The Political Graveyard: January 31, 1929 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Shelby Highsmith — Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. See also: Politicians who were born on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1929 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1929 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Albert M. Spear See also: Politicians who died on January 31 (all years), or politicians who died in 1929 (all dates). Office Transitions on this date: James W. McCarthy, resigned (U.S. District Judge for New Jersey) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 81: Daniel Fish Age 78: J. W. Seney Age 76: Charles L. Bartlett; William H. Fairchild Age 72: Michael R. Hoffman Age 70: Robert G. Cousins; Dennis D. Donovan; E. A. Stevens Age 68: Robert N. Harper; John Albert Berkey; J. Calvin Meyer; Samuel M. Garland Age 67: Charles A. Douglas; S. Price Gilbert Age 65: Edward V. Babcock Age 63: Daniel K. Hoch; William W. Atterbury Age 62: Ralph S. Bauer; John Hugh McNary Age 61: Henry F. Lawrence Age 60: Irvine L. Lenroot; Julius Seckel; J. Wed. Davis Age 58: Charles E. Henderson Age 57: John M. Wolverton; Otto F. Toepfer Age 55: Edmund J. Stack Age 53: Frederick R. Lehlbach Age 52: Elias Hansen Age 51: W. W. Trent; William J. McCracken; William F. Cronin Age 50: William B. Huston; Ezra H. Ripple, Jr. Age 49: Arthur H. Greenwood; Charles B. Hines Age 48: David D. Terry Age 47: Isaac Y. Conger Age 44: James G. Finley Age 43: Richard C. Patterson, Jr.; Lee R. Blohm Age 42: Nimrod Davis Denson, Jr. Age 40: H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld Age 39: Casey M. Jones Age 38: Harry F. Russell Age 37: George W. Van Dyne Age 36: T. A. M. Craven Age 35: Carlton L. Lingo Age 34: May Preston Davie Age 33: Lewis L. Strauss; John E. Cassidy Age 31: Clyde R. Greene Age 30: Alto Adams Age 29: Robert W. Colflesh Age 28: Wilhelmina F. Adams; William E. Morris Age 23: George J. Creen Age 21: Robert McClory Age 19: Roy A. Taylor Age 18: Daniel I. J. Thornton Age 16: Joe Lilly Age 15: Hugh J. Addonizio; William Witman II Age 9: Stewart Lee Udall Age 8: William C. Hastings Age 6: Norman Mailer Age 4: Benjamin L. Hooks Age 3: Robert Joseph Ward | | | 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