The Political Graveyard: July 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 July 20 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1937 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on July 20 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1937 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Daniel M. Ridgely — near Dover, Kent County, Del. See also: Politicians who died on July 20 (all years), or politicians who died in 1937 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: Asa Porter Grover, died July 20, 1887 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 93: James K. P. Fenner Age 82: Frederic J. Stimson Age 79: Thomas C. Thacher; John W. Beaumont; Charles H. Brown; James C. S. Allen Age 76: William A. Dickson Age 75: William D. Anderson Age 71: William E. Daly Age 70: Charles L. Underhill Age 68: Charles L. Merrill; Frank D. Waterman; Oliver B. Whitaker Age 66: Benjamin B. Merrill Age 62: Alfred C. Lockwood; C. H. Armstrong Age 61: Gertrude Atwell; John A. Hanley, Jr. Age 58: Seth Q. Pulver Age 54: Walter F. Lineberger Age 52: Joseph B. Perskie; S. Ralph Harlow Age 51: A. T. West Age 48: John A. Embry; Warren R. Smith; Maurice J. Breen Age 46: Marthena Wade Vanlandingham; C. Vern Peak Age 44: Jere Cooper; Louie E. Lewis; Leo P. O'Brien Age 43: Wiley B. Rutledge; Frank J. Quigley Age 42: Chapman Revercomb; Stephen J. Wojtkowiak; Chester E. Dempsey Age 41: C. Raymond Brock Age 40: Don Taylor Udall Age 38: Edwin M. Gill Age 36: George N. Bashara Age 35: Vera Buchanan Age 34: Kern Beasley Age 33: Charles L. Williams Age 32: J. F. Bedell, Jr.; Thomas E. Adams, Jr. Age 29: David E. Horn; Walter Erwin; Louis L. Merz Age 26: William F. Kelly, Jr. Age 23: Samuel O. Lane Age 19: Edward Southard Little; John P. Boeschenstein Age 17: Elliot L. Richardson; Dominic J. Jacobetti Age 15: Alan S. Boyd Age 12: Verne C. Johnson Age 9: Jan Meyers; Earl O'Neal Age 6: Alan B. Handler Age 5: Ivan Lebamoff; Dan Rooney; H. Franklin Waters Age 4: Frank Barnett; Raymond R. Roberts Age 2: Kay McFarland Age 1: Barbara A. Mikulski; Carl E. 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