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James Wormley
1819–1884
United States
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James Wormley (January 16, 1819 – October 18, 1884) was the owner and operator of the Wormley Hotel, which opened in Washington, D.C., in 1869. He was reported in 1865 to have been at the bedside of Abraham Lincoln when he died, but that claim has been widely disputed. Wormley was born a free black citizen in 1819 in Washington.
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