The Political Graveyard: September 15, 1940 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on September 15 (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 September 15 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1940 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: William B. Bankhead — Washington, D.C. H. Heartsill Ragon — Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark. See also: Politicians who died on September 15 (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: 50 Years: Solomon Heydenfeldt, died September 15, 1890 Office Transitions on this date: H. Heartsill Ragon, died in office (U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas) William B. Bankhead, died in office (Speaker of the U.S. House) William B. Bankhead, died in office (U.S. Representative from Alabama) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 98: Harlan W. Chamberlin Age 91: William H. Booth Age 90: Henry J. Potter Age 87: Alexander B. Bruce Age 85: Frank M. Corry Age 84: Robert B. Killian Age 82: Anthony R. Lukefahr Age 81: Henry B. Anderson Age 76: William Barkley Age 75: Charles H. Cooper; C. P. J. Mooney; John W. Bennett; Thomas W. Williams Age 72: Fred M. Wilcox Age 69: Edgar Allan Poe; Pedro Mackay=de=Almeida Age 67: Algernon Lee Age 65: Henry D. Hatfield; Daniel A. Reed; Lotus L. Langley; Marvin W. Barnes Age 64: Don B. Colton; Roscoe C. Patterson; Frank E. Gannett Age 61: Benjamin H. Linhardt Age 59: Preston D. Richards Age 58: Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen Age 55: Emma P. Dorman; Maynard W. Hutchinson Age 54: Peter Graff III; Louis F. Valentine Age 53: William F. Brunner; Ruth Thompson; Thomas C. Desmond Age 52: Charles B. Beylard Age 50: John M. Houston Age 49: Lloyd E. Roulet; Ralph W. Bilby Age 48: Lawrence H. Smith; George P. Shaw; Leslie Jensen; Joe P. Rostenkowski; Vernon R. McMillan Age 46: Frank J. Brady Age 43: James G. Blaine Age 41: Clarence M. Ford; Milton S. Eisenhower Age 39: Arthur J. O'Keefe; Merrill Spitler Age 38: John Edward Sheridan Age 37: Walter F. Gilligan; Roy Acuff Age 36: Robert H. O'Brien Age 35: Rae S. Laraba Age 34: Everett F. Drumright Age 33: Boyd Dotson Age 32: Lolita Hilliard Age 28: Matthew Welsh Age 27: Lawrence G. Williams; John N. Mitchell; Gene Archer Age 26: John J. Murray Age 25: Grant L. Ambrose Age 24: William K. Henry Age 21: Robert K. Killian Age 20: John W. Yager; Hector MacLean Age 14: Edward J. Derwinski; William J. Bauer; Ellen McCormack; Charles Markham Age 13: J. William Hornsby Age 9: Otto T. Bang, Jr. Age 7: Albert L. Sommerville, Jr. Age 6: Fob James Age 3: Jerry M. Reiss Age 2: Weston Adams | | | 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