The Political Graveyard: May 24, 1934 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: William R. Ratchford — Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Jane M. Byrne — Chicago, Cook County, Ill. See also: Politicians who were born on May 24 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1934 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 24 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1934 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Brand Whitlock — Cannes, France See also: Politicians who died on May 24 (all years), or politicians who died in 1934 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: John Lyde Wilson, born May 24, 1784 50 Years: David G. Vawter, died May 24, 1884 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 88: Henry L. Loucks Age 81: Otto E. Greeley Age 75: Charles W. Casgrain Age 72: Newton W. Gilbert Age 71: Giles A. Beckwith Age 68: Elmore S. Banks Age 64: Benjamin N. Cardozo; James M. Barnett Age 63: Henry M. Butzel; Clency C. St. Clair Age 62: James L. Whitley Age 60: Alphonse Gaulin Age 59: Patrick H. Drewry Age 58: James F. Ingraham Age 54: Albert Stanley Phillips Age 51: M. L. Misenheimer Age 50: J. O. Miller Age 48: Robert H. Gore Age 44: Fred C. Meinhardt Age 43: A. A. Henninger Age 42: Arthur L. Miller; Fred Beard Age 40: Edmund J. Brandon; Theodore D. Parsons Age 37: Michael J. Bradley; Wilson Bell Age 30: Joseph G. O'Connor; Albert P. Ruerat Age 25: Wilbur D. Mills; Arthur Cartwright Age 23: Anne Burlak Timpson Age 20: Arthur A. Link Age 18: G. Elliott Hagan Age 16: Peter Joseph Brennan; Coleman A. Young Age 15: H. Hayden Morgan Age 14: William H. McKeon Age 11: Richard August Ericson, Jr. Age 7: Richard Herron; Frank W. Christopherson, Jr. Age 6: Leonard B. 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