The Political Graveyard: May 1, 1949 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John C. Stewart — Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. See also: Politicians who were born on May 1 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1949 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 1 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1949 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Daniel E. Morgan — Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio William Frye Garcelon See also: Politicians who died on May 1 (all years), or politicians who died in 1949 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: Thomas Smith, born May 1, 1799 50 Years: John M. Richardson, died May 1, 1899 Office Transitions on this date: Daniel E. Morgan, died in office (Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 97: Newel Smith Age 91: R. H. Megraw Age 88: Thomas H. McNaughton; Wendell Phillips Stafford Age 85: Thomas Dowd Age 80: David J. Lewis Age 76: Alfred D. Preston Age 75: Edward H. Kiefer Age 74: Peter J. Vasaly Age 73: Edward J. Kelly; Ely Rosenberg Age 72: Wilson H. Hamilton Age 69: Herman P. Kopplemann; Albert D. Lasker Age 68: Mary Hudspeth; Walthall M. Moore Age 67: Howard J. O'Neil Age 60: Prince L. Edwoods Age 59: Emanuel Seidler Age 58: Thomas Lee Cummings Age 56: Frank W. Fries; T. Brooks Alford Age 55: Niel R. Allen Age 54: Nathaniel P. Davis Age 53: William E. Brown, Jr. Age 52: Sescoe C. Isaacs Age 51: Edward F. Clark; Horton L. Chandler Age 49: Stanley N. Barnes Age 48: Robert B. Smith Age 47: Robert E. Hollifield Age 46: Melvin E. Thompson Age 45: Rudolph Anselmi Age 43: Harold Shapiro Age 42: Sam P. Gilstrap; Oliver W. Hill; Hugh C. Fox Age 41: Wingate H. Lucas Age 37: Winthrop Rockefeller Age 35: Thomas M. Burns Age 33: Charles P. Larrowe; H. Laban White, Jr.; Glenn Ford Age 31: Abraham Bernstein Age 29: John C. Davies Age 24: Alan Green; Richard P. Baylor Age 23: Allen Trovillion Age 22: Bernard R. Simon Age 21: Joan D. Aikens Age 19: Richard J. Riordan Age 14: Filemon Vela | | | 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