The Political Graveyard: October 30, 1955 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on October 30 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1955 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on October 30 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1955 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Mamie W. Colvin — Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla. See also: Politicians who died on October 30 (all years), or politicians who died in 1955 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Oscar R. Hundley, born October 30, 1855; Julius Hubbell Seymour, born October 30, 1855; Edward B. Dudley, died October 30, 1855 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 98: Nathaniel P. Sowle Age 95: James W. Remick Age 91: Aaron A. F. Seawell; Francis G. Blair Age 86: Huntley N. Spaulding Age 84: Charles H. Cole Age 81: H. B. Bartlett Age 77: William C. Carpenter Age 72: Nelson S. Hance Age 68: Matt E. Hafner Age 67: Alan G. Kirk; Louis J. Menges Age 66: Ilo C. Funk Age 65: Patrick J. McAndrews Age 59: Edwin W. Blomquist Age 57: Thomas A. Burke; Carl L. Bailey Age 55: Richard P. Gale; Floyd E. Shurbert Age 52: Leonard C. Fons Age 51: Neil H. McElroy Age 50: Horace H. Smith; John Tedford Hammond; Paul J. Bailey Age 49: E. Bayliss James Age 47: Albert H. Bosch; Max Waldo Bishop Age 46: T. Muldrup Forsyth Age 43: Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. Age 42: Herbert Naaman Maletz Age 41: Edward H. Branchfield Age 40: Howard W. Robison Age 39: Charles E. Potter Age 37: Frank M. Johnson, Jr.; Milton Rakove Age 35: Santiago Polanco-Abreu Age 30: Gus Savage; John C. Morris Age 29: Laurence J. Burton Age 20: Richard J. Rabbitt Age 18: Pat Williams Age 10: Glenn Poshard Age 5: John T. Doolittle Age 4: Frank Pallone, Jr. Age 3: Dave Porteous Age 2: Peter Hoekstra | | | 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