The Political Graveyard: May 16, 1890 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on May 16 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1890 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 16 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1890 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on May 16 (all years), or politicians who died in 1890 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 87: Clark S. Chittenden Age 84: Mavor Brigham Age 75: Alexander Robinson Boteler Age 72: James M. Coffinberry Age 71: Austin W. Holden Age 70: Benjamin W. Byrne Age 67: Rufus M. Earl; Daniel Azro Millington Age 66: Milton Jameson Durham; Levi P. Morton Age 64: Edwin B. Winans Age 63: Thomas Wilson; Norman J. Colman Age 61: James A. Johnson; Angus William McDonald Age 60: William W. Crapo Age 59: B. B. Haagsma Age 58: Marshall Green Age 56: Hobart B. Bigelow Age 54: Charles F. Wyman Age 53: William Gwin Benbrook; William Allen Woods Age 51: Andrew Coolidge Stone Age 50: Horatio Davis Age 49: John V. McDuffie Age 45: Stillman F. Kneeland; Adna N. Barnes Age 35: Andrew Houston Longino Age 34: William Simeon Bullock Age 32: Robert S. Vessey; Albert N. Barber Age 31: John Taggard Blodgett Age 30: Robert Hermann Foerderer; Adelbert P. Rich; Frank H. Blose Age 29: Alice E. Cram; Samuel A. Jones Age 28: Andrieus A. Jones Age 26: Cyrus Durey Age 25: Guy E. Smith Age 22: Thomas P. Revelle Age 18: Alfred M. Caldwell Age 16: Emmett F. Branch; Amund P. Amundson Age 14: Alfred L. McCawley Age 13: Medill McCormick Age 12: Theron E. Catlin; Samuel E. Shull Age 11: David M. Clough Age 10: Donald D. Garcelon Age 9: Breckinridge Long; James M. Lown, Jr. Age 8: Carlton J. H. Hayes; Ogden Mills Reid Age 6: John D. Bingham; Joseph E. Warner Age 3: Meyer Levy Age 2: B. S. Hurley Age 1: William L. 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