The Political Graveyard: May 1, 1898 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Edward F. Clark — Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J. Horton L. Chandler — Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. See also: Politicians who were born on May 1 (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 May 1 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1898 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Thomas David Smith McDowell — Bladen County, N.C. See also: Politicians who died on May 1 (all years), or politicians who died in 1898 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 82: Henry Massey Rector Age 75: Julius Freiberg Age 74: Addison White Age 66: Philip W. McKinney Age 65: Charles E. Phelps Age 60: William W. Betts Age 59: Horatio Bisbee, Jr. Age 58: Warren B. English Age 57: John A. T. Hull; Christian Knauff Age 54: John Fitzpatrick; John E. Wheelock Age 52: Wharton Barker Age 50: Zed S. Stanton; Zack T. Sutley Age 46: Newel Smith Age 45: Frank B. Doran; George C. Rowe Age 42: Bryan F. Mahan; Samuel H. Elrod; Alfred J. Doherty; Athill E. Irving Age 41: James L. Hotchkiss Age 40: R. H. Megraw Age 39: William A. Gaston; Preston E. Terry Age 38: Stephen Arnold Hoxworth; Abraham L. Kellogg; Charles B. Collingwood Age 37: Thomas H. McNaughton; Wendell Phillips Stafford Age 36: Thomas M. Jett Age 34: Thomas Dowd Age 33: Joseph E. Willard Age 30: George F. O'Shaunessy Age 29: David J. Lewis; Alison J. Shumway Age 28: Fred Gerber, Jr. Age 26: George E. Farrand Age 25: Alfred D. Preston Age 24: Robert C. Wickliffe; Edward H. Kiefer Age 23: John J. McSwain; Peter J. Vasaly; John E. Wigington Age 22: Edward J. Kelly; Ely Rosenberg Age 21: Wilson H. Hamilton Age 20: Walter Nesbit Age 18: Herman P. Kopplemann; Albert D. Lasker Age 17: Mary Hudspeth; Walthall M. Moore Age 16: Howard J. O'Neil Age 15: Homer E. Corbett Age 13: Glover H. Cary Age 12: Henry J. Drury Age 9: Prince L. Edwoods Age 8: Emanuel Seidler Age 7: Thomas Lee Cummings Age 5: Frank W. Fries; T. Brooks Alford Age 4: Niel R. Allen Age 3: Nathaniel P. Davis Age 2: William E. Brown, Jr. Age 1: Sescoe C. 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