The Political Graveyard: March 17, 1879 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Jim Nance McCord — Unionville, Bedford County, Tenn. Lloyd Thompson — New York, New York County, N.Y. John B. Lowney — New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. See also: Politicians who were born on March 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1879 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on March 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1879 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on March 17 (all years), or politicians who died in 1879 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 67: Edward Hammond Age 64: Bayard Clarke; George Lord Age 62: Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr. Age 59: Martin J. Crawford Age 58: Thomas J. Pickett Age 55: Henry Chamberlain Age 54: Benjamin Sterling Turner Age 51: D. Wyatt Aiken; Benjamin Franklin Howey; Albert K. Smiley Age 47: Walter Q. Gresham; James S. Atwood Age 46: William Hasson Age 45: John Thixton Age 44: George Hillyer Age 43: Thomas H. Woods Age 42: Amos L. Allen; Samuel T. Poinier Age 41: Robert J. Reynolds Age 40: Judson Field Age 39: Nicholas Irwin Lowthian Age 36: Barclay Henley Age 35: Henry J. Emmel Age 33: Lunsford L. Lewis; Taliaferro Alexander Age 32: Hugh Lyons; James Gray Bolton Age 31: William Dawson Age 30: Edward Wallis Hoch; Charles W. Buck; Patrick C. Haley Age 29: Henry K. Braley; Frank Aldrich; Patrick Fitzpatrick Age 27: William C. Houston; J. Burritt Smith; Albert M. Spear; John B. Finch Age 23: James L. Sanborn; John T. M. Johnston Age 22: Thompson B. Ferguson; Charles Murphey Candler; Robert S. McCrum Age 21: Charles A. Barlow; William E. Chilton; Alfred Wolcott Age 20: Francis J. Heney; Charles Adamson Age 19: Patrick Caffrey Age 18: Thomas M. Bell; George S. Tweedie; James B. Reynolds Age 16: Hiram K. Evans; Patrick Henry McCarthy; George E. Hall Age 14: Patrick Joseph Sullivan Age 13: Pierce Butler; William M. Chambers Age 12: Joseph B. Shannon; William P. Quann Age 11: Nathan E. Kendall Age 10: James C. Kinsler; John Sprunt Hill; Frederick T. F. Dumont Age 9: Marshall E. Ford Age 8: Anna Covert; Arthur James Lee Age 6: John P. Cohalan; John W. Campbell; John D. Leitch Age 5: Stephen Wise Age 4: Charles A. Karch; George S. Wright Age 3: John B. Davidson Age 2: Dan W. 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