The Political Graveyard: February 25, 1869 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: L. B. Evans — Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C. Ed L. Boggs — near Gassaway, Braxton County, W.Va. See also: Politicians who were born on February 25 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1869 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 25 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1869 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Henry A. Swift — St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn. John H. Wilson See also: Politicians who died on February 25 (all years), or politicians who died in 1869 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 71: William Claiborne Dunlap Age 69: Francis S. Lyon Age 64: Luther C. Carter; William G. Coop Age 63: Oscar G. Parsley Age 62: George A. Trenholm Age 60: Morgan C. Hamilton; Henry Hogeboom Age 58: Levi B. Vilas Age 55: Andrew Wylie Age 48: Thomas D. Winchester Age 46: James V. Campbell; Heman J. Redfield Age 45: Henry Sinnickson Age 43: John B. Page; Alexander Clark Age 41: Person C. Cheney; Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr. Age 40: Rufus Willis Cobb Age 38: William Henry Neece Age 36: John P. St. John Age 34: William C. Lovering Age 30: Elias Carr Age 28: Lyman A. Mills Age 26: Eli C. Birdsey Age 24: Joseph W. Mercer; Frank Ladner; Ethelbert Watts Age 21: E. H. Harriman Age 20: Tranquilino Luna Age 19: George Turner; P. L. Hall Age 18: Lester L. Lowrey Age 12: John Dougherty; Thomas H. Bussey Age 10: John Burke; Samuel Lord Age 9: James W. Flynn Age 8: P. Davis Oakey; Edgar Wilson Age 5: J. Harris Pierpont Age 4: A. Lincoln Acker; Stephen Hailstone Age 3: Calvin A. Palmer; Edwin K. Borie; Robert L. Haines Age 1: Minnie Freeman Penney | | | 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