The Political Graveyard: June 29, 1956 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: John Delaney — Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. See also: Politicians who were born on June 29 (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 June 29 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1956 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Mark W. Woods — Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. See also: Politicians who died on June 29 (all years), or politicians who died in 1956 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 50 Years: Simon P. Hughes, died June 29, 1906; Nahum Harwood, died June 29, 1906 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 97: Anton Fryslie Age 96: William Henry Dunphy; Seth Mann Age 94: Fred Wade Age 87: Fred E. Sterling; Thomas H. Cook Age 83: Gory Hogg Age 82: Samuel H. Pangborn; Henry H. Bodenstab; Milton McColloch Age 81: Isaac Lester Age 76: Ed M. Wray Age 75: Emerson R. Boyles Age 69: S. M. Bone Age 68: Hasell H. Dick Age 67: Jo O. Ferguson Age 66: C. W. 'Runt' Bishop; Henry A. Dixon Age 63: Paul Arnold; Rufus Woodruff Fant, Jr. Age 57: O. Lloyd Welsh; Robert O. Burrows, Sr. Age 54: Thurmond Clarke Age 53: Walter B. Huber; Joseph A. McArdle; John D. Voelker; Achibald A. Wacker Age 52: F. D. B. Harding; Howard Elliott Age 50: Irving L. Goldberg Age 49: Paul O'Dwyer; James S. Farnsworth; George W. Owings, Jr. Age 48: W. Wendell Blancké Age 45: Guy H. Jones, Sr.; John H. Cooke Age 38: Richard E. Lyng Age 37: Maurice L. Britt Age 34: B. Hayden Crawford Age 33: Alfred T. Goodwin Age 32: Philip H. Hoff Age 28: William T. Bagley Age 27: James D. Griffin Age 26: Richard Ernest Eagleton; Eric E. Kauma Age 25: Richard L. Berkley Age 24: Charles F. Gray Age 22: George K. Arthur Age 21: Ronald B. Stafford Age 16: Claude Harris, Jr. Age 14: Robin Britt Age 13: Virginia Ann Foxx Age 12: Collin C. Peterson Age 11: Charles Anderson Age 8: Fred Grandy Age 7: Roman W. Prezioso, Jr.; Harry Teague Age 6: Jo Ann Davis | | | 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