The Political Graveyard: February 4, 1885 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: George L. Reed — Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who were born on February 4 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 4 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Chester Wentworth — Winsted, Litchfield County, Conn. See also: Politicians who died on February 4 (all years), or politicians who died in 1885 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Samuel Church, born February 4, 1785 50 Years: Wade Hampton, died February 4, 1835; Jonathan Stocking, died February 4, 1835 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 81: Henry Chapman Age 71: Grant Decker Age 70: Grafton Fleener Cookerly Age 63: Edward Fitzgerald Beale Age 61: Harvey Link Age 59: Halbert Eleazer Paine Age 58: George Arend Age 56: George L. Becker Age 54: Oliver Ames; William Ashmead Courtenay Age 49: Charles E. Boyle; Edward Overton, Jr. Age 48: Mahlon Gore Age 44: John P. Bartlett Age 42: Henry N. Schuyler Age 41: Owen A. Wells Age 39: Leopold Kabis Age 36: Timothy E. Tarsney Age 34: John S. Lambert Age 33: Edwin M. Porch Age 32: Lawrence Bond Age 31: Andrew McConnell January Cochran Age 30: Richard Livingston Goode Age 29: William S. Linton; Cassius C. Bennett Age 28: Frank Gerrett Age 26: George P. Darrow Age 25: Willis A. Reeve; Agnes E. Spencer Age 21: Peter J. Rogde Age 20: Warren T. McCray; John T. Norton; William N. Harriss Age 17: James P. Woods Age 14: Louis A. Cuvillier; Samuel H. Shank; Charles G. Morris; Joseph Oscar Matthewson Age 12: Charles F. Ogden Age 11: William A. Oldfield Age 9: Miles M. Smith; Thomas Smith Boyd Age 8: Erle Pettus Age 7: John W. Dye Age 3: Clyde H. Tavenner Age 2: Harry Friedman; Lee Yancey | | | 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