The Political Graveyard: May 15, 1948 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Kathleen Sebelius — Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio See also: Politicians who were born on May 15 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1948 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: George W. Anderson, Jr. and Mary Lee Lamar Sample See also: Politicians who were married on May 15 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1948 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on May 15 (all years), or politicians who died in 1948 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: John Fell, died May 15, 1798 100 Years: Cherubusco Newton, born May 15, 1848; James E. Cochran, born May 15, 1848 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 90: R. A. Booth Age 84: A. Grant Blue; Guy W. Crawford Age 83: Simon Swig Age 82: Alfred C. Harrison Age 79: Horatio S. Dumbauld Age 76: Samuel A. Cunningham Age 72: Joseph A. McDonald Age 71: R. B. Fegan Age 65: David E. Kaufman Age 64: Robert P. Robinson; Lester L. Schnare Age 63: Harry E. Narey Age 61: John D. Clifford Age 60: John E. Miller Age 57: Adolph Ulbrich; Art B. Anderson Age 56: Vera Burridge Baits Age 54: James V. Buckley Age 53: Prescott S. Bush; Roy W. Jolliffe Age 51: Ben A. Riehle Age 49: John A. Meyer; Len B. Jordan; Abraham N. Geller Age 48: Andrew Broaddus; Fletcher L. Renton Age 46: Christopher C. McGrath; Richard J. Daley Age 45: Chauncey Browning; Oscar W. Frederickson Age 44: Velma Wood; Anthony J. Di Silvestro; Franklin H. Berry Age 42: Wilfred Schuele; Alvin Udell; Willard Galbraith Age 41: Thomas J. Dodd Age 39: J. Caleb Boggs Age 38: John J. Bell Age 36: John Bennett; Edward Lasker Age 33: Robert R. Barry Age 29: Harry James Stockman Age 28: Lynn E. Stalbaum; Peter B. Narey; Robert M. Steptoe Age 23: Carl E. Sanders Age 22: Joseph W. Bloodgood Age 20: Patrick L. Ryan Age 19: William Henry Luers Age 17: Joseph A. Califano, Jr.; Irma Rangel Age 16: Kenneth A. Gibson Age 15: Shirley Love Age 11: Madeleine K. Albright Age 10: William A. Steiger Age 8: Martha Yeager Walker Age 7: Walter E. Dellinger III Age 5: Richard Alatorre Age 4: Dick Black Age 2: John P. 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