The Political Graveyard: August 26, 1876 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 26 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1876 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on August 26 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1876 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 26 (all years), or politicians who died in 1876 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Henry A. Livingston, born August 26, 1776 50 Years: Waller Taylor, died August 26, 1826; Royall Tyler, died August 26, 1826 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 73: Columbia Lancaster Age 70: West Hughes Humphreys Age 68: Benjamin G. Humphreys Age 65: William C. Cozzens Age 63: Harrison Reed Age 57: Samuel Petitt Oyler Age 56: James Harlan; William Hercules Hays Age 53: Henry P. H. Bromwell Age 52: George Washington Whitmore Age 50: Lewis Ballard Age 45: T. Jefferson Coolidge; Wellington R. Burt Age 42: Charles S. Havens Age 37: Hernando D. Money; William W. Thomas, Jr. Age 30: John B. Barnes; Gilbert Collins; John H. Kunkel Age 29: T. L. Norval Age 27: Clarence H. Pitkin; Sidney A. Hill Age 26: Zachary T. Cason Age 24: William S. Haymond Age 20: William S. Mesick Age 19: Richard W. Austin; Magnus Snowfield Age 18: Sylvester C. Smith Age 16: Martin B. Archer Age 15: J. H. Price Age 14: Charles E. Whelan Age 13: Harrison H. Atwood Age 11: Arthur S. Tompkins; Marshall Hicks Age 10: Joseph M. Sanders; Jane Madden Spell; Fred W. Flanders Age 9: Thaddeus D. Seeley Age 8: Arthur J. Baldwin Age 5: John S. Green Age 4: James Couzens; Joseph T. Robinson Age 3: Martin Mortimer Baldwin; Mortimer Martin Baldwin Age 1: Finis J. Garrett; Edgar R. 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