The Political Graveyard: July 26, 1918 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Frank Thompson, Jr. — Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Elmer H. Dodson — Roane County, W.Va. J. H. Ashcraft — Hundred, Wetzel County, W.Va. See also: Politicians who were born on July 26 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on July 26 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on July 26 (all years), or politicians who died in 1918 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 92: Orlando Burrell Age 85: David A. Nunn; John D. Rue Age 83: Rush G. Leaming Age 78: William H. H. Stowell Age 77: Miles Osborne Sherill Age 74: Aaron Asbury Cravens Age 70: Frank Beckwith Age 69: William R. Merriam; Robert S. McCormick Age 65: John D. Luby Age 64: Aram J. Pothier; Moses E. Lewis Age 60: Ella A. Boole Age 59: John Barnes Age 58: John W. Blodgett Age 57: James K. Vardaman; Samuel M. Sweeting Age 56: George B. Cortelyou Age 53: Sydney J. Bowie; Townsend Scudder; Frederick W. Plaisted Age 52: D. Fletcher Staley Age 51: Harry M. Royal Age 49: Augustus N. Hand; W. R. Hopkins Age 47: Thomas Alberter Chandler; A. J. Sherwood Age 45: Frank Evans Age 42: Herbert D. Jameson Age 41: Charles F. Clyne Age 40: Frank D. Abell Age 39: Emmet D. Boyle Age 36: Dixie Bibb Graves; Claude V. Stowell Age 35: R. D. Bailey; Clinton Hamlin Blake, Jr.; Sidney Rich Age 34: T. Jeff Busby Age 33: Wayne R. Rice Age 32: George B. Schwabe Age 31: Charles C. Broy Age 30: Edward J. Hughes; Otto J. Kundert Age 29: Eugene I. Van Antwerp; Arthur Benson; Blaine W. Hatch; Marshall M. Vance Age 27: William J. Connors Age 26: A. Sidney Camp; John P. O'Reilly Age 25: Clifford R. Powell Age 24: James B. Riley; Fred J. Brittingham Age 23: William T. Granahan Age 22: David C. Berger Age 21: Harold D. Cooley Age 19: Katherine T. Quinn Age 16: Roger D. Branigin Age 15: Estes Kefauver; Carl B. Galbraith Age 13: George J. Forster Age 12: S. Samuel DiFalco; Paul F. Giffin Age 11: Edward H. Gibbs Age 7: George Rose Smith Age 6: Boyd Mathis Age 4: C. Farris Bryant; Thomas J. Monaghan Age 2: Spottswood W. 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