The Political Graveyard: January 8, 1953 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on January 8 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1953 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on January 8 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1953 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Charles E. Merriam — Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. See also: Politicians who died on January 8 (all years), or politicians who died in 1953 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Charles Humphrey Atherton, died January 8, 1853 50 Years: Jackson I. Case, died January 8, 1903 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 95: Tillman D. Johnson Age 94: Don G. Stokes Age 90: James M. Perkins; Andrew J. Balliet Age 88: Charles E. Allen Age 87: T. F. Cherry Age 83: Oren V. Henderson Age 79: Roland D. Sawyer Age 78: W. Londa Lilly Age 77: Vladimir Karapetoff Age 76: A. J. Praxel Age 74: Emory S. Land Age 72: Henrik Shipstead; J. Reid Green Age 70: Patrick J. Hurley; Francis M. Kinder Age 69: Fleming N. Alderson Age 68: Robert C. Clothier Age 64: Marshal Hunt Age 63: Bennett Champ Clark Age 62: Earnest C. Brooks Age 61: Riley Varney Age 60: Harold H. Tittmann, Jr. Age 59: Elmer J. Holland Age 55: Clay D. Hammond; Aldine DeNinno Age 54: Sherman Adams; Harry Litowich; James A. Burns; Robert H. Frazier Age 53: John J. Beck; Claud R. Erickson Age 51: Sarah A. Langworthy; Lynn A. Stokes Age 50: William McG. Morrison Age 48: George E. Aurell Age 47: Aida L. Aurelio Age 43: Louis C. Chappell Age 41: Lawrence Edward Walsh Age 39: Glenn S. Allen, Jr. Age 32: Donald R. Ackerson Age 30: Ervin E. Dupper Age 25: Slade Gorton; H. Darrel Darby Age 24: Scott M. Matheson Age 21: Decatur W. Trotter Age 16: James S. Forrester Age 11: Bob Taft Age 10: Spencer D. Noe Age 8: Ruth Johnson; John R. Bathe Age 4: Francis X. Tenaglio Age 3: Cathie Adams Age 1: Mel Reynolds; Charles F. 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