The Political Graveyard: August 5, 1953 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Michael F. Doyle — Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pa. Robert Duncan — Vernon, Wilbarger County, Tex. See also: Politicians who were born on August 5 (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 August 5 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1953 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who died on August 5 (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: 150 Years: William Sawyer, born August 5, 1803 100 Years: Frank S. Streeter, born August 5, 1853 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 96: Charles W. Larmon Age 95: George A. Davis; James F. Duhamel Age 90: John C. Anderson Age 86: William Clement Age 85: William M. Hargest; Johnston B. Campbell Age 84: Charles H. Gladish Age 81: Fred Albin Age 80: Joseph R. Knowland Age 78: Robert Woods Bliss Age 75: Charles Drummond Lawrence Age 74: Thomas Holcomb Age 73: George H. Gabb Age 72: William E. Rasmussen Age 70: Stanley J. Rexrode Age 69: William S. Culbertson Age 68: Horace Remillard Age 67: Bruce Barton Age 66: James J. Broderick; John H. Taylor Age 65: George A. Garrett Age 63: Josie Fehner; Elroy C. Kehr Age 61: John H. Lord Age 59: Klemmer Kalteissen Age 55: Herbert K. Hyde; Martin C. Mihm Age 54: Renz L. Jennings Age 53: Arthur L. Zimny Age 52: George A. O'Kon Age 51: Harry J. Revercomb; Marian Roberts Age 45: Harlan Thomas; Timothy H. Armstrong Age 43: Rose Agnes Barnes Age 33: G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery; Donald O. Campen, Jr. Age 31: J. W. Waters Age 30: Richard G. Kleindienst Age 28: Theodore Souris; John T. Hicks Age 26: Saul Weprin Age 25: Gerard Louis Goettel Age 24: John Henry Moore II Age 22: Si Galperin, Jr. Age 15: Darrell G. Bender Age 12: Andrea H. Seastrand; Gil Garcetti; Marvin Thomas Richardson Age 10: Ernest C. Fackler Age 8: Paullette Wimberly Age 7: Kathy Whitmire | | | 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