The Political Graveyard: April 28, 1956 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on April 28 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1956 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on April 28 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1956 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Jesse L. Webb, Jr. — near Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Mich. See also: Politicians who died on April 28 (all years), or politicians who died in 1956 (all dates). Office Transitions on this date: Jesse L. Webb, Jr., died in office (mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, La.) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 101: Martin R. Sackett Age 86: Earl Hanley Beshlin Age 83: Charles E. Creager Age 82: Haslett P. Burke Age 80: James Damron; Winnette D. DeGrassi Age 79: William G. Clark; Paul Nash Age 77: Beveridge C. Dunlop Age 76: Willis I. Norton Age 75: Reeve Schley Age 74: Barratt O'Hara; Carroll S. Chaplin Age 73: Adolph A. Williamson Age 72: J. Forest Walker Age 69: Charles T. Wolf Age 67: Hayden Harriss Age 65: Herman H. Finkle; Wayne G. Borah Age 58: Ben E. Lohman Age 57: John J. Sheehan Age 55: Margaret Andrews; Hulme S. Daron Age 53: George Blumberg Age 50: Edna Batchelder Weeks; William Luebke Age 48: Dorothy N. Dolbey; John Brandt; Catherine L. Roberts Age 44: Victorine Q. Adams Age 42: Robert J. MacDonald Age 39: Roger D. Foley Age 38: Stanley C. Novak Age 36: William C. Stuart; Henry W. Lengyel Age 35: Donald E. Smith Age 34: William S. Broomfield; Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious Age 32: John E. McCauley; Harry T. Diehl Age 31: T. John Lesinski Age 30: Gordon W. Burrows; Charles L. Levin Age 26: James A. Baker III Age 22: Henry G. Hager Age 18: Joseph F. Battle, Jr. Age 12: David B. Funderburk Age 10: Hunt Downer Age 9: Anthony M. Masiello Age 7: Tom Cole | | | 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