The Political Graveyard: August 21, 1916 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Luke E. Terry — Oneida, Scott County, Tenn. Jerre Stockton Williams — Denver, Colo. See also: Politicians who were born on August 21 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1916 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: F. Roy Yoke and Edna Jenkins See also: Politicians who were married on August 21 (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 August 21 (all years), or politicians who died in 1916 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 78: Erastus Munson Pierce Age 77: William H. H. Varney Age 67: Francis M. Griffith Age 66: John Teare Age 64: James H. Peabody; Abel E. Blackmar Age 61: Nicholas V. V. Franchot Age 60: William L. Case Age 58: Arthur J. Birdseye Age 57: Westmoreland Davis; Alexander Hamilton Hargis Age 56: Robert B. Caldwell; Frederick G. Ziebig Age 55: Charles R. Thomas Age 54: Edward N. Dingley; William G. Gutmann Age 53: Heriot Clarkson Age 49: Harry S. Sherwin; John S. Coke Age 47: Richard F. Ralph Age 46: R. Clint Cole Age 45: Archibald W. Powell; William T. Cunningham; W. T. Anderson Age 44: George White; Edward Schildhauer Age 43: Xenophon Overton Pindall Age 42: S. J. Bennett Age 40: William B. Mackay, Jr.; George E. Mix Age 39: Harvey C. Couch; James H. McCranie Age 38: John J. Delaney Age 36: Wallace J. Young; William Kinney Koerner Age 34: Frank L. Palmer Age 31: Robert Johnston McMillan Age 30: David Hogg; Francis A. Pallotti Age 22: H. Streett Baldwin Age 20: Vera Andrus; Emerich Steinberger Age 19: Albert D. Cash Age 18: Hugh Peterson; Harry F. Curvin Age 17: Thaddeus Machrowicz Age 16: Charles W. Perry Age 15: Alma K. Schneider Age 14: Leonor Sullivan; Horace H. Edwards Age 11: George H. Wilson Age 10: Henry A. Wise; Noel G. Hughes Age 9: Joe Taylor Age 8: Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. Age 7: C. Douglas Dillon; Edward K. Delaney; Clifton B. 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