The Political Graveyard: August 6, 1888 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Frank M. Jordan — Alameda, Alameda County, Calif. James E. Reed — Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. See also: Politicians who were born on August 6 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1888 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: James B. Naylor and L. Urvilla Naylor See also: Politicians who were married on August 6 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1888 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: John H. Harmon — Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. See also: Politicians who died on August 6 (all years), or politicians who died in 1888 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 64: Chauncey B. Sabin Age 61: George F. Drew Age 54: Reuben K. Bachman Age 53: Carlos French; Jewett W. Adams Age 49: Henry J. Spooner Age 48: Ray V. Pierce Age 44: Charles L. Mitchell Age 43: James W. Conger Age 42: Richard Young; DeForest Richards Age 41: S. Edwin Megargee Age 40: Richard Wayne Parker; Alfred A. Taylor; Joseph E. Frick Age 38: Samuel McMillan Age 36: Henry V. Johnson Age 34: William S. Trumpass Age 33: George A. Castor; Robert B. Gordon; John R. Stoddard Age 31: Jacob Muhlbeier Age 27: Edith Roosevelt Age 24: Arthur G. Breckinridge Age 23: Franklin Brockson; Phillips L. Goldsborough Age 22: Edgar J. Adams; Henry A. Wolcott; Edward N. Johnson Age 21: Abram I. Elkus; Charles C. Read Age 20: William D. Chapple; George Frederick von Kolnitz Age 19: Post Wheeler; John H. Rosseter Age 18: Charles H. Innes Age 17: Charles H. Macomber Age 16: Nelson D. Martin; Henry P. Bardshar Age 15: L. Whitney Watkins; Arthur Chapman Age 12: William L. Tierney; Charles P. Gillen Age 11: Wallace H. White, Jr.; Joseph M. Proskauer Age 9: J. Howard Swick Age 8: Sotiris Carapateas; Wallace R. Lovett Age 7: Mary Elizabeth Coon; Homer Hancock Age 6: Harlan J. Bushfield; George C. Claussen; Robert S. Burruss Age 5: Scott Nearing; Harry Jacob Lemley Age 4: James C. Shanklin Age 3: Charles F. 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