The Political Graveyard: August 23, 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 23 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1918 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Douglas Jenkins and Lucia Lesene Dean See also: Politicians who were married on August 23 (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 23 (all years), or politicians who died in 1918 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 94: John J. Robison Age 80: John Banderob Age 79: George C. Perkins Age 72: George T. Jester; Coram Acuff Age 70: Hugo Donzelmann Age 69: Alberto T. Roraback; Oliver M. Spencer Age 68: Andrew L. Deuel; Collin F. Jewell Age 66: Samuel W. Smith; William Owen Age 64: Joseph J. Russell Age 62: Owen R. Havens Age 61: James E. Porter; Jesse W. Weik Age 59: Lewis D. Bonebrake Age 54: Ezra M. Lawton Age 53: William Halpin; George B. Killmaster Age 52: William J. McKone Age 50: George L. Baker Age 49: James Rolph, Jr. Age 44: William Richardson Bishop Age 43: Harwood E. Fish; Harry L. Van Sickler; Clay Allen Age 42: Wilson Messer; Jacob L. Parrott Age 41: Peter Augustus Jay; Mark W. Allen Age 40: Tom Kane Age 38: Oscar A. Riopelle; Parke P. Deans Age 36: Ogle Marbury Age 34: Ogden L. Mills; M. Ward Fleming Age 33: Grover J. Bittner Age 32: Ray D. Avery Age 31: Noble J. Johnson; Sidney E. Baker Age 30: Lafayette L. Patterson Age 29: John H. Udall Age 28: Harry F. Guggenheim; Russell M. Brooks Age 27: Elijah Barrett Prettyman; V. Winthrope O'Hara Age 26: Alexander G. Barry Age 25: John F. Reidy Age 23: Steve E. Anderson; King Alexander Age 22: John D. Alderson; Milton F. Duvall Age 21: Norman B. Langill Age 20: Lewis Bell Age 18: Eugene C. Keyes; E. R. 'Red' Romans Age 17: John Sherman Cooper Age 16: M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside; Franklin Flanders Age 15: Charles F. Brannan; Stanley H. Fuld Age 14: Victor E. Bucknell; Robert J. Brown Age 9: Edward John Lampron; Frank Zuckerbrot Age 8: John W. Gibson Age 7: Alfred D. Sieminski Age 6: Henry J. Tasca Age 5: Paul D. Bagwell Age 4: Marshall Allen Neill Age 1: Prentiss Walker; G. McMurtrie Godley; Charles F. Warnell, Sr. | | | 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