The Political Graveyard: February 9, 1898 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Elmer Gifford Walker — Commerce, Hunt County, Tex. See also: Politicians who were born on February 9 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1898 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Clark Burdick and Elizabeth L. Peckham See also: Politicians who were married on February 9 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1898 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on February 9 (all years), or politicians who died in 1898 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Abel Stearns, born February 9, 1798 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 98: John H. Walker Age 75: Peter Melendy Age 70: Henry G. Worthington Age 65: Charles A. Gilman; A. J. King Age 62: Wilbur F. Templeton Age 61: Charles F. Manderson; Samuel Stephen Jones Age 59: Charles A. Boutelle Age 56: Edward D. Kinne Age 55: Richard H. Clarke; Nathan Goff, Jr.; William Taylor Thornton Age 52: James H. Merrill Age 51: Charles W. Giddings Age 49: Laura Clay Age 47: Michael E. Driscoll; Daniel S. Lamont Age 41: Alfred Jaques Age 39: Horatio C. Claypool; William D. Crum; Joseph M. Cravens; Edgar A. Remley Age 38: Lincoln Dixon; W. Stokes Boney Age 37: Joseph J. Mansfield; William W. Masterson Age 34: Frank A. DeWitt Age 33: Oliver Cabana, Jr. Age 32: George Ade Age 31: Woodson R. Oglesby; William B. Hotchkiss; Frank M. Burch Age 29: George H. Moses; Clarence J. Morley Age 28: Charles M. Wallace Age 27: George A. Eberly Age 26: Sam W. Mitchell; P. Bradley McIntyre Age 25: John J. Douglass; Albert M. Sames; Frank H. Mott; Arthur L. Maynard Age 24: William H. Armbrecht Age 23: Merrill H. Tilghman Age 22: Ethel Cantrill; George D. Cates Age 21: George A. England Age 18: Robert B. Tunstall Age 17: G. Leo Weadock; Ambrose A. Weeks, Jr. Age 15: Larry Brunk; John A. Gamon Age 14: Raymond L. Givens Age 13: Hugh A. Locke Age 12: Edward L. Leahy Age 10: William A. Scott; Joseph D. Frost Age 9: Julian Bamberger Age 8: Robert K. Henry; R. Harry Ball Age 4: Joseph T. Baran; Alfred E. Fortin Age 3: David A. Wallach; Kenneth H. Fake; Chester B. Fitzgerald Age 2: Nathan L. 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