The Political Graveyard: August 16, 1929 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 16 (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 August 16 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1929 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Alfred A. Winslow — Crown Point, Lake County, Ind. John W. Choate — Butler, Bates County, Mo. See also: Politicians who died on August 16 (all years), or politicians who died in 1929 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: John Taylor Bird, born August 16, 1829 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 89: Edwin Hallock Age 88: Evi L. Hurd Age 83: Charles H. Fitch Age 81: Ulysses E. Mayhew Age 78: William H. Harvey; Orville C. Smith Age 76: William G. Smith Age 73: Oliver L. Hardgrave; Arthur P. Cushing Age 70: Urey Woodson Age 69: Willis G. Sears Age 68: Wallace J. Barnes Age 66: William T. Holbert Age 64: Dennis Dougherty Age 62: Carlton Bailey Hurst; John Owen Age 61: George F. Harding, Jr. Age 60: S. Hubert Dent, Jr.; Frank S. Payne Age 58: George Stewart Brown Age 57: John D. Mershon; George G. Hunter; William E. Trautmann Age 55: John Oscar Ceder Age 53: George Wingfield Age 52: Francis P. Murphy; George F. Anderson Age 47: Leo Kocialkowski Age 46: Hugh S. Gibson; W. T. McGaugh Age 45: Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. Age 43: Charles K. Barton; Chester P. Emunson Age 41: Elmer R. Porter Age 40: Mark L. Rowley Age 38: Temple Forrest Age 35: Theodore W. Metcalfe; Henriette Esther Slette Johnson; George Meany Age 34: Aura C. Hatch Age 33: Thurmond Chatham; E. L. 'Tic' Forrester; Frank J. Balcer, Sr. Age 32: Raymond J. Vassar Age 28: Bernice M. Watson Age 26: William Alvah Stewart Age 25: Roman L. Hruska; Lois V. Nair Age 23: Lawrence Brock Age 22: Thomas L. Hagerty; Robert Lane Anderson Age 20: Paul C. Winter Age 18: W. W. Keith Age 16: Matthew J. Avitabile Age 15: Laughlin E. Waters Age 14: C. N. Harman Age 13: Charles Robert Moore Age 8: Vincent R. Fisichelli Age 6: Stanley G. Thayer; Bert A. Betts; Robert C. Smith Age 3: M. Larry Lawrence Age 2: Ronald B. Cameron; Albert J. 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