The Political Graveyard: August 20, 1918 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John Schneider, Jr. — Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wis. See also: Politicians who were born on August 20 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Cecil M. P. Cross and Ruth Margaret Henderson See also: Politicians who were married on August 20 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: John D. Clardy — near Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. See also: Politicians who died on August 20 (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: Isaac V. Fowler, born August 20, 1818 50 Years: Thomas T. Whittlesey, died August 20, 1868 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 76: George W. Humphrey Age 73: David Martin Age 70: Millard T. King Age 69: Francis B. Bertot Age 68: Joseph D. Oliver Age 66: Daniel J. Campau; George R. Jewett; W. K. James Age 65: Emma L. Hotchkiss Age 61: E. L. McClurkin Age 59: Thomas H. Dowd; Henry Litchfield West Age 58: Henry T. Rainey Age 57: Frank O. Bittner; John B. Judson Age 56: John Steven McGroarty; Edward A. Cahoon; Arthur P. Rugg Age 54: A. Outram Sherman; J. R. Cox Age 52: John W. Palmer; Frederick J. Clippert; Thomas Yancey Williams Age 51: John H. Wilson; Ignatius A. Sullivan; U. L. Spence Age 50: J. Jerome Hahn; Edward Lawrence Beach Age 49: George E. Anderson; George G. Duffee Age 48: Edward Stanley Kellogg Age 47: Clarence F. Stotts Age 46: Edward M. Day Age 45: John G. Downs Age 44: Eliza Weightman Age 42: Hector H. Perry Age 41: Elbridge G. Davis Age 40: Baxter Durham; George Fruin Age 37: John A. Floyd Age 36: James T. Milliken; Wallace Townsend; Adolf F. Johnson Age 35: Chase A. Clark; Edward R. Rayher Age 34: Forrest C. Donnell; Joan Middleton Age 33: Cliff Clevenger; Frank V. Lawson Age 31: E. Dana Dickens; Isabelle M. Summers Age 28: Gilchrist B. Stockton Age 26: George D. Aiken; Joseph A. Gavagan Age 25: Robert Humphreys; John C. Blankenhorn; Gertrude Taft McGeorge Age 23: Walter L. Gordon Age 20: Cecil Morgan Age 16: Milo R. Kniffen Age 15: Carl E. Darling Age 14: James H. Gardner; Charles S. Porritt Age 12: Edna F. Kelly Age 11: Harold F. Huibregtse Age 9: Donald E. Holbrook Age 8: Frances Jackson Age 6: James R. Harris Age 3: Nicholas G. Thacher Age 1: Terry Sanford | | | 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