The Political Graveyard: November 17, 1917 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Robert D. Orr — Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Jackie Vaughn III — Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. See also: Politicians who were born on November 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1917 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on November 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1917 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Waller T. Burns — Laredo, Webb County, Tex. See also: Politicians who died on November 17 (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: 150 Years: Asa Adgate, born November 17, 1767 Office Transitions on this date: Waller T. Burns, died in office (U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 89: John Valcoulon LeMoyne Age 80: Morton E. Converse Age 79: John A. Wildrick Age 75: George W. Plunkitt Age 71: Francis A. Harrington Age 69: Andrew L. Sandall Age 67: Arthur Loomis Sanborn Age 66: Lyman E. Belknap Age 64: John W. Churchill Age 63: Charles A. Pooley Age 62: M. M. Crane Age 61: Thomas Taggart Age 58: Douglas V. Jackson Age 57: Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel Age 54: Herbert C. Comings; Frank N. Blanchard Age 53: George K. Denton Age 51: William Barnes, Jr. Age 49: G. W. Hatfield; Arthur B. Chapin Age 47: Walter K. Farnsworth Age 45: Harry B. Anstine Age 44: William J. MacDonald; Victor P. Arnold; Thaddeus H. Pinckney; William C. Hunsicker; William John Keefe Age 43: Sam Platt; Milo Kittleson; Tracy E. Fore Age 41: Edward P. Stout Age 40: J. Fulmer Bright Age 39: Lottie Holman O'Neill Age 37: John E. McGeehan; Milton B. Kirk Age 36: James G. Stewart Age 34: Walter Emanuel Treanor Age 30: Carl R. Henry; Charles C. Sapp; Walter Henry Cleary Age 29: J. Melville Broughton; Walter Scott Brower; Justin Miller Age 26: Herbert S. Walters Age 25: George S. Atkinson; George T. Culhane Age 24: Frances Sanborn; Benjamin H. Swig Age 22: J. Bradie Allman Age 21: John V. Beamer; Herbert R. O'Conor Age 19: William A. Blakley Age 17: Manfield G. Amlicke Age 16: Irene Bailey Baker; Thad Jones Age 14: John T. Cahill Age 13: William H. Hastie Age 12: John Griffin Age 10: Murray Gurfein; George F. Barrett; Stanley C. Barker; Maurice du Bois Age 7: G. Kirk Haley; John Helm Pratt Age 5: Harold F. Pletz; Roy C. Howes Age 4: Henry J. Ridgely Age 3: Elmer Gordon West Age 2: John P. 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