The Political Graveyard: September 17, 1866 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Charles M. Sawyer — Reading Township, Livingston County, Ill. See also: Politicians who were born on September 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1866 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Alonzo B. Carroll and Harriet Campbell See also: Politicians who were married on September 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1866 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: George Alfred Caldwell — Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Oliver Jones — Houston, Harris County, Tex. David Fairchild See also: Politicians who died on September 17 (all years), or politicians who died in 1866 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 71: Edward Darlington Age 64: A. Lawrence Foster; Robert Jemison, Jr. Age 53: James Reynolds Age 52: Alsop H. Lockwood Age 48: William H. Barnum Age 44: Cornelius Cole Age 43: Henry Horatio Wells Age 41: George W. Cate; Lucius Q. C. Lamar Age 36: Silas A. Strickland Age 35: Morgan B. Williams Age 28: James L. Robinson Age 26: Lewis E. Payson; Hiram A. Huse Age 23: John W. Meldrum Age 22: John B. Holland Age 21: Calvin S. Brice Age 18: Thomas Cale; Matthew T. Allen Age 17: Charles R. Davis Age 15: Lewis G. Palmer; Frank H. Flood; William R. Edgar Age 14: George H. Parker; James W. French Age 12: M. H. O'Hara Age 10: Lafayette M. Sturdevant; Thomas F. Gailor Age 8: William H. Marigold; J. DeMott Laing Age 7: I. L. Patterson Age 6: Almet R. Latson; C. Fred Boshart; Robert F. Devine; William H. Woodhead Age 3: Gordon Woodbury Age 2: James C. Needham; Harvey D. 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