The Political Graveyard: April 15, 1885 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Martin L. Sweeney — Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Henry F. Shea — Osceola Mine, Houghton County, Mich. See also: Politicians who were born on April 15 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Alfred Jaques and Mary Josephine Shaw See also: Politicians who were married on April 15 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Joshua Baker — Lyme, New London County, Conn. See also: Politicians who died on April 15 (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: Lauchlin Bethune, born April 15, 1785; Charles Augustus Foote, born April 15, 1785 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 78: David M. Farrelly Age 76: Ninian W. Edwards Age 72: William H. H. Bingham Age 70: Robert Stell Heflin Age 68: Alanson Hamilton Barnes Age 64: Joseph E. Brown Age 57: Augustus S. Chase Age 55: Henry Larrabee Age 52: John A. Halderman, Jr. Age 49: D. Maitland Armstrong Age 48: Horace Porter Age 47: Samuel L. Kilbourne Age 45: Leslie W. Russell Age 44: Henry H. Aplin; David F. Kain Age 43: Edward Mitchell; Edward S. Roberts Age 42: Archibald J. Weaver; Charles Henrotin Age 41: Samuel J. Randall; David D. Johnson Age 40: J. P. Dyar Age 37: Charles H. Allen; Clarence Hale; Edmund Coot Jones Age 35: John Munro Longyear Age 32: Llewellyn J. Barden Age 31: Carl D. Hagelin; James R. Barr Age 29: Walter K. Landis Age 28: Daniel B. Buchanan Age 26: Luren D. Dickinson; William A. Ginn Age 24: Fred Lincoln Willmarth Age 23: Martin A. Morrison; Charles Harcourt Turner Age 22: Frederick H. Eaton Age 21: James H. Maurer; Charles Abegg; A. F. Hilker Age 19: R. Livingston Beeckman Age 17: Edgar A. Poe Age 16: Ernest M. Pollard; Daniel W. Moran Age 10: Ernest A. Snow; Walter L. Finn Age 8: Willis L. Lyons; Graham H. Kemper Age 6: James Dawson Age 5: William G. Barnhart Age 4: Sam R. McKelvie; Armistead Mason Dobie Age 1: John L. Cable; Daniel A. 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