The Political Graveyard: August 24, 1888 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: William P. Connery, Jr. — Lynn, Essex County, Mass. Raymond Wesley Starr — Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Mich. Roy McKittrick — Guthridge Mills, Chariton County, Mo. Paul A. Luedtke — Wausau, Marathon County, Wis. See also: Politicians who were born on August 24 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1888 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on August 24 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1888 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 24 (all years), or politicians who died in 1888 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 80: Ferris Forman Age 60: George Read Sage Age 57: John D. Wood Age 56: Bushrod Morse Age 54: William Litterer Age 50: John M. Bailey Age 49: William W. Phelps Age 48: Phillip J. Johnson Age 45: John J. Jenkins Age 44: Charles B. Clark Age 42: Finis E. Downing Age 37: William Caleb Loring; W. H. Bennett; A. Loomis Age 36: John C. Brinsmade Age 35: Charles W. Fulton; Lyon Gardiner Tyler Age 34: William O. Atkeson; Henry Wulff Age 33: Rockwood Hoar; Joseph H. Klemmer Age 31: James Wickersham; George Emery Weller Age 30: Willard B. Tanner; William H. Ball Age 28: John W. Gaines Age 27: Edmond O. Dewey; Henry Clay McDowell Age 25: Alexander R. Fithian Age 24: Elwin E. Additon; James F. McAndrews Age 22: John N. Carlisle; George B. Starbuck Age 19: James Madison Morton, Jr.; Walter C. Frank Age 18: Charles J. Colden Age 17: Charles M. Ball Age 16: Carville D. Benson; Chandler Bullock; James H. Walker Age 14: James S. Truman; Edward H. Wilson; H. S. Bales Age 13: Ernest E. Wood; George T. Weingartner Age 11: Ruth Baker Pratt; Reno W. Trego Age 10: George Neuner Age 9: Wilford L. Coffey; Hartley Sanders; Colin J. Cameron Age 5: Walter H. Dearing; Thomas J. Bresnahan Age 4: Edwin C. Kemp; W. 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