The Political Graveyard: May 20, 1946 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on May 20 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1946 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 20 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1946 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: P. H. Moynihan Edward C. Shannon Edmund F. Wakefield See also: Politicians who died on May 20 (all years), or politicians who died in 1946 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Albert J. Pearson, born May 20, 1846 50 Years: William Johnston, died May 20, 1896 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 99: Hosea M. Knowlton Age 98: James W. Milliken; Samuel A. Ridgway Age 97: Charles R. Kennedy Age 95: Edwin W. Trimmer Age 91: Andrew Holt; Leonard A. Giegerich Age 88: Ben Johnson Age 85: Lewis M. Coleman Age 84: James J. Jakway Age 78: Wesley J. Stearns Age 76: Bailey P. Wootton; Blanche F. Lucas Age 75: Oscar J. Larson Age 74: Wilbert L. Bonney Age 73: Oswald West Age 72: Augustine Lonergan Age 70: William J. Grattan Age 68: Leonard D. Abbott Age 67: Tom Stout; Clifford G. Olmstead Age 61: T. Fred Cline Age 59: Charles L. L. Williams Age 58: Frank I. Cowan Age 56: Jennie S. Walsh Age 55: Earl Browder Age 54: Harry J. Anslinger Age 53: William H. Beach Age 52: Grant M. Ridenour Age 51: C. A. Leedy, Jr.; Virgil R. Homan Age 49: Alfred B. Lewis Age 47: John Marshall Harlan; Frances E. Willis Age 45: W. Roscoff Deal Age 44: Francis H. Inge Age 42: Thomas C. Lynch Age 41: Alexander V. Sorenson; Frank B. Morrison; John Q. Carey; H. Gus Muntzing Age 40: Wilbur G. Grant; Ollie J. Bowen Age 39: Israel Katz Age 38: Jimmy Stewart Age 36: Geoffrey Whitney Lewis Age 35: Burman R. Taylor; Elmer C. Nitschke Age 33: George J. Kaufmann; William T. Broomhead Age 28: Edwin M. Cronk Age 27: Robert H. Blandford Age 26: Stanley Steingut Age 25: John J. Marchi; Donald R. Freeman Age 23: Alfred A. Lilly Age 22: Herman Wedemeyer; Walter V. Lay; James Carriger Paine Age 21: D. French Slaughter, Jr. Age 20: Thomas Gray Hull Age 18: Edmund V. Ludwig Age 17: Emil E. Beyer, Jr. Age 16: Paul Joseph Bordallo Age 10: William H. Kooistra Age 8: Gen Olson Age 1: Harold E. 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