The Political Graveyard: December 26, 1940 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John M. Walker, Jr. — New York, New York County, N.Y. See also: Politicians who were born on December 26 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1940 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: William T. Milleson and Avery Heiskel Pancake Kingsley R. Smith and Annamabel Ballard See also: Politicians who were married on December 26 (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 December 26 (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: 100 Years: John Hubner, born December 26, 1840; Robert Jetton, died December 26, 1840 50 Years: William Dunlap Simpson, died December 26, 1890 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 97: William M. Cuppett Age 84: Matthew D. Wagner Age 82: Vincent J. Vidal Age 81: William D. Stephens Age 76: Henry E. Straight; Julius Hartmann Age 74: Thomas R. Layden Age 72: Randall N. Saunders; J. Elmer Lehr Age 68: Edward W. Staebler Age 67: G. O. Young Age 64: Christopher S. Flanagan Age 62: Wade H. Kitchens Age 61: Christie Benet Age 58: Williana J. Burroughs; William Edmund Orgain Age 57: Frank C. Hanrahan Age 53: Charles P. Howard Age 50: Edwin S. Politte Age 48: Guy J. Swope Age 47: Calvert Magruder; William C. Shrader Age 45: Joseph M. Donnelly Age 43: Lawrence W. Cramer Age 41: F. Willard Calder Age 39: Harry P. Jeffrey; George S. Fitzgerald Age 38: Norman Larson Age 36: Madalyn Bazzle Age 35: C. J. Burris Age 34: Gordon H. Scherer Age 33: Albert Gore Age 31: Edward S. Lentol Age 30: Arthur Stephen Lane Age 28: Richard L. Neuberger Age 24: James Hunter III Age 18: Samuel H. Young; Elbert Bertram Haltom, Jr. Age 17: Homer Alvin Hetherington Age 13: Thomas J. Duffey Age 10: Elliott H. Levitas; David R. Thompson Age 9: Val J. Ballard Age 4: David B. Hermelin Age 3: John H. Dorsey Age 1: Lynn Martin | | | 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