The Political Graveyard: August 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 August 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 August 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 August 16 (all years), or politicians who died in 1890 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: David Brearley, died August 16, 1790 50 Years: William McFarland, died August 16, 1840 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 75: William Morris Davis Age 74: Samuel R. Atwell Age 64: Mary Breckinridge Age 63: Winfield Smith Age 61: John Taylor Bird Age 55: James Wilson Age 51: Lorenzo A. Barker Age 50: Charles R. Brayton; Edwin Hallock Age 49: Samuel S. Yoder; Evi L. Hurd Age 48: Samuel R. Peters; George C. Sturgiss; Robert G. Redd Age 45: Hugh Pitcairn Age 44: Charles H. Fitch Age 42: Ulysses E. Mayhew Age 41: Monroe Wheeler Age 40: Frank D. Allen Age 39: Eugene J. Hainer; William H. Harvey; Orville C. Smith Age 38: Henry Bischoff, Jr. Age 37: John D. Spreckels; William G. Smith Age 35: Lucius K. Baker Age 34: Oliver L. Hardgrave; Millard F. Parker; Arthur P. Cushing Age 31: Urey Woodson Age 30: Willis G. Sears; Locke Craig Age 29: Wallace J. Barnes Age 27: William T. Holbert Age 25: Dennis Dougherty Age 23: Carlton Bailey Hurst; John Owen Age 22: Charles D. Carter; Patrick F. Gill; George F. Harding, Jr. Age 21: S. Hubert Dent, Jr.; Frank S. Payne Age 19: George Stewart Brown Age 18: John D. Mershon; George G. Hunter; William E. Trautmann Age 16: John Oscar Ceder Age 14: George Wingfield Age 13: Francis P. Murphy; George F. Anderson Age 8: Leo Kocialkowski Age 7: Hugh S. Gibson; W. T. McGaugh Age 6: Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. Age 4: Charles K. Barton; Chester P. Emunson Age 2: Elmer R. Porter Age 1: Mark L. 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