The Political Graveyard: July 17, 1920 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Richard E. Peterson — Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wis. See also: Politicians who were born on July 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1920 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on July 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1920 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Houston A. P. Bassett — Grimes County, Tex. See also: Politicians who died on July 17 (all years), or politicians who died in 1920 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: George G. King, died July 17, 1870 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 84: Henry A. Childs Age 77: John A. Barham; Conrad Diehl; Benjamin F. Bradley Age 75: William H. Eustis Age 74: De Alva S. Alexander Age 71: Charles B. Frisbie Age 70: Cornelius A. Pugsley Age 66: John H. Hall; Alphonse J. Lespinasse Age 65: M. J. Mulvihill Age 59: John W. Davis Age 58: Lee Van Winkle Age 57: John M. Atkins Age 56: Emelien Roch Age 55: Harmon M. Kephart; J. Morgan Crook Age 53: Edmund R. Cheesborough Age 51: Ettie Garner Age 49: Charles K. Warren Age 48: John H. Smithwick; Samuel H. West Age 44: Olen Gunnett; Hiram C. Todd Age 43: Channing Way; Arthur W. Holden Age 41: B. Roger Wales; Arthur E. Gordon Age 40: Hannah P. Lowndes Age 38: James V. Heidinger; Fenton B. Fleming Age 32: Joseph P. Hatfield; Arthur T. King Age 31: Violet McDougall Pollard Age 28: Alfred Dickinson Barksdale Age 26: William D. McFarlane; Frank Andrews Age 25: W. R. Curtis Age 23: Elbert P. Tuttle Age 21: Jesse Rink Wallace Age 20: Thomas T. Sakakihara Age 19: John S. Boyle Age 18: John F. Scileppi Age 17: Hiram Bingham, Jr.; Henry E. Keenan Age 16: William T. George, Jr. Age 15: Roger C. Slaughter; Isabel Jackson; William Everett Potter Age 14: Winfield A. Schuster Age 13: Norman O. Stockmeyer Age 10: Harold I. Panken Age 6: E. Culver Kidd, Jr.; Anton D. Leonatti; Delmer Hutton; Eleanor Steber Age 5: John H. Jarman, Jr. Age 3: Lawrence F. O'Brien; Frank C. Newman; Morris E. Lasker Age 2: Lee Parsons Gagliardi | | | 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