The Political Graveyard: August 28, 1950 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on August 28 (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 28 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1950 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: William T. Powers — Patterson, Putnam County, N.Y. Arthur Townsend See also: Politicians who died on August 28 (all years), or politicians who died in 1950 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Charles H. Aldrich, born August 28, 1850; William McKissock, born August 28, 1850 Office Transitions on this date: William T. Powers, died in office (Justice of New York Supreme Court) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 82: William F. Barrows Age 78: John W. Towle Age 77: Edward E. Denison Age 76: Martin Saxe Age 75: Fannie Sutton Faison Age 74: William W. Blackney Age 68: Carroll T. Prince; Clarence A. Barnes; Roger A. Burr Age 67: Jacob A. O. Preus; C. Milton Fessenden Age 66: Walter Morris Dinwiddie Age 64: Robert D. Davidson Age 63: Fred C. Heidepriem Age 62: John L. Bouchal Age 60: William A. Sullivan Age 59: Edgar J. Nathan, Jr.; Eugene Lester Garey; Axel W. Ostlund Age 58: Carl T. Durham; Frank J. Huckin, Jr.; Maurice Whitney Age 57: Alfred G. Morency Age 56: Howard L. Doyle Age 55: Hadwen C. Fuller; W. L. Ferrell Age 54: Joseph L. Dailey; E. R. Stewart Age 53: Hugh D. Auchincloss Age 51: Thomas J. Whinery; Vernon Huber Age 49: Malcolm D. Haven Age 46: John M. Robsion, Jr. Age 41: Hatfield C. Brubeck Age 40: Robert M. McKinney; J. Kenton Lambert Age 39: Robert H. Kaul Age 38: Rosemary L. Ginn; George F. Roskie; Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo Age 35: Charles L. Madison; Reino A. Perala Age 33: John R. Hansen Age 31: Jean Mary Wilkowski; Helen Boosalis Age 29: Nancy Kulp; William Hochman Age 28: Beverly Barbara Bistline Age 23: Donald D. Alsop Age 22: Lou Papan Age 20: Lyle W. Hanks Age 16: Robert Louis Barry Age 12: John F. Maisto Age 11: Robert A. Miller; Robert E. Davis Age 10: William S. 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