Elizabeth Taylor Warner attends swearing in of husband Sen. John Warner

Elizabeth Taylor Warner looks at Vice President Walter Mondale (R) as he congratulates her husband Sen. John Warner (VA) after re-enacting the Senatorial swearing-in at the Capitol in Washington on January 16, 1979. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/FILE)

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