The Political Graveyard: October 13, 1878 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on October 13 (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 October 13 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1878 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Ambrose Kingsland — New York, New York County, N.Y. Henry Chapin — Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. See also: Politicians who died on October 13 (all years), or politicians who died in 1878 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: William Marks, born October 13, 1778 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 67: Benjamin W. Waite Age 66: George William Brown Age 62: Benjamin Harris Brewster Age 61: George P. Fisher Age 59: Jacob Wark Griffith Age 58: Benjamin Wood Age 57: Jacob S. Haldeman; Lampson P. Sherman Age 55: Jacob M. Lewis Age 52: George W. Bemis Age 51: Robert Crozier; Thomas Bothwell Jeter Age 48: Gustav Tafel Age 47: John W. Hoyt Age 43: Hart Benton Holton Age 41: William Miller McCreary Age 39: William H. Jackson Age 36: Alexander C. Botkin; Joseph H. Manley Age 33: David A. Yeiser, Sr.; Otis A. Glazebrook Age 32: Augustus E. Willson Age 31: William F. Knight Age 30: Willard L. Eaton; John M. Goehring; Henry Purcell Age 26: C. E. Prettyman Age 25: John W. O'Brien Age 22: Frank M. Rood Age 20: William T. Fitzgerald Age 18: John G. Sargent; Orie LeBus; Ernest Schernikow Age 16: James H. Hargis; Abram R. Wyckoff Age 14: Charles U. Champion Age 13: Bird S. McGuire; Fred R. Ming Age 11: Robert G. Houston Age 10: Thomas E. Knight; Ed H. Haynie Age 9: Ogden H. Hammond; Maurice Fontaine Age 8: Ben W. Hooper Age 7: Andrew C. Gray; W. Wallace Greene Age 5: Clyde Williams Age 4: Cleon N. Berntheizel Age 1: Theodore G. Bilbo; Ernest Lee Jahncke; Judson M. 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