The Political Graveyard: May 1, 1914 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Thomas M. Burns — Parisville Township, Huron County, Mich. See also: Politicians who were born on May 1 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1914 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Carl L. Sackett and Margaret Woods See also: Politicians who were married on May 1 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1914 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on May 1 (all years), or politicians who died in 1914 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Augustus Rhodes Sollers, born May 1, 1814; Pierre Van Cortlandt, died May 1, 1814 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 76: William W. Betts Age 75: Horatio Bisbee, Jr. Age 73: John A. T. Hull; Christian Knauff Age 70: John Fitzpatrick; John E. Wheelock Age 68: Wharton Barker Age 66: Zed S. Stanton; Zack T. Sutley Age 62: Newel Smith Age 58: Bryan F. Mahan; Samuel H. Elrod; Alfred J. Doherty; Athill E. Irving Age 57: James L. Hotchkiss Age 56: R. H. Megraw Age 55: William A. Gaston; Preston E. Terry Age 54: Stephen Arnold Hoxworth; Abraham L. Kellogg; Charles B. Collingwood Age 53: Thomas H. McNaughton; Wendell Phillips Stafford Age 52: Thomas M. Jett Age 50: Thomas Dowd Age 49: Joseph E. Willard Age 46: George F. O'Shaunessy Age 45: David J. Lewis; Alison J. Shumway Age 44: Fred Gerber, Jr. Age 42: George E. Farrand Age 41: Alfred D. Preston Age 40: Edward H. Kiefer Age 39: John J. McSwain; Peter J. Vasaly; John E. Wigington Age 38: Edward J. Kelly; Ely Rosenberg Age 37: Wilson H. Hamilton Age 36: Walter Nesbit Age 34: Herman P. Kopplemann; Albert D. Lasker Age 33: Mary Hudspeth; Walthall M. Moore Age 32: Howard J. O'Neil Age 31: Homer E. Corbett Age 29: Glover H. Cary Age 28: Henry J. Drury Age 25: Prince L. Edwoods Age 24: Emanuel Seidler Age 23: Thomas Lee Cummings Age 21: Frank W. Fries; T. Brooks Alford Age 20: Niel R. Allen Age 19: Nathaniel P. Davis Age 18: William E. Brown, Jr. Age 17: Sescoe C. Isaacs Age 16: Edward F. Clark; Horton L. Chandler Age 14: Stanley N. Barnes Age 13: Robert B. Smith Age 12: Robert E. Hollifield Age 11: Melvin E. Thompson Age 10: Rudolph Anselmi Age 8: Harold Shapiro Age 7: Sam P. Gilstrap; Oliver W. Hill; Hugh C. Fox Age 6: Wingate H. Lucas Age 2: Winthrop Rockefeller | | | 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