The Political Graveyard: August 2, 1950 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Randy Kelly — Rolette, Rolette County, N.Dak. Mark W. Schwiebert — Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. See also: Politicians who were born on August 2 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1950 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on August 2 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1950 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 2 (all years), or politicians who died in 1950 (all dates). Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 100: Frederick Collin Age 88: Walter J. Lenoir Age 87: Elmer E. Robinson Age 84: Charles Francis Adams; Charles J. Sharrock Age 83: Edward C. Bryan Age 81: Lucien S. Bayliss Age 79: Lafon Allen Age 78: James A. Stacey Age 77: Gilbert G. Cottam; John B. Jameson Age 76: Fred H. Hildebrandt Age 75: Frank A. O'Connor Age 73: John T. Barker; Winnifred Tweedie Age 72: P. S. Carlton; Albert E. Ereaut Age 71: James M. Tunnell; R. C. Stanford; W. Jett Lauck; Sherwood A. Clock Age 69: Thomas Franklin Watkins Age 68: R. A. Gray Age 67: John E. Youngs; Dozier Adolphus DeVane Age 63: Nathan D. Perlman Age 62: Emmett R. Fertig; Nina Falk Age 60: La Verne Baldwin Age 58: Frank D. Allen Age 56: Joel West Flood Age 54: Sarah Tilghman Hughes; Joaquin M. Elizalde Age 50: Horace E. Dodge Age 48: Arthur W. Sprague Age 47: C. Edwin Moore Age 45: Algernon L. Butler Age 42: Warren J. Rees Age 40: Fred S. Farr Age 39: J. C. Cruikshank Age 36: William Franklin Justice Age 32: Eugene H. Nickerson Age 28: Paul Laxalt; Donald A. Campbell Age 26: Martin Tuchow Age 25: Dave Keyston Age 20: Ron de Lugo; John Ray Harrison, Sr. Age 16: W. M. 'Monty' Harlow; Berry Avant Edenfield Age 11: John W. Snow; Don Davidson Age 9: Richard Neely Age 5: John R. 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