The Political Graveyard: March 24, 1887 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Amos J. Peaslee — Clarksboro, Gloucester County, N.J. George W. Hull — Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. See also: Politicians who were born on March 24 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1887 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on March 24 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1887 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Samuel Miller Quincy — Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. William Ezzard See also: Politicians who died on March 24 (all years), or politicians who died in 1887 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 67: George G. Wright Age 66: David Douglas Belden Age 62: Charles Daniels Age 61: Edwin R. Bell Age 60: Frederic Pelton Age 59: Horace Gray Age 58: Will Cumback Age 53: Okey Johnson Age 52: Hiram Barber, Jr.; William H. DuBois Age 47: Phil Metschan; Joseph L. Colton Age 44: James A. Mount Age 43: James H. Huling; E. Edgar Hume Age 41: George T. Werts Age 40: William K. Anderson Age 39: Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr. Age 36: James Stephen Hogg Age 33: John D. Bellamy Age 32: Andrew W. Mellon Age 30: George Freemont Bean; M. C. Swinford Age 29: Henry S. Chubb Age 26: Tasker Polk Age 24: W. S. Jennings; Edward C. Knotts Age 23: William D. Connor; Dan J. Gerow; Frank G. Finlayson Age 22: William C. Hammer; Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor Age 20: Jerry C. South; Jay R. McColl Age 18: Charles A. Kennedy; Claude Kitchin Age 16: Charles A. Korbly; Isaac Lobe Straus; John W. Smith Age 14: Joseph H. Collins; Francis Eugene Egan Age 13: Frank H. Hopkins Age 12: Charles E. Cartier Age 11: Joseph E. Proffit; Phil Metschan, Jr. Age 10: Robert L. Ramsay; Byron W. Courter; Thomas A. Shepard Age 9: Aldace W. Newton; Moissaye J. Olgin; Fred T. Mossman; William Mather Lewis Age 7: Chester T. Backus Age 6: Joseph M. Levenson Age 4: J. Wilber Bunn Age 3: Charles E. Bowles Age 2: George A. 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