The Political Graveyard: August 11, 1917 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: J. Oliva Huot — Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Spencer M. King — San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico See also: Politicians who were born on August 11 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1917 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Ralph A. Oliver and Dorothy Williams See also: Politicians who were married on August 11 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1917 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 11 (all years), or politicians who died in 1917 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Benjamin F. Mudge, born August 11, 1817; Andrew Pickens, died August 11, 1817 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 81: Charles Lee Strickland Age 78: E. V. B. Buckingham Age 77: Jeremiah Smith Age 73: Milton De Lano Age 72: James A. McKean Age 71: J. Hoge Tyler Age 70: Benjamin R. Tillman; Stephen H. Claycomb; Edward Stanard Buffington Age 69: C. W. Johnson Age 66: Derrill H. McCollough Age 64: Ben T. Cable; Chester W. Martin Age 63: Robert B. Glenn; William H. Lyon Age 59: Thorvald K. Beyer Age 58: Heber M. Wells; Richard V. Taylor; Carl Young Age 52: Gifford Pinchot Age 49: Charles G. Brittingham Age 48: Earl Brewer Age 46: William Wickham Age 45: Algar E. Carleton Age 44: Albert B. Cook; Damon H. Clark; John D. Gill Age 42: Raymond E. Willis Age 40: Ernest Bamberger Age 38: Frank N. Burns; Lucien Memminger Age 37: John J. Cochran Age 33: Edward A. Kenney; William R. Williams; M. Clifford Townsend Age 32: William Dawson; John J. O'Hara; Henry W. Hupfauf Age 30: Patrick B. O'Sullivan; Martin H. Kennelly; William B. Ardery Age 29: Donald W. Nicholson; Lyman Kerswill; Richard J. McCormick Age 28: J. L. Schleimer Age 27: Sam W. Reynolds; William Hodges Mann, Jr. Age 25: A. Garnett Thompson; G. E. Whitehead Age 24: Rollin R. Winslow Age 23: Roy Scantlin Age 21: Thomas Byron Miller Age 20: Ernest Lappano Age 19: Sylvester A. Dineen Age 17: Charles R. Fenwick Age 16: James P. Geelan; Monroe B. Hall Age 15: James A. Wright; R. Lester Hill Age 14: C. Arvid Johnson Age 10: Philip Nichols, Jr. Age 9: I. W. Abel Age 6: William H. Avery Age 5: George Bell Timmerman, Jr. Age 3: Joseph S. Farland; David S. Holmes, Jr. Age 2: Roscoe Irmie Conn | | | 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