The Political Graveyard: March 17, 1859 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Francis J. Heney — Lima, Livingston County, N.Y. Charles Adamson — Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. See also: Politicians who were born on March 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1859 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: William C. P. Breckinridge and Lucretia Hart Clay See also: Politicians who were married on March 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1859 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Michael Walsh — New York, New York County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who died on March 17 (all years), or politicians who died in 1859 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 82: Roger B. Taney Age 71: George Fisher Age 67: Heman Ticknor Age 53: Peter B. Porter, Jr. Age 51: John Covode; Thomas J. D. Fuller Age 48: James Rowe Age 47: Edward Hammond Age 44: Bayard Clarke; George Lord Age 42: Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr. Age 41: Harrison Gray Otis Blake Age 39: Martin J. Crawford Age 38: Thomas J. Pickett Age 35: Henry Chamberlain Age 34: Benjamin Sterling Turner Age 31: D. Wyatt Aiken; Benjamin Franklin Howey; Michael Cook; Albert K. Smiley Age 27: Walter Q. Gresham; James S. Atwood Age 26: William Hasson Age 25: John Thixton Age 24: George Hillyer Age 23: Thomas H. Woods Age 22: Amos L. Allen; Samuel T. Poinier Age 21: Robert J. Reynolds Age 20: Judson Field Age 19: Nicholas Irwin Lowthian Age 16: Barclay Henley Age 15: Henry J. Emmel Age 13: Lunsford L. Lewis; Taliaferro Alexander Age 12: Hugh Lyons; James Gray Bolton Age 11: William Dawson Age 10: Edward Wallis Hoch; Charles W. Buck; Patrick C. Haley Age 9: Henry K. Braley; Frank Aldrich; Patrick Fitzpatrick Age 7: William C. Houston; J. Burritt Smith; Albert M. Spear; John B. Finch Age 3: James L. Sanborn; John T. M. Johnston Age 2: Thompson B. Ferguson; Charles Murphey Candler; Robert S. McCrum Age 1: Charles A. Barlow; William E. Chilton; Alfred Wolcott | | | 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