The Political Graveyard: March 2, 1878 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Carney M. Layne — Crown City, Gallia County, Ohio See also: Politicians who were born on March 2 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1878 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on March 2 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1878 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Benjamin F. Wade — Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio See also: Politicians who died on March 2 (all years), or politicians who died in 1878 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 74: Wales Adams Age 68: Philip S. Crooke; Isaac DeLiesseline Wilson Age 63: M. Franklin Merritt Age 62: Alexander H. Bullock Age 59: Preston Hopkins Leslie; Samuel Brannan Age 58: Effingham Lawrence Age 56: George Sylvester Taylor Age 54: Charles L. Benedict Age 52: Richard H. Alvey Age 50: Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. Age 49: William B. Allison; Orestes Cleveland; Carl Schurz Age 48: J. A. P. Campbell Age 42: Henry B. Brown; John W. Foster; John Latta Age 39: James S. Biery Age 38: William H. Bulkeley; Charles H. S. Davis Age 36: Adoniram J. Holmes Age 34: Thomas L. Renton Age 33: Melvin H. Billings Age 29: William A. French Age 26: Charles A. Russell Age 25: Frank W. Wheeler Age 24: Lester A. Goodrich Age 23: George J. Kindel; William Evarts Richards Age 22: Herbert Parker; William B. Gourley Age 20: Samuel Untermyer; Charles E. Waterman; A. H. Stites Age 19: George W. Corbin Age 18: Thomas H. Robinson Age 17: Clifford Stevens Walton Age 16: Christian Doerfler Age 15: William Pierce; Elmer E. Corfman; A. D. Male Age 14: William H. Milton Age 12: North T. Gentry; Robert Stone; Henry A. Huntington Age 10: William W. Wilson Age 9: Frederick E. Crane Age 8: George A. Pogue Age 7: William P. Elmer Age 5: William J. Driver; Edward K. Corwin; James M. Mooney Age 3: Frank J. Calvert Age 2: Lewis L. Morgan; Joe R. Frailey; Robert A. Cushman Age 1: Charles O. Roberson; Benjamin M. Richardson | | | 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