The Political Graveyard: May 23, 1908 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Carroll O. Switzer — Pilot Mound, Boone County, Iowa See also: Politicians who were born on May 23 (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 May 23 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1908 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on May 23 (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: William B. Napton, born May 23, 1808; Edgar S. Tweedy, born May 23, 1808 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 80: Melville G. Hanscome Age 78: Henry M. Teller Age 68: Archibald Lybrand Age 67: J. A. Long Age 66: James F. Epes Age 64: Charles Edmund Nash; Ira G. Ormsbee Age 63: Philip Morse Age 61: J. Newton Fiero Age 58: Joseph H. Gaskill Age 57: Henry M. Doremus; Francis M. Nichols Age 56: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ezekiel Ezra Smith; Samuel Brown Age 55: Addison Ely Age 53: Theron Akin Age 52: Henry M. Goldfogle Age 50: George H. Sherman Age 47: Walter W. Magee Age 45: Henry W. Keyes Age 44: Henry B. Wilcox Age 40: Harry W. Musselwhite; T. H. Lilly Age 39: Charles S. Boyer Age 36: Edwin Y. Webb Age 35: Edward W. Curley; W. Frank James; Frederick T. Pierson Age 34: Solomon M. Brash Age 33: Olaf Eidem Age 31: Walter H. Gleason; Andrew S. Anderson Age 30: John L. Saltonstall Age 27: Fred L. Shinn Age 24: John Bright; Rich R. Correll Age 23: Lee Douglas Age 21: Charles A. Freiberg; Robert W. Merrell Age 20: Charles M. Ziegler Age 19: Bernard W. Kearney; Mabel Walker Willebrandt Age 18: David J. Tiede Age 17: J. Benton Stacy Age 16: A. Bland Calder Age 14: Ralph Roger Wescott Age 13: Aimé J. Forand; Irving Willard Eastman; Cloid I. Level Age 12: Cyril H. Root Age 9: John C. Kesler Age 8: Douglas Rutherfurd Age 6: Howard H. Hamlin Age 5: Ralph J. Rivers Age 4: Gus Scholle; James H. Arrington; Winfield E. Page Age 3: Robert K. Goodwin; Michael F. Kresky, Jr. Age 2: Delmont L. 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