The Political Graveyard: August 8, 1896 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Bert Alder — Stockton, Cedar County, Mo. See also: Politicians who were born on August 8 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1896 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on August 8 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1896 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Calvin C. Chaffee — Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Reuben Noble — McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa Alfred Delavan Thomas — Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. See also: Politicians who died on August 8 (all years), or politicians who died in 1896 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: Clement F. Dorsey, died August 8, 1846 Office Transitions on this date: Alfred Delavan Thomas, died in office (U.S. District Judge for North Dakota) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 79: George V. N. Lothrop Age 71: Alfred C. Harmer Age 66: James S. Cothran; John J. Patterson Age 65: Lee R. Sanborn Age 63: Dexter M. Ferry Age 62: Robert P. C. Wilson; Archibald S. Dickson Age 60: Hyacinthe F. Riopelle Age 59: Herman Stump Age 58: Guilford Mullen Age 57: Nelson A. Miles; John B. Fairbank Age 52: Edmund J. Adamson Age 50: Frank Brown Age 45: Andrew A. Anderson Age 44: Charles C. Emerson Age 43: John Frank Boyd Age 42: Aurelius L. Armstrong Age 41: Arthur E. Bowers Age 39: Edward T. Rose Age 37: John A. White Age 36: Eugene Foster Age 35: Frank Steunenberg; Nathaniel E. Parcher Age 34: Edward Kent, Jr.; William W. Davis Age 32: George C. Scott Age 31: Walter C. Noyes; Henry B. Ketcham Age 30: Thomas S. Crago; J. Lloyd Aldwell Age 29: Frank H. Farris; Elmer E. Jennings Age 27: Herbert F. Seawell Age 26: Thomas P. Mooney Age 24: Pearl Sayre Age 23: William A. Burkamp Age 22: Irving S. Coburn Age 21: I. Dana Kahle Age 20: Patrick A. McCarran; Melvin O. McLaughlin Age 19: Daniel F. Minahan; Belle Armour Age 14: O. K. Allen; Philip A. Sullivan Age 13: Lawson W. Hall; Ernest G. Strand Age 12: Caesar Franklin Agostini Age 11: Grover C. Robertson; Elmer R. Judy Age 9: Harvey Cline Age 7: Joseph V. McKee Age 6: Frank N. Aldrich Age 5: Maurice Sugar; Allen Simmons Age 4: Wall Doxey; J. Alex Tinsley Age 2: C. Ross Hilliard Age 1: Joseph A. Baldwin; Roy T. 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