The Political Graveyard: August 12, 1908 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 12 (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 August 12 (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 August 12 (all years), or politicians who died in 1908 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 86: Frederick Robie Age 74: Orrin W. Robinson Age 70: Warner Miller Age 69: William C. Knox Age 65: Joseph O. Smith; Samuel E. Hull Age 64: Edward Lauterbach Age 63: James B. Reilly Age 57: Frank O. Briggs Age 56: Charles P. Dorr Age 54: Russell Benjamin Harrison Age 53: Vinson Martlow Whitley Age 50: B. F. Morgan; Drew W. Standrod Age 49: Henry W. McNeel Age 47: Francis B. Carter Age 46: John C. Lodge; James A. Waterman Age 45: Austen Colgate Age 44: Charles R. Schirm; William G. Dows Age 43: T. E. Bibb Age 41: Whitmell P. Martin; David Anderson; Robert J. Livingstone Age 40: Thomas J. B. Robinson; Arthur Hugh Frazier Age 38: John W. Kintzinger; Arthur E. Wood; Charles Henry Waterman Age 37: William W. Larsen; Fredrik Herman Gade Age 32: Charles H. Ambler Age 31: James W. Wadsworth, Jr. Age 30: Robert D. Carey Age 29: David W. Stark Age 28: Preston Buford McGoodwin; Earle S. Warner; Chester A. Heitman; Gustave Hartman Age 27: Cecil B. deMille Age 26: Richard Crane Age 25: George B. Francis; Robert D. Johnson; Kemp B. Nixon Age 24: Ralph A. Horr Age 23: David Dows Age 22: Samuel H. Smith Age 19: George F. Bickford Age 18: Robert J. Hamilton Age 15: R. Cowles Taylor; Emerson Terhune Age 14: Donald R. Heath; Lewis W. Zimmerman Age 13: E. K. Cheadle, Jr. Age 12: Carl H. Hoffman; John W. Aiken Age 10: Robert C. Hendrickson Age 8: J. C. Bradley Age 6: Robert F. Kennon; James P. McAndrews Age 5: George W. Jackson Age 3: James W. Silliman Age 2: Berkeley L. 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