The Political Graveyard: May 17, 1941 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Ben Nelson — McCook, Red Willow County, Neb. See also: Politicians who were born on May 17 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1941 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Robert J. Kusse and Geraldine Moore See also: Politicians who were married on May 17 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1941 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: John C. Box — Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Tex. See also: Politicians who died on May 17 (all years), or politicians who died in 1941 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 200 Years: John Penn, born May 17, 1741 150 Years: Silas H. Jenison, born May 17, 1791 100 Years: Bankson T. Morgan, born May 17, 1841 50 Years: Charles A. Binder, died May 17, 1891 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 97: Joseph A. Springer Age 93: John B. Nash Age 92: William C. Parry Age 84: William Hepburn Russell Age 83: W. Stanley Jones Age 82: George W. Brown Age 79: Jason E. Hammond Age 78: George M. Blake Age 75: Eva Stealy Age 74: Seneca C. Traver; Ed L. Abington Age 70: Archibald F. Bunting Age 69: W. O. Dixon Age 67: Frederick W. B. Coleman; Lewis R. Hovey; I. R. Woodward Age 65: Patrick D. Norton; Dick Fuester; Emert C. Hilbert Age 62: Nathaniel Tompkins Age 57: Sidney P. Osborn; Frank J. Murray Age 56: M. Robert Guggenheim Age 55: Loring M. Black, Jr. Age 54: Elam Huddleston Age 51: Stewart Appleby Age 48: Azel D. Beeler; Alfred W. Bareis Age 47: Cyrus B. Follmer Age 46: James C. Davis Age 44: Daniel B. Strickler Age 43: Richard W. Leche Age 39: Ray S. Ashbery Age 37: John J. Williams Age 36: Minor Wisdom Age 33: Waldo Henry Rogers Age 31: Ewart Guinier Age 30: Clark Kerr Age 29: James P. Archibald; Archibald Cox Age 26: Fulton Freeman; Ben F. Hornsby; James H. Gray Age 25: Richard Bolling; Charles E. Beatley; Louis J. Tullio Age 24: Myra Tanner Weiss; Donald R. Wilson Age 21: W. Ward Reynoldson Age 15: John G. Good, Jr. Age 13: George Arceneaux, Jr. Age 10: Glenn F. Massay Age 8: Jessie F. Dalman Age 5: J. L. Larson Age 4: Ernest L. Konnyu; Hazel Rollins O'Leary Age 3: Bettye Davis Age 1: James W. 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