The Political Graveyard: February 12, 1898 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: David K. E. Bruce — Baltimore, Md. See also: Politicians who were born on February 12 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1898 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 12 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1898 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Henry Abbott See also: Politicians who died on February 12 (all years), or politicians who died in 1898 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 77: Samuel L. Casey Age 67: Francis G. Converse Age 65: James M. Hanks Age 64: Edmund N. Morrill Age 62: John S. Jones Age 60: David P. Dyer; Cornelius Van Cott Age 59: Richard C. Shannon; Thomas J. Brady Age 58: John R. G. Pitkin; Andrew Davidson Age 55: Patrick Henry Age 54: Andrew C. Bradley Age 53: Marshall S. Way Age 52: Judson C. Clements Age 50: James W. Ragsdale Age 47: Theodore M. Brantly; Vicente Ros Age 44: Frederick A. Woodard Age 41: Jesse F. Libby Age 40: Sydney E. Mudd; Roger Dwyer Age 39: Newrie D. Winter Age 38: Thomas Parran Age 36: Howard A. Davis Age 35: Lemuel E. Quigg Age 32: Frank J. Taylor Age 30: Albertus LeRoy Freehafer; Marvin B. Rosenberry Age 29: Louis O. Davidson; Charles S. Nelson Age 28: Henry R. Rathbone Age 26: Martin W. Littleton Age 25: A. Piatt Andrew, Jr.; H. M. Hartman Age 24: Henry I. Patrie Age 22: Joseph Saul Kornfeld Age 20: Ransom L. Ford; Susie Irwin Age 19: George McGill; Charles H. Baxter; Thad C. Prochnow; Harvey Watterson Age 18: Clifton Mathews Age 16: Henry F. Grady Age 15: Charles L. Heaberlin Age 14: William W. Link; Alice Roosevelt Longworth Age 13: Samuel Edelman Age 11: Cyrus M. Palmer Age 10: Ernest A. Heden Age 9: Frank L. Hays; Birdie Hooper Kennamer; Harry C. Byrd; Edward William Hanson Age 8: Anton Nemanich, Jr.; James J. Lyons; Arthur M. Smith Age 7: Eugene D. Millikin; Robert P. Patterson; Emmett H. Bellamy Age 6: Flossie A. Baird; Arthur H. Christy Age 5: James Seccombe; William P. Quish Age 2: Thomas R. Ball; Dorothy Frooks; Lenore Hopkin; Gaston P. Wautier Age 1: William T. Powers; Florence G. 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