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Washington Stadium hosts a baseball game between Republicans & Democrats, circa the 1900s.Buyenlarge/Getty Images
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Congressional Baseball Democrats Republicans Washington Politics
Washington Stadium hosts a baseball game between Republicans & Democrats, circa the 1900s. Buyenlarge/Getty Images
Congressional Baseball Democrats Republicans Washington Politics
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, with his second wife Edith Galt at the Congressional baseball game in Sept. 1918. Library of Congress/Getty Images
Congressional Baseball Democrats Republicans Washington Politics
Bill Stinson, right, Washington seventh district congressman, wore a Rainiers uniform as he got some batting tips from Gil Hodges, Senators manager, in preparation for the annual Congressional baseball game on July 30, 1963 in Washington.Seattle Times/JR Partners/Getty Images
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The mascots for the Republicans, an elephant, and the Democrats, a donkey, have a "fight" during the Congressional Baseball Game of 1964 in Washington.Mickey Senko—Congressional Quarterly/AP
Congressional Baseball Democrats Republicans Washington Politics
Silvio O. Conte, R-Mass., with a cigar clamped in his teeth and his recently discarded crutches below him, lines up to take a Democrat team pitch at the 1966 Congressional Baseball game in Washington.Mickey Senko—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images
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Democrat Cheerleaders pose for photos before the Congressional Baseball Game of 1966 in Washington.Mickey Senko—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images
Congressional Baseball Democrats Republicans Washington Politics
Silvio O. Conte, R-Mass., lights a victory cigar after Republicans won the 1975 Congressional Baseball game. Pen Wilson—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images
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Democratic Team Manager Bill Chappell and Mendel Davis hold the Roll Call trophy after winning the Congressional Baseball Game of 1975. Mickey Senko—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images

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