The Political Graveyard: March 12, 1916 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Richard C. Lee — New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. See also: Politicians who were born on March 12 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1916 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Norman H. Wiener and Rose Stone See also: Politicians who were married on March 12 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1916 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: George W. Palmer — Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. William M. O. Dawson — Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Samuel T. Maddox — Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. A. W. Thompson — Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who died on March 12 (all years), or politicians who died in 1916 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: David Stuart, born March 12, 1816; H. M. Vandeveer, born March 12, 1816 50 Years: Mason Cook Darling, died March 12, 1866 Office Transitions on this date: Samuel T. Maddox, died in office (Justice of New York Supreme Court) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 87: Henry P. Day Age 82: Hilary A. Herbert Age 73: Joseph N. Carter Age 72: Thomas Ryan Age 68: Edward G. Bradford II Age 66: Posey Green Lester; Robert Taylor Thorp Age 65: Theodore T. Geer; W. A. Coughanour Age 61: Otis Wells Johnson Age 58: Edward Hughes Randolph Age 56: William Cabell Bruce; Willard Andrew Roraback Age 55: Olin B. Lewis; Livia Simpson Poffenbarger Age 53: Benjamin K. Focht Age 52: Harry E. Hull; William W. Rose Age 50: James Manahan; Joseph Schrembs; Patrick W. Morrison; Walter B. Cook Age 49: Alston D. Watts; Ben H. Hiner Age 47: Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Age 46: Frank T. O'Hair Age 45: Charles S. Reece; William M. Ferry; Arthur S. Barnes Age 43: Layton A. Kelsey Age 42: Frank Furst; Thomas B. T. Radcliffe Age 40: E. Lee Trinkle; Edward Everett Brodie; Cadwallader M. Barr Age 39: Annette Abbott Adams; Jasper W. Cornaire Age 38: Francis B. Davis; Edward E. Spafford Age 36: Ray P. Chase; Arthur P. Lamneck Age 35: Arthur R. Robinson; Daniel W. Hoan Age 34: Charles Thomas Daly Age 33: George R. Fearon; Edward R. Sloan Age 31: Fulton J. Redman Age 29: J. P. 'Red' Moran Age 27: Jacob J. Kaplan; A. Sloan Oliver Age 26: William Dudley Pelley Age 24: James B. Moore; Peter J. Deem Age 23: Frank J. Hanson Age 21: Pascal G. Bryant; Gertrude Detweiler Age 20: Joseph P. Cloon Age 17: William J. Miller; Stanley Woodward Age 16: James W. Loop Age 15: Paul C. Jones Age 13: George G. Sadowski Age 11: Jacob Haight Morrison Age 10: Gracie Pfost; David M. Potts Age 9: Paul H. Kidd Age 8: Eugene Conley Age 7: Elbert H. Fliegle Age 2: Elwood F. 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