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Buyenlarge/Getty Images  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  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  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  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  Democrat Cheerleaders pose for photos before the Congressional Baseball Game of 1966 in Washington. Mickey Senko—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images  Silvio O. Conte, R-Mass., lights a victory cigar after Republicans won the 1975 Congressional Baseball game. Pen Wilson—Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images  Democratic Team Manager Bill Chappell and Mendel Davis hold the Roll Call trophy after winning the Congressional Baseball Game of 1975. 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