The Political Graveyard: October 7, 1897 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Augustus W. Bennet — New York, New York County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who were born on October 7 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1897 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on October 7 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1897 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Lemuel Amerman — Blossburg, Tioga County, Pa. William H. Banks See also: Politicians who died on October 7 (all years), or politicians who died in 1897 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: Henry Southard, born October 7, 1747 50 Years: Artemas Ward, Jr., died October 7, 1847 Office Transitions on this date: Augustus G. Seyfert, resigned (member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 74: Charles Wilson Pierce Age 71: William B. Bate Age 62: John J. Freedman Age 61: Theodore Weld Burdick Age 59: Fetter S. Hoblitzell Age 56: Frank T. Shaw; Frederick J. Russell Age 55: P. Booker Reed Age 54: John Alexander Buchanan Age 53: Cornelius A. Cadmus; William H. Bliss Age 51: William Cowle Age 50: Chauncey W. Brownell; Charles Dickens Clark Age 49: Charles A. Cook Age 47: William J. White Age 44: George D. Neal Age 43: Walter B. Sommerville Age 42: George C. Pickard; John L. Griffiths Age 41: William Alexander Massey Age 40: George P. McLean; Elon R. Brown Age 39: Joseph E. Ransdell; Frank C. Zehrung; John Milton Killits Age 38: Alfred R. Page; James D. Elliott; Douglass C. Allee Age 36: Edwin S. Underhill; Arthur B. Woodford Age 35: Loren E. Wheeler; Harden Bennion; Peter Lee Atherton Age 33: Max Voelcker Age 32: Horace White Age 31: Samuel L. Payne Age 30: Patrick H. Kelley Age 29: Seymour Lowman; Miles M. Callaghan Age 27: Charles A. Young Age 25: Elmer Tunis Age 24: Harry Niedorp Age 23: Frederick Hale Age 22: William Williamson; Ira D. McCord Age 19: Jacob E. Meeker; Fremont Evans Age 18: William E. Hanmer Age 17: Hollis I. Loveland; J. Paul Clarke Age 15: D. John Markey Age 11: Charles J. Dalzell Age 10: Carl D. Mosier Age 9: Henry A. Wallace Age 8: Robert H. Sanderson; Earl D. Mallery; David L. Salisbury Age 7: James P. Gaffney Age 6: Elliott E. Stearns; Harold W. Noyes Age 5: Wint Smith; John T. Kostuck Age 4: Alfred E. Arlington Age 3: William J. Leppien; William W. Schott Age 2: Claude V. Parsons; Cecil E. Fraser; Clarence H. 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