The Political Graveyard: March 31, 1916 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Theo Ashton Thompson — Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, La. Clinton L. Olson — Hitchcock, Beadle County, S.Dak. John H. Wood, Jr. — Rockport, Aransas County, Tex. See also: Politicians who were born on March 31 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1916 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on March 31 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1916 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on March 31 (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: 150 Years: John Findlay, born March 31, 1766; William P. Beatty, born March 31, 1766 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 86: William Powell Age 82: Thomas W. Coleman Age 74: Robert P. Bush Age 70: John W. Thomas Age 68: William Waldorf Astor Age 67: Charles E. Fuller Age 66: Henry E. Walbridge Age 63: James F. Brennan Age 61: Samuel B. Kerr; William Addison Magee; John Hays Hammond Age 59: Emmet L. Beach Age 58: Ira G. Hersey; Thomas W. Shreve Age 54: William E. Humphrey; Claude A. Swanson Age 52: Henry W. Temple Age 51: Caleb H. Baumes Age 50: William M. Garland Age 49: Alfred M. Fleischhauer Age 48: William S. McKenzie Oerting Age 47: H. Wallace Knapp; J. Wesley Miller; Newton D. Alling Age 46: James M. Cox Age 44: James C. Wood Age 43: Charles A. Crow; William D. Denney; Baxter Waters Age 42: Charles M. Hathaway, Jr. Age 40: William H. Dieterich; Harry E. Goodrich Age 38: John D. Hartman Age 37: Everett Leon Hogsett Age 36: Paul Brown Age 33: Leigh J. Young; William A. Dolan Age 32: James P. Pope Age 29: Ray E. Lyman Age 27: James A. Murphy Age 23: Holly E. Hubbell Age 22: Francis T. Maloney Age 21: Joe Starnes; John J. McCloy Age 20: Norman J. Randall Age 19: Harold Alexander Houser Age 17: Clare Magee; Claude Nantz Age 12: Royce H. Savage Age 10: James R. Rood Age 8: Tom T. Baker; Owen S. Schaffer; Everett F. Zurn Age 5: Ben West Age 4: Robert E. 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