The Political Graveyard: April 20, 1937 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on April 20 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1937 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Dewey Short and Helen Gladys Hughes See also: Politicians who were married on April 20 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1937 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: James N. Gillett — Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. See also: Politicians who died on April 20 (all years), or politicians who died in 1937 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 98: Henry Ballard Age 87: George W. Lardie Age 79: James R. Macfarlane Age 78: Charles F. Bielman Age 77: J. Frank Farnham; Frank Marshall Age 76: Richard B. Nicholls Age 70: William T. Coleman Age 62: Frank Hinman Waskey Age 61: Edward E. Hicken Age 60: Herschel H. Rose Age 58: Edward A. Dow Age 57: George H. Middelkamp; George C. Watson Age 55: Lester Aglar Walton; George F. Alexander; W. A. Anderson Age 54: Walter J. Kennamer Age 52: John R. Murdock; Eugene L. Jalbert Age 51: William D. Jochems; John S. Martin Age 49: Rolla F. Wood Age 47: Jesse I. Pavey Age 45: Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.; Frank White Age 44: George Beaucage; Harold Lloyd Age 43: John W. Bailey, Jr. Age 40: Leonard J. Paterson Age 39: Joseph L. Hurley Age 37: Franklin M. Jahnke Age 35: Francis Bergan; John J. Garland Age 33: E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett; Fred Nicholson Age 30: Jorge Luis Cordova=Diaz; Eugene E. Demarest Age 28: J. Walter Yeagley Age 27: Leo Isacson; Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Age 26: Jacob Mishler Age 25: Ed Jones Age 22: Alois Follebout; John W. English Age 21: John L. Saltonstall, Jr.; Anthony C. Sabatine Age 18: Lionel Steinberg Age 17: John Paul Stevens; J. Edward Pearsall; Earle C. Blais; J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. Age 11: Robert L. Richardson, Jr. Age 8: Fred N. Six Age 7: K. William Stinson Age 6: Lee H. Hamilton Age 3: Paul H. Rappaport Age 1: Pat Roberts | | | 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