The Political Graveyard: September 16, 1939 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on September 16 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1939 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Sam Ezelle and Ruby Gordon Layman See also: Politicians who were married on September 16 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1939 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Thomas M. Eaton — Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Oliver Booth Dickinson See also: Politicians who died on September 16 (all years), or politicians who died in 1939 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: John F. Collin, died September 16, 1889; James McCallum, died September 16, 1889 Office Transitions on this date: Oliver Booth Dickinson, died in office (U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania) Thomas M. Eaton, died in office (U.S. Representative from California) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 87: George B. Curtiss Age 85: A. P. Longshore Age 84: Sullivan D. Chancellor Age 83: Thomas B. Rouse Age 81: Edgar Howard Age 78: Joseph N. Hallock Age 72: Allen T. Treadway Age 70: Ira E. Robinson; Clarence H. Savage Age 69: Harris J. Bixler; George Cutler Age 67: Clarence MacGregor; George A. Miller Age 65: George G. Scott Age 62: T. Alan Goldsborough; Robert E. Walter; Fred L. Warner Age 61: Ranulf Compton Age 60: Mark A. McGruder Age 59: Arthur W. Marsden Age 58: Harry A. Lawson Age 57: Tyler Berry Age 55: Wellington D. Rankin Age 54: Ora R. Rice Age 53: Albion B. Titus Age 50: Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery; Aurelle Burnside; Robert B. MacDonald Age 46: H. Hilton-Green Age 45: R. Lowell McDaniel; Walter W. Weinkauf Age 42: Moses B. Pike; Ralph B. Netting; Charles Minor Karshner Age 41: Paul Bowerman Age 40: James Dewey Cole; Harold A. Berliner Age 39: C. Ferdinand Sybert Age 38: Everett Yerly; Elgin Enabnit Age 36: Harry A. Spencer; Henry W. Ault Age 33: C. P. 'Cam' Marstiller Age 32: William T. Milleson Age 31: Ralph M. Brown; C. V. Henkel; John C. McBride Age 30: George William Morris Age 29: Martin C. Bowles Age 22: Francis J. McCaffrey; Thomas J. Bergan; David Scull Age 20: Thomas B. Adams Age 17: Robert J. McIntosh Age 16: Robert Coldwell Wood Age 13: Dawn Clark Netsch Age 12: Hugh D. Auchincloss III Age 11: Patricia McGowan Wald Age 10: Dale E. Kildee; Stan Stephens; Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum Age 9: Eugene P. Spellman Age 5: Eva M. Clayton Age 2: Elaine Bloom | | | 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