The Political Graveyard: December 15, 1876 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Leslie C. Garnett — Mathews, Mathews County, Va. William J. Wells — Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who were born on December 15 (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 December 15 (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 December 15 (all years), or politicians who died in 1876 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 68: James E. Broome Age 66: Joseph P. Hoge Age 65: Thomas S. Flournoy; John D. Heighway Age 61: Garnett B. Adrain; David Atwood Age 58: Daniel M. Prescott Age 54: David M. Osborne Age 53: Alpheus F. Haymond; Thomas G. Batten Age 50: Robert W. Waterman; Andrew Pickens Butler Age 47: David C. Butler; Andrew Nelson Age 43: Benjamin Harrison Eaton Age 42: William Anderson Handley Age 41: Chauncey E. Argersinger Age 40: Edward Murphy, Jr. Age 39: Harrison E. Havens; Jacob Rauers Age 37: Daniel W. Jones; Henry H. Newton Age 31: Thomas M. Paschal Age 30: Kittel Halvorson Age 27: Charles Cassius Rogers Age 26: H. A. Marting Age 25: Carroll P. Pitkin Age 23: Jacob Amos Age 20: James C. Dahlman; Seargent Smith Prentiss Patteson Age 19: Jasper R. Root Age 18: W. L. Parsons; Addison B. Colvin Age 17: William C. Ervin; Joseph H. Emery Age 16: Giovanni B. Cafiero Age 14: William Gordon; William J. McCaren Age 13: James M. Clark; Charles F. Krone Age 12: Henry F. Niedringhaus Age 11: Clayton Demarest Age 10: F. E. Strickling Age 9: J. W. Flanagan; Charles F. Conger; Edward L. Barnhouse Age 8: Richard P. Lydon; Lew L. Callaway Age 7: C. E. Hannan; Frank S. Sidway; Allan W. Ricker Age 5: Herbert J. Hagerman; Elizabeth Oliver Leavell Age 4: John T. Hanrahan Age 3: William Jennings Price; Thomas J. Brown Age 2: Louis B. Boudin Age 1: John H. 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