The Political Graveyard: February 11, 1908 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John J. Bracken — Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. See also: Politicians who were born on February 11 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1908 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 11 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1908 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Jo Abbott — Hillsboro, Hill County, Tex. See also: Politicians who died on February 11 (all years), or politicians who died in 1908 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Alexander Keith Marshall, born February 11, 1808; Thomas B. Peddie, born February 11, 1808; James B. Ricaud, born February 11, 1808 50 Years: Daniel LeRoy, died February 11, 1858; Cornelius G. Garrison, died February 11, 1858 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 100: David Depue Age 85: Lyman O. Bolster Age 75: Melville W. Fuller; Franklin J. Morton Age 73: John B. Gilfillan; Hiram B. Hudson; T. M. Saraw Age 71: John C. Covert Age 66: Sanford Kirkpatrick Age 65: Stanton J. Peelle; William J. Gabb Age 64: Francis H. Wilson Age 63: Alexander M. Dockery Age 62: Jacob Babst; Marcellus A. Bingham Age 57: Joseph B. Showalter; George W. Woodworth Age 55: Robert F. Kidd; Caspar Wistar Haines Age 53: S. Thruston Ballard Age 51: James H. Anderson; Robert O. Purdy; William V. McMaken Age 49: John C. Speaks Age 48: Nathan W. Hale; John Baird Age 47: Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland Age 45: John F. Fitzgerald Age 43: Fred A. Barber Age 42: Joseph A. Cooke Age 41: William I. Schaffer; Baldwin Hasbrouck Age 40: Walter J. Thomas Age 39: Charles C. Kearns Age 33: Ross S. Sterling; Jane Sayers Age 32: Joe E. Lawther; Alexander Vincent Dye Age 31: Daniel H. Jackson Age 30: Arthur Turner Age 29: Oscar Raymond Luhring; Johnson C. Dean Age 28: Joe Brown; George M. Chidsey Age 25: Harriet Gould Forward Age 24: Edward G. Davidson Age 22: Robert F. Rockwell; Claud N. Sapp Age 21: Andrew J. Sordoni Age 18: William M. Colmer; Fred A. Neel Age 14: J. Hardin Peterson; Charles R. Feenstra; Albert Blake Dick, Jr. Age 13: William G. Fuller Age 12: Robert D. Longyear Age 11: Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; Edward L. Antletz Age 9: Miller Dunckel Age 8: Anthony J. Cafiero Age 6: L. Marion Gressette; Douglas Flood Age 5: Curtis D. MacDougall; Thomas J. Pearsall Age 4: Clarence W. Meadows; Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. Age 3: J. J. Wimp Age 2: Cursey L. 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