The Political Graveyard: August 19, 1885 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Raymond H. Geist — Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Frank N. Graass — Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wis. See also: Politicians who were born on August 19 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Arthur B. Woodford and Margaret Cornelia Bowditch Willis C. Hawley and Anna M. Geisendorfer See also: Politicians who were married on August 19 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1885 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 19 (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: 50 Years: William McCoy, died August 19, 1835 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 85: John W. Lawrence Age 79: Delana R. Eckels Age 75: James Bradley Age 73: Benjamin F. Rawls Age 71: Jacob Benton; William H. C. Lyon Age 62: James C. Robinson; Robert H. McKune Age 60: William J. Clark Age 56: Horace Rublee; Calvin Ball Crosby Age 50: Richard P. Bland Age 49: C. F. Jewett Age 39: James W. Humphrey; Walter Clark; John G. Long Age 36: Elbert H. Hubbard Age 35: T. J. Appleyard Age 31: Willard J. Hale Age 30: Fred H. Packard Age 29: Pierre Mali Age 27: Charles W. Cool; Reuben M. Towle; W. C. Franklin Age 24: J. Whitaker Thompson Age 23: John B. Jackson Age 21: George H. Bingham; Charles A. Creighton Age 16: Henry R. Barrett; Sanford W. Smith Age 15: Annie Webb Blanton Age 14: R. A. Ellis Age 13: Guy J. Wicksall; Frederick S. Chamberlain Age 9: J. M. Alford; Charles L. Donahue Age 8: Tom T. Connally; Horace U. Gade; Carleton Miller Age 7: Manuel L. Quezon; Reed Paige Clark Age 4: Hugh L. White; Norman S. Genung Age 3: MacGillivray Milne Age 2: Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. | | | 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