The Political Graveyard: October 4, 1937 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Lee P. Brown — Wewoka, Seminole County, Okla. See also: Politicians who were born on October 4 (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 October 4 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1937 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on October 4 (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: 100 Years: Isaac Wilbour, died October 4, 1837 Local Elections on this date: Connecticut Mayor: Bristol;Norwalk;Torrington First Selectman: Avon;Greenwich Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 96: Charles F. King; Eccles G. Van Riper Age 90: William Davis Age 81: D. Mifflin Wilson; Robert Joseph Wells; John F. Jova Age 77: John Albus, Jr. Age 73: A. Lincoln Reiley Age 72: Edward M. Biddle, Jr. Age 70: Philip H. Gadsden Age 66: R. W. Gatling Age 64: Milton S. Lankford; Frederick R. Dyer Age 63: Wallace Crossley; Thomas T. Hammond; Ernest G. Pray Age 62: Harry H. Stahl Age 61: George Cornell Tarler Age 60: Charles R. Mabey Age 58: Oliver Winslow Branch; Fred C. Beeler; Henry E. Davis Age 57: Albert F. Bigelow; William L. Steiner Age 53: Bion L. Bates Age 49: Archibald A. Hine Age 48: Rue J. Alexander Age 47: Robert F. Fernald Age 43: Patrick V. McNamara Age 42: Edward White Patterson Age 40: Charles J. Jenkins Age 37: Arnold S. Wang; David Harrison Age 36: Thomas F. Maher Age 30: Frank A. Knight Age 29: Walter W. Kingham Age 28: Murray M. Chotiner Age 25: John O. Bell Age 20: Roy M. Huffington Age 15: Malcolm Baldrige; Frank Joseph Battisti Age 10: C. DeLores Tucker Age 8: Harold Albert Baker Age 7: Charlie Gore, Jr. Age 4: Melvin A. Steinberg Age 1: John Albert Knebel | | | 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