The Political Graveyard: January 31, 1942 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1942 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: Walter S. Baring, Jr. and Alma Geraldine Buchanan See also: Politicians who were married on January 31 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1942 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Melvin Thomas — Charleston, Coles County, Ill. Mack F. Gose — Pomeroy, Garfield County, Wash. See also: Politicians who died on January 31 (all years), or politicians who died in 1942 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: James W. Gawthrop, born January 31, 1842; Hector Craig, died January 31, 1842 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 94: Daniel Fish Age 91: J. W. Seney Age 85: Michael R. Hoffman Age 83: E. A. Stevens Age 81: Robert N. Harper; John Albert Berkey; J. Calvin Meyer; Samuel M. Garland Age 80: S. Price Gilbert Age 78: Edward V. Babcock Age 76: Daniel K. Hoch Age 74: Henry F. Lawrence Age 73: Irvine L. Lenroot; Julius Seckel; J. Wed. Davis Age 70: John M. Wolverton; Otto F. Toepfer Age 68: Edmund J. Stack Age 65: Elias Hansen Age 64: W. W. Trent; William J. McCracken; William F. Cronin Age 63: William B. Huston; Ezra H. Ripple, Jr. Age 62: Arthur H. Greenwood; Charles B. Hines Age 61: David D. Terry Age 60: Isaac Y. Conger Age 56: Richard C. Patterson, Jr.; Lee R. Blohm Age 55: Nimrod Davis Denson, Jr. Age 53: H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld Age 52: Casey M. Jones Age 51: Harry F. Russell Age 50: George W. Van Dyne Age 49: T. A. M. Craven Age 48: Carlton L. Lingo Age 47: May Preston Davie Age 46: Lewis L. Strauss; John E. Cassidy Age 44: Clyde R. Greene Age 43: Alto Adams Age 42: Robert W. Colflesh Age 41: Wilhelmina F. Adams; William E. Morris Age 36: George J. Creen Age 34: Robert McClory Age 32: Roy A. Taylor Age 31: Daniel I. J. Thornton Age 29: Joe Lilly Age 28: Hugh J. Addonizio; William Witman II Age 22: Stewart Lee Udall Age 21: William C. Hastings Age 19: Norman Mailer Age 17: Benjamin L. Hooks Age 16: Robert Joseph Ward Age 13: Shelby Highsmith Age 9: Joseph D. Early Age 8: Stephen H. Sachs Age 6: William Odis Bertelsman Age 5: Gregory W. Carman Age 4: James G. Watt Age 3: Frederick L. Parker Age 2: George W. Mans Age 1: Richard A. Gephardt; George S. Mickelson; Lynne Abraham | | | 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