The Political Graveyard: August 4, 1918 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 4 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Roger Sherman Greene and May (Collins) Jones See also: Politicians who were married on August 4 (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 August 4 (all years), or politicians who died in 1918 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Lovell H. Rousseau, born August 4, 1818; Leonidas William Spratt, born August 4, 1818; Samuel Jordan Cabell, died August 4, 1818 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 84: John P. Marks Age 82: Daniel L. Cushing Age 76: Carmi L. Marsh Age 75: John J. Allen Age 74: Charles R. Skinner Age 70: Edward B. Thomas; William T. Johnson Age 69: Robert W. Buchanan Age 64: Frank Beebe Age 63: Lawrence Wisniewski; Charles Edwin Allard Age 60: Arthur L. Garford Age 59: Frederick A. Lesure Age 58: Robert A. Gatchell Age 57: J. N. Langham; Charles James McCarthy; Byron R. Newton; William B. Anderson Age 56: Rousseau A. Burch Age 54: Grafton D. Cushing Age 53: Morris Whitridge Age 51: Norman G. Flagg; John F. Ten Broeck Age 47: John Garland Pollard; Charles D. Burnes; Charles S. Bradshaw Age 46: Edward M. Eby; Dora H. Stockman; Asa T. Wright Age 45: Ingebert J. Thomsen; Samuel R. Chidsey Age 43: William L. Nelson Age 42: Frank E. Lucas; Huston Quin; Floyd E. Town Age 41: Howard W. Jackson Age 40: Ernest Lundeen; Chester F. Barnett; Goldman L. Lassalle Age 39: Thomas Griffith Haight Age 38: Louis E. Graham Age 36: Hugh A. Stewart; Thomas H. Peeples Age 35: M. Clyde Kelly; Neil D. McCallum Age 34: Benjamin Antin; John A. Binnion Age 33: Charles Clifford Hawke Age 32: A. M. Walker Age 31: Alexander J. Resa; Albert M. Greenfield Age 30: Edward L. Safford; Robert R. Livingston; Thomas Ancrum Age 26: Joseph A. McNamara Age 23: Frank H. Gibbs Age 22: D. D. Link Age 20: Nathan S. Poffenbarger Age 19: Ezra Taft Benson Age 16: James S. Rooney Age 15: Bernard M. Shanley; Herbert Hoover, Jr. Age 13: Walter C. Dowling; Mrs. Lennard Thomas Age 12: Robert Bernstein Age 10: Gertrude Donahey Age 9: Thomas M. Kavanagh; Omar Brown; Claude Feemster Clayton; Manny Harmon Age 8: Ralph Kennamer Age 3: John D. Butler; John Alsop Age 2: Donald E. Tewes; Magee McClung; James E. Fraser; George Cressler Young | | | 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