The Political Graveyard: August 16, 1887 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 16 (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 August 16 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1887 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Benjamin Markley Boyer — Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa. See also: Politicians who died on August 16 (all years), or politicians who died in 1887 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 72: William Morris Davis Age 71: Samuel R. Atwell Age 70: Felix G. Parks Age 61: Mary Breckinridge Age 60: Winfield Smith Age 58: John Taylor Bird Age 52: James Wilson Age 48: Lorenzo A. Barker Age 47: Charles R. Brayton; Edwin Hallock Age 46: Samuel S. Yoder; Evi L. Hurd Age 45: Samuel R. Peters; George C. Sturgiss; Robert G. Redd Age 42: Hugh Pitcairn Age 41: Charles H. Fitch Age 39: Ulysses E. Mayhew Age 38: Monroe Wheeler Age 37: Frank D. Allen Age 36: Eugene J. Hainer; William H. Harvey; Orville C. Smith Age 35: Henry Bischoff, Jr. Age 34: John D. Spreckels; William G. Smith Age 32: Lucius K. Baker Age 31: Oliver L. Hardgrave; Millard F. Parker; Arthur P. Cushing Age 28: Urey Woodson Age 27: Willis G. Sears; Locke Craig Age 26: Wallace J. Barnes Age 24: William T. Holbert Age 22: Dennis Dougherty Age 20: Carlton Bailey Hurst; John Owen Age 19: Charles D. Carter; Patrick F. Gill; George F. Harding, Jr. Age 18: S. Hubert Dent, Jr.; Frank S. Payne Age 16: George Stewart Brown Age 15: John D. Mershon; George G. Hunter; William E. Trautmann Age 13: John Oscar Ceder Age 11: George Wingfield Age 10: Francis P. Murphy; George F. Anderson Age 5: Leo Kocialkowski Age 4: Hugh S. Gibson; W. T. McGaugh Age 3: Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. Age 1: Charles K. Barton; Chester P. 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