The Political Graveyard: July 31, 1940 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on July 31 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1940 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on July 31 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1940 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: C. Pope Caldwell — Sunnyside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who died on July 31 (all years), or politicians who died in 1940 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 200 Years: Marinus Willet, born July 31, 1740 Office Transitions on this date: Charles P. Barnes, resigned (chief justice of Maine state supreme court) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 88: Leslie Combs Age 86: George E. Dewey Age 78: Cassius M. Eby Age 77: Frank J. Lawler Age 74: Alonzo B. Cook; Henry R. Holbrook; William Wemmer Age 68: Albert G. Mathews Age 66: Carl H. Nolting Age 65: Philip Marshall Brown Age 64: Knute Hill; Herbert H. McCutcheon Age 63: Compton I. White Age 62: R. H. Hanna; Daniel E. Maguire Age 60: Joseph P. Bartilucci; J. Elmer Long Age 59: John W. Haigis Age 55: Harry J. Libby Age 54: Ralph A. Oliver Age 52: W. Warren Barbour; Jed Johnson Age 51: Lon S. Gresham Age 50: Herron C. Pearson Age 49: William R. Langdon; Robert B. Macatee Age 46: Peirson M. Hall Age 45: A. J. Moodie; Roy D. Miller Age 44: Harold L. Creal Age 37: Simon J. Falcey; R. F. Musgrave Age 35: Robert A. Grant; Edward Page, Jr.; W. L. Mills Age 31: John Hoshor Age 30: James M. Hare; Elizabeth Polk Guest Age 29: Charles A. Storke; Bruce Rutherford Thompson Age 27: Bill Lantaff; William M. Rainach Age 23: John Dennis; Luther Boyd Eubanks Age 21: Robert M. Morgenthau Age 20: Charles William Whalen, Jr. Age 16: Richard Kelly Age 15: John B. Swainson Age 12: Bill Frenzel Age 11: James E. Hadden Age 8: Robert W. Davis Age 3: Alan J. 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