The Political Graveyard: January 31, 1903 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1903 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1903 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: John N. W. Rumple — Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Charles Allen Sumner — San Francisco, Calif. Justin R. Whiting — St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich. James V. Wagner — Baltimore, Md. See also: Politicians who died on January 31 (all years), or politicians who died in 1903 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: Alexander C. Magruder, died January 31, 1853 Office Transitions on this date: John N. W. Rumple, died in office (U.S. Representative from Iowa) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 85: Daniel D. Whitney Age 81: Amos C. Blodget Age 75: Laurent de Give Age 73: John T. Wilder Age 72: John W. English Age 63: Holmes Conrad Age 61: James W. Gawthrop Age 59: Charles F. Libby Age 57: Samuel S. Barney Age 56: Edwin P. Augur Age 55: Charles F. Booher; Daniel Fish Age 52: J. W. Seney Age 50: Charles L. Bartlett; William H. Fairchild Age 48: Alexander W. Gregg Age 46: Michael R. Hoffman Age 44: Robert G. Cousins; Dennis D. Donovan; E. A. Stevens Age 42: Robert N. Harper; John Albert Berkey; J. Calvin Meyer; Samuel M. Garland Age 41: John H. Foster; Charles A. Douglas; S. Price Gilbert Age 39: Edward V. Babcock; William J. Bullock Age 37: Daniel K. Hoch; William W. Atterbury Age 36: Ralph S. Bauer; Philip C. Arnold; John Hugh McNary Age 35: Henry F. Lawrence Age 34: Irvine L. Lenroot; Julius Seckel; J. Wed. Davis Age 32: Charles E. Henderson Age 31: John M. Wolverton; Otto F. Toepfer Age 30: Thomas G. Vennum Age 29: Edmund J. Stack Age 27: Frederick R. Lehlbach Age 26: Elias Hansen Age 25: W. W. Trent; William J. McCracken; William F. Cronin Age 24: William B. Huston; Ezra H. Ripple, Jr. Age 23: Arthur H. Greenwood; Charles B. Hines Age 22: David D. Terry Age 21: Isaac Y. Conger Age 18: James G. Finley Age 17: Richard C. Patterson, Jr.; Lee R. Blohm Age 16: Nimrod Davis Denson, Jr. Age 14: H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld Age 13: Casey M. Jones Age 12: Harry F. Russell Age 11: George W. Van Dyne Age 10: T. A. M. Craven Age 9: Carlton L. Lingo Age 8: May Preston Davie Age 7: Lewis L. Strauss; John E. Cassidy Age 5: Clyde R. Greene Age 4: Alto Adams Age 3: Robert W. Colflesh Age 2: Wilhelmina F. Adams; William E. 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