of Hardin's named Molly Parks. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine iTUNES; 4. I only killed one man for snoring. He hit the Mexican in the thigh. John Wesley Harding is Bob Dylan's 8th studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1967.Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after three albums of electric rock music. Hardin claimed that, following his January 1871 escape from Stakes and Smalley, he killed a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Jones, and a Mr. Davis in. All Rights Reserved. Stakes and 12 citizens in, July 26, 1872: Texas State Policeman Sonny Speights was wounded in the shoulder by Hardin in. Hardin misspells Stakes name as "Stokes" and Smalley name as "Smolly". A reward of $100 was offered for his re-capture. Whiting, Ala., August 21. This time, Hickok allowed Hardin to carry his pistols into town - something he had never allowed others to do. Hardin threw money on the ground and shot the would-be thief when he bent over to pick it up. The bullet that killed Hardin sold for $80,000.[100]. Another claim was that he killed a man in Abilene, Kansas, in the summer of 1871. John Wesley “Wes” Hardin (1853-1895), son of James “Gip” Gibson Hardin (1823 – 1876) and Mary Elizabeth Dixon (1826 – 1885), was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in nineteenth-century Texas. The first instance was when an Indian tried to shoot an arrow at him on the South Canadian River. referencing John Wesley Harding, 2x12", Album, Mono, Ltd, Num, RE, RM, 180, MFSL 2-464, 88875091891 Yes, the bass is up, but feats great with the mix. The ...read more. In 1892, Hardin was described as 5.9 feet (1.8 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg), with a fair complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, and wound scars on his right knee, left thigh, right side, hip, elbow, shoulder, and back. October 6, 1871: Hardin killed Texas Special Policeman Green Paramore and wounded policeman John Lackey. [52] An undercover Texas Ranger named Jack Duncan intercepted a letter sent to Hardin's father-in-law by Hardin's brother-in-law, Joshua Robert "Brown" Bowen. [17] On January 5, 1870, Hardin was playing cards with Benjamin Bradley in Towash, Hill County, Texas. [16] Hardin also briefly taught school in Pisgah. For his part, Hardin (still using his alias) was fascinated by Wild Bill and reveled in being seen on intimate terms with such a celebrated gunfighter. July 20, 1871: Hardin was involved in the killing of Mexican outlaw in Sumner City, Kansas. in Hill County, Texas. [citation needed], On January 20, 1875, the Texas Legislature authorized Governor Richard B. Hubbard to offer a $4,000 reward for Hardin's arrest. [5]:60 Carson denied the incident ever took place. In November 1876, in Mobile, Alabama, Hardin was arrested briefly for having marked cards. [59] On February 14, 1892, during his prison term, he was convicted of another manslaughter charge for the earlier shooting of J.B. Morgan and given a two-year sentence to be served concurrently with his unexpired 25-year sentence. See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ...".p.25. Born in central Texas on May 26, 1853, Hardin killed his first man when he was only 15 during the violent period of post-Civil War Reconstruction. [54][55][56] Hardin claimed that he was captured while smoking his pipe and that Duncan only found Hardin's pistol under his shirt after his arrest. His holsters were sewn into his vest so that the butts of his pistols pointed inward across his chest. While making camp along the way, Hardin escaped when Stakes went to procure fodder for the horses. [42][43][44] On the run again in June 1873, Hardin assisted in the escape of his brother-in-law Joshua Bowen from the Gonzales County, Texas, jail where he was imprisoned on an 1872 murder charge. [5]:92, The death of the popular Webb resulted in the quick formation of a lynch mob. According to Hardin, they tied him on a horse with no saddle for the trip. [5]:46–49[notes 4]. August 1877: Reported to have been under indictments in five Texas counties: May 1, 1895: Hardin used a pistol to get back money that he lost in gambling at El Paso's Gem Saloon. The Beatles took America by storm during their famous first visit, wowing the millions who watched them during their historic television appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. September 1872: Hardin surrendered to Sheriff Reagan, but escaped in October 1872. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877 at the age of 23, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder. Hardin confronted Selman and the two men argued. [6][10] Hardin was nearly expelled over the incident. Hardin, having by then recovered from the injuries sustained in Sublett's attack, admitted that there were reports that he had led the fights in which these men were killed but would neither confirm nor deny his involvement: "... but as I have never pleaded to that case, I will at this time have little to say. November 1876: Hardin (under the alias of "Swain") and Gus Kennedy were arrested in Mobile, Alabama, for having a deck of marked cards, and ordered to leave town. In Hardin's autobiographical version of the gunfight, he claims the first fatality was the Mexican he had previously wounded, "Hosea", and that he was the boss vaquero. Hardin claimed that Dixon's mother, sisters, and brother had been tortured and killed by Union soldiers during the Civil War. One is the consistent use of the capo. The murderer escaped. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868–77. The Colt, with a .38-caliber 2.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap} 1⁄2" barrel, is nickel-plated, with blued hammer, trigger, and screws. See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ...".p.117. June 17, 1873: Hardin assisted in the escape of his brother-in-law, outlaw Joshua "Brown" Bowen, from the Gonzales County, Texas, jail. Half-dressed and still drunk, he and Clements exited through a second-story window onto the roof of the hotel. Arriving during a period of intense experimentalism and psychedelia, John Wesley Harding functions as a sigh of relief, a piano- and pedal steel-flavored set steeped in requisite simplicity in an environment that was increasingly marked by chaos and madness. "Now, I believed," Hardin wrote, "that if Wild Bill found me in a defenseless condition he would take no explanation, but would kill me to add to his reputation. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. "[5]:44 Later that night, Hardin was confronted by Hickok, who told him that he was wearing guns in violation of town ordinance and ordered him to hand over his guns, which he did but in a quite surprising way:[31] Hardin reached down, picked his revolvers up from the holsters, and handed the guns to Wild Bill butts forward, then swiftly rolled them over in his hands and suddenly Wild Bill was staring right into their muzzles. [29][30] Hardin admitted to being involved in the shooting of the Mexican. Hardin hit over the head an Indian who he claimed had stolen a silver bridle from him. After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation. Although there are no contemporary newspaper reports of this shooting, this killing is mentioned in a 1924 account by Texas cattleman George N. Steen, who reported: The Alachua county coroner (who was allegedly part of the mob according to Hardin) afterward rendered the verdict that "Eli" had died after setting fire to the jail himself. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. The Bob Dylan song "John Wesley Harding" is the lead track of his 1967 album of the same name. Hardin was born in 1853 near Bonham, Texas to James "Gip" Hardin, a Methodist preacher and circuit rider, and Mary Elizabeth Dixson. He was shot by Phil Sublett, who had lost money to him in a poker game. [45], On March 11, 1874, the Sutton–Taylor feud intensified when Jim and Bill Taylor gunned down Billy Sutton and Gabriel Slaughter[46] as they waited on a steamboat platform in Indianola, Texas. In a 2011 Pawn Stars episode, "Face the Music", pawn shop proprietor Ric Harrison bought a John Wesley Hardin business card. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine iTUNES; 4. A group of local men broke into the jail in July 1874 and hanged Joe, Bud, and Tom. The jurors acquitted him of any wrongdoing. [19], After killing Bradley, Hardin claimed that when a posse of fifteen men came after him, he captured two of them and took a shotgun, two six-shooters, a rifle, and two derringers from his captives. Whether Selman was acting out of anger, self-protection, or perhaps to burnish his own reputation as a gunslinger remains unclear. 1849-1873, March 11, 1871, Image 1", The Weekly Democratic Statesman August 28, 1873 p.2 Library of Congress August 13,2020, "Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas", "Fort Worth gazette. He dismounted and managed to discharge the gun by steadying the cylinder with one hand and pulling the trigger with the other. This gun and its holster were once sold at auction for $168,000. One of Hardin's men yelled out a warning,[5]:92 and in the ensuing gunfight, Webb was shot dead. Directed by Raoul Walsh. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES; 5. Texas Convict Ledgers and Conduct Registries, 1849-1970; Texas State Police arrest reports for 1870—1871; he is listed as "Hardin, J.R.", "Executive Documents Printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1868–1869"; Summary of Reports for the, On December 9, 1868, Lt Charles Schmidt, the. At the cemetery, the group representing Hardin's descendants presented a disinterment permit for the body, while the El Pasoans presented a court order prohibiting its removal. June 19, 1872: Hardin is wounded in a gunfight in. After surrendering to Sheriff Reagan (brother of John Henninger Reagan) of Cherokee County, Texas, he was wounded in the right knee by an accidental gunshot from a nervous deputy. [8] According to a newspaper article in 1900, shortly after being released from prison, Hardin committed negligent homicide when he made a $5 bet that he could "at the first shot" knock a Mexican man off the soapbox on which the man was "sunning" himself, winning the bet and leaving the man dead from the fall and not the gunshot.[53]. Hardin, who had never learned completely to control his vicious temper, became angry. - (Special) - John Wesley Hardin, the noted Texas desperado, is no more.He was shot and instantly killed to-night about 11:30 o'clock in the Acme saloon by Constable John Sellman. Hardin claimed that in a saloon on election night in November 1876, he and a companion, Hardin claimed to have met two notorious fellow outlaws during his life: in 1870, he supposedly gambled with, Bourne, McNeal. A truce was declared, and both parties went their separate ways. He was said to be “the meanest man alive”, having once killed a man just for snoring. On May 1, 1960, Powers took off from Pakistan at the controls of an ultra-sophisticated Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. August 6, 1871: Hardin killed Charles Couger in Abilene, Kansas. Well, it ain't true. [5]:33–34, In the summer of 1871, while driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, Hardin is reputed to have fought Mexican vaqueros and cattle rustlers. Witnesses claimed that the British shot merely bounced off the Constitution‘s sides, as if the ship were made of iron rather than ...read more, In the USSR, captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage. January 5, 1870: Hardin killed Benjamin Bradley and claimed to have brought about the "disappearance" of a "Judge Moore." But after the first great rush of stateside Beatlemania, the Beatles promptly returned to ...read more, The actors Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin marry in East Hampton, New York on August 19, 1993. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES; 5. This was his sixth murder. At an unknown date between 1871 and 1872, Hardin claimed that 45 miles outside Corpus Christie, Texas, he was followed by two Mexicans; that he killed one and the other fled. Soon afterwards, on August 6, 1871, Hardin, his cousin Gip Clements, and a rancher friend named Charles Couger put up for the night at the American House Hotel after an evening of gambling. [21] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. 1894: After his release from prison, Hardin won a $5.00 bet when he used a pistol shot to knock a sleeping Mexican off a box (victim was killed by the fall). John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (1967) from Navincitron Plus . It was about this time that Hardin married Jane Bowen and started to keep regular company with her brother, cattle rustler Robert Bowen. It was reported at the time that Webb was shot as he was pulling out an arrest warrant for one of Hardin's group. Infuriated, Thompson tried to incite his new acquaintance, Hardin, by exclaiming to him: "He's a damn Yankee. ", This page was last edited on 1 April 2021, at 21:33. (Dallas, Tex.) via jon jon jon/YouTube. A brother was killed, but in 1868 during the Lee-Peacock feud. [51] In his autobiography, Hardin made only two references to Brown: that "Rube" Brown had arrested William Taylor before sending him to Galveston, Texas, for trial,[5]:87 and that Brown had been among the leaders of a Sutton "posse" that had been out to "get" him in Gonzales County, Texas. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. [64][65], Selman Sr. was arrested for murder and stood trial. The officers knocked Hardin unconscious. November 19, 1872: Hardin mysteriously escaped from the sheriff of Gonzales County, Texas, despite a guard of six men. With the outbreak of the Civil War that year, Hardin was exposed to a Texas-sized helping of violent anti-Yankee rhetoric. After Bob Dylan’s motorcycle accident, he went on an exile and that downtime spawned numerous compositions which ended up on “The Basement Tapes” and his slow, quiet, and country-flavored LP “John Wesley Harding.” It was a departure from his past three records. [14] Towards the end of the drive, a Mexican herd crowded in behind Hardin's and there was some trouble keeping the two herds apart. He even began invoking biblical images and figures - not to make any direct statements, but rather to filter them through more recent times; American folk history, basically. "They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. In August of that year, Hardin’s girlfriend was caught with a gun in the city and arrested by El Paso officer John Selman. accessed September 21, 2018, "Boastful Bill Longley: Cold-blooded Texas Killer - HistoryNet", Fastest draw at the auction house: Collectors snap up antique firearms, Old West memorabilia, (Note: Internet Archive digitized 1896 edition is available). TO J.W.H.". "[36] Hardin leapt from the roof into the street and hid in a haystack for the rest of the night. [5]:20[17][18] Hardin eventually admitted killing two men in Hill County. The Hollywood power couple reportedly became involved on the set of the romantic comedy The Marrying Man (1991), in which they played lovers. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. ", DeMattos, Jack. On May 15, 1873, Jim Cox and Jake Christman were killed by the Taylor faction at Tumlinson Creek. NASHVILLE SKYLINE is straight country and no mistake. John Wesley Hardin, one of the deadliest men in the history of the Old West, arrives in Abilene, Kansas, where he briefly becomes friends with Marshal Wild Bill Hickok. Hardin's weapons of choice, and several of his personal effects, have been well documented and auctioned to private collectors. Without a word, Selman walked up behind Hardin and killed him with a shot in the head. He was the son of James Hardin, a Methodist preacher, who had named him after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. The masterful John Wesley Harding LP was recorded (and written, if Dylan is to be believed) in a matter of days in late 1967. Hardin found that his own weapon, a worn-out cap-and-ball pistol with a loose cylinder, would not fire. The memorable circumstances and the sheer number of Hardin's life events, real or exaggerated, made him a legend of the Old West and an icon of American folklore. Hardin … The John Wesley Harding album is filled with ironies, but the most notable one, possibly, is the fact that Dylan decided to reach way, way back for more of his subject matter. referencing John Wesley Harding, 2x12", Album, Mono, Ltd, Num, RE, RM, 180, MFSL 2-464, 88875091891 Yes, the bass is up, but feats great with the mix. [33] Couger was hit in the heart by one of the bullets as he lay in bed and was killed instantly. [5]:23 Less than a week after this incident, in nearby Kosse, Texas, Hardin was accompanying a prostitute home when they were accosted by her pimp, who demanded money. There are three general remarks to be made about this album. [39] In November 1872, Hardin escaped from the Gonzales County, Texas, jail despite a guard of six men; a $100 reward was offered for his arrest. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense. May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. When he refused to obey Hardin's demand to stop, Hardin hit him over the head with his pistol. In February 1871, while the herd was being collected for the drive to Kansas, a freedman, Bob King, attempted to cut a beef cow out of the herd. Jim Taylor was shot and killed January 1, 1875; Bill Taylor was tried twice and acquitted-he reportedly killed about 1895 in Oklahoma. He claimed self-defense, stating that he witnessed Hardin attempting to draw his pistol upon seeing him enter the saloon, and a hung jury resulted in his being released on bond, pending a retrial. "Destroying the Hardin Gang. A relative smuggled a hacksaw to Hardin, who escaped after cutting through the bars of a prison window. On August 19, 2011, three men, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, who were convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the murders of three boys in Arkansas, are released from prison in a special legal deal allowing them to maintain their innocence while acknowledging that ...read more, On August 19, 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III is born in Hope, Arkansas. June 1, 1871: Hardin killed three Mexican cowboys in Park City, Kansas. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, November 19, 1875, Image 1", "Daily Fort Worth Standard - Google News Archive Search", "Billings v. Concordia Heritage Association, Inc", "Dallas herald. Buy It Now. Hardin made the claim to have outdrawn "Wild Bill" Hickok. [53], That night, Hardin went to the Acme Saloon where he began playing dice. On July 18, 1873[40],, in Cuero, Texas, Hardin killed DeWitt County Deputy Sheriff J.B. Morgan, who served under County Sheriff Jack Helm (a former captain in the Texas State Police and leader of the Sutton force at that time). Wesley Harding Stace was born in Hastings, East Sussex, England in 1965. [53], On August 24, 1877,[4][notes 6] Rangers and local authorities confronted Hardin on a train in Pensacola, Florida. Amazon; iTunes; track. Picks on Rebels, especially Texans, to kill." The Colt's serial number was 84304: the gun was recorded in Colt factory ledgers as shipped on July 16, 1891, to Hartley & Graham, New York City. [47] Two of Hardin's accomplices in the shooting were cousin Bud Dixon and Jim Taylor. The incident earned Hardin a reputation as a man "so mean, he once shot a man for snoring". [61], While in prison, he wrote an autobiography. In 2011, there was a new John Wesley Harding album, The Sound of His Own Voice, and in 2013, Stace announced he planned to release his future recordings as Wesley Stace, beginning with the album he brought out that year, Self-Titled. [66], A century later, on August 27, 1995, there was a confrontation between two groups at the site of Hardin's grave. ", Whittington, Michael. While in the area, he also renewed his acquaintance with some of his cousins who were allied with a local family, the Taylors, who had been feuding with the rival Sutton faction for several years. ", Ellison, Douglas W. "Rivals in Texas: Hardin and Longley. In mid-1877, two former slaves of his father's, "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in Gainesville, Florida. In 1992, Bill Clinton would be elected as the 42nd president of the United ...read more, During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière in a furious engagement off the coast of Nova Scotia. "[5]:22, Later that month, on January 20 in Horn Hill, Limestone County, Texas, Hardin claimed he killed a man in a gunfight after an argument at the circus. 1 year ago. John Wesley Harding - 00:00 As I Went Out One Morning - 02:56 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine - 05:45 All Along the Watchtower - 09:39 The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - 12:10 Drifter's Escape - 17:42. He crossed his arms to draw. His autobiography was published posthumously in 1925 by Bandera publisher, historian, and journalist J. Marvin Hunter, founder of Frontier Times magazine and the Frontier Times Museum.[97]. An El Paso lawman, John Selman Jr. arrested Hardin's acquaintance and part-time prostitute, the "widow" M'Rose (or Mroz), for "brandishing a gun in public". While recuperating from his wounds, Hardin decided he wanted to settle down. He then stole a horse and rode to a cow camp 35 miles outside town. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868–77. John Wesley Hardin, one of the bloodiest killers of the Old West, is murdered by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. A Savannah newspaper claimed the killer was John Wesley Hardin on a cattle drive in central Florida but offered no proof Hardin was involved. Bystanders overheard him threaten Selman for bothering his girl. Shortly before midnight, Selman Sr. entered the saloon, walked up to Hardin from behind, and shot him in the head, killing him instantly. No contemporary newspaper accounts confirm this, but another report suggests that it was Hickok who made Hardin put up his guns. Hardin claimed six vaqueros died in the exchanges (five of them reportedly shot by him),[7][5]:39–42[notes 3] although this claim appears exaggerated—only three Mexican vaqueros were killed. Instead, John Wesley Harding is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. Hardin killed one and blinded the other. [25][26] Hardin also claimed to have killed two Indians in separate gunfights on the same cattle drive. John Wesley Hardin, Writer: The Lawless Breed. Iran remained a solid Cold War ally of the United States until a revolution ended the Shah’s ...read more, On August 19, 1934, Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history of the republic. 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