The Political Graveyard: December 18, 1884 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John P. Whitehead — Leeds, England Roy B. Meriwether — Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. See also: Politicians who were born on December 18 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1884 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: James W. Martin and Carrie Schweer John R. Lynch and Ella W. Somerville See also: Politicians who were married on December 18 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1884 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: George M. White See also: Politicians who died on December 18 (all years), or politicians who died in 1884 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: Levin Gale, died December 18, 1834; Robert Crittenden, died December 18, 1834; John Inskeep, died December 18, 1834 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 78: Thomas Davis Age 75: James Harper Starr Age 69: Harvey D. Colvin Age 61: George W. Phillips Age 60: Fitch R. Williams Age 59: John Spafford Harris; Ambrose B. Carlton Age 52: William C. Cooper; Andrew P. McCormick Age 51: William Wallace Ellsberry Age 49: Gilbert Asa Davis Age 48: John Hannan Age 45: Manuel F. Gonzalez Age 42: Nathan B. Scott Age 40: Thomas W. Grimes Age 39: M. Ransom Doyon; William E. Ambler Age 38: Daniel T. Hayden Age 37: Theodore S. Wilkinson Age 36: Roger Allin Age 34: James W. Dunwell Age 32: George H. White Age 31: Charles H. Dillon Age 28: Alfred Lucking; Andrew Gulickson Age 27: Frank N. Carpenter Age 26: W. W. Botts Age 24: William C. Wait; Armin E. Brunn Age 23: D. Wort; Charles Forster Age 22: John S. Snook Age 19: Edmond H. Madison; Frederick C. Martindale; John Callahan; Spencer P. Gracey Age 18: Charles A. Sauer; B. Budd Cannon Age 17: W. D. Wike Age 16: J. W. Duncan; Willard Kingsbury Age 15: Arthur J. Buster Age 14: Merlin Hull; Philip J. O'Connell Age 13: Charles L. Bartlett Age 12: Miles Romney Age 11: Francis B. Harrison Age 9: John S. Sullivan; Oscar A. Nix; Herman L. Spahr; George Lewis Age 8: Anthony J. Laux; L. M. Henson Age 5: Charles J. DeLand; Henry O. Easton Age 4: John H. Folger; Charles L. Latham Age 1: Albert Kreamalmyer | | | 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