The Political Graveyard: December 20, 1936 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on December 20 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1936 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Lester Perry and Ethel Marie White See also: Politicians who were married on December 20 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1936 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Peter Norbeck Jeremiah Fenton — Springfield, Greene County, Mo. See also: Politicians who died on December 20 (all years), or politicians who died in 1936 (all dates). Office Transitions on this date: Peter Norbeck, died in office (U.S. Senator from South Dakota) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 81: James W. Settle Age 79: Beverly W. Coiner Age 78: John Quincy Adams Age 76: Abraham Reuben Garver Age 74: L. P. Jenkins Age 73: George E. Gillam Age 72: Winder Laird Henry Age 69: George H. Sullivan; Elbridge M. Dearing Age 68: Robert L. Williams Age 67: John H. Dooley; Frank E. DeKay Age 66: Henry W. Anderson Age 65: William B. Linn Age 64: Charles I. Sparks Age 63: Fred W. Forness, Jr. Age 61: B. Randolph Bias; William H. Albright; Mark M. Bennett Age 60: Wade Reavis Age 59: Thomas Walter Swan Age 57: Christine Bradley South Age 56: James J. McBride Age 53: John T. Pritchard Age 51: Frank Peska; T. H. Banfield Age 49: Ben Rubin Age 48: J. Maxwell Knapp Age 47: C. Eugene Stephens; B. A. Dotson Age 45: John McArdle; Arthur H. Wickman; Joe Winfree Age 44: Werner W. Schroeder Age 42: David E. Young Age 41: Edward S. Crocker II Age 40: Maxwell M. Hamilton; George M. Eichler; Amos Noyes Blandin, Jr. Age 39: C. J. Rogers Age 37: John J. Sparkman Age 35: John R. Cochran III Age 34: William E. Baker Age 33: Oren Harris Age 31: Wilson Cowen Age 30: Ernest C. Boehm Age 29: Frances S. Adams; James A. Finnegan Age 27: Frank D. O'Connor Age 23: Carl Elliott Age 22: Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Age 20: Wilmot E. Fleming Age 19: Carlton H. Morris Age 17: George C. Steeh Age 16: William O. Braecklein; Thomas Alonzo Clark Age 15: Howard R. Mohr Age 14: Frank Eusebio Maestrone Age 11: W. Ray Lackey; Leo E. Jackson Age 9: John D. Scanlan; C. Stanley Blair; Dean Burch; Harry E. Rodenhizer, Jr. Age 7: David H. Gambrell Age 6: Ardena Matlack Age 5: Ike Skelton Age 4: John A. Welborn Age 3: Jean Carnahan Age 2: Gerald R. Dunn Age 1: Henry E. 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