The Political Graveyard: October 29, 1940 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Connie Mack — Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. See also: Politicians who were born on October 29 (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 October 29 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1940 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on October 29 (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: 150 Years: Orville Hungerford, born October 29, 1790 100 Years: James F. Clay, born October 29, 1840; John T. Heard, born October 29, 1840 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 91: John W. Walker Age 87: Barney Augustus Eaton Age 82: Arthur Yager Age 79: Edward H. Hotchkiss Age 77: Walter F. Frear Age 74: Ross C. Hall Age 73: John A. McIlhenny Age 72: James Joseph Harrington Age 70: George H. Tinkham Age 68: Lewis R. Alderman Age 67: L. J. Dickinson; Willis G. C. Bagley Age 66: Frank Seiberlich Age 65: Alva B. Adams; Luther A. Johnson; Lester G. Fant; James D. Jerome Age 64: Perry G. Williams Age 63: Tom Lea Age 62: Melville J. France Age 61: Roy W. Adney Age 57: Edward J. Nelson Age 55: Raymond Malone Age 54: George Gregg Fuller Age 53: George J. Hatfield; Dal Millington Lemmon Age 51: Charles Solomon Age 50: Gilbert L. Anderberg Age 48: Alfred L. Colby Age 47: Joe B. Bates; Robert L. Davis Age 46: Bernard J. Boyle; Gaylord C. Whipple Age 45: Adrian Levy Age 44: Raymond E. Beckman Age 42: Melvin C. Snyder Age 41: Vincent R. Corrou Age 40: C. R. Hawkins Age 37: Milton P. Higgins; Anna Lou P. Boettcher Age 36: Claude B. Chiperfield Age 33: Clare H. Timberlake; Denwood L. Chapin Age 32: Jaime Benitez=Rexach Age 31: John R. Williams Age 25: Thad T. Hutcheson Age 24: William J. Duffy Age 23: J. Douglas Ayers; W. Lunsford Crew; Simon P. Eaglin Age 22: John A. Calhoun Age 19: Bill Mauldin; Gus Arzberger; Lee Ackerman Age 17: Carl Djerassi Age 16: John T. Dempsey Age 15: Leonard G. Wolf Age 13: George F. Gunn, Jr.; Raymond H. Bateman Age 9: Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.; William Lockhart Garwood Age 6: Robert J. Bryan Age 5: Ellen M. Jackson Age 4: Don Abel | | | 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