The Political Graveyard: April 8, 1957 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on April 8 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1957 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on April 8 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1957 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Homer C. Fritsch — Montreal, Quebec John W. Armstrong See also: Politicians who died on April 8 (all years), or politicians who died in 1957 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: William F. Giles, born April 8, 1807 100 Years: Alexander Boyd, died April 8, 1857 50 Years: Austin H. Weir, died April 8, 1907 Office Transitions on this date: Homer C. Fritsch, died in office (mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 99: Joseph H. Close Age 90: William Edwin Milligan Age 88: William T. Robinson Age 83: Orestes de Martini Age 79: Sumter C. Brawley; Thomas J. Schueddig Age 76: Frank P. Lockhart Age 75: Michael J. Walsh Age 70: George Jefferson; Roger S. Hoar Age 69: Dennis Chavez; J. Leroy Johnson Age 68: T. K. Rinaker; Joseph N. Ackerman Age 65: Rose M. Long; Mary Pickford Rogers Age 63: J. Millard Tawes Age 62: Luke E. Linnan Age 61: John W. Hubbard Age 58: Edward David Crippa Age 54: Dennis J. Roberts Age 51: William A. M. Burden Age 49: Thomas H. Brown; W. Stuart Helm Age 48: Joseph E. Arsulowicz Age 47: H. Rex Lee Age 45: Frank Veltri; Fred M. Winner Age 44: Carlton Skinner Age 39: Halbert O. Woodward; Betty Ford Age 37: John Allen Dixon, Jr. Age 35: Michael L. Stacey; James E. Barrett Age 34: William S. Moorhead Age 28: Brandon Grove; Joseph L. Bruno Age 27: Alan L. Susman Age 26: John A. Gavin Age 24: James Carson Gardner Age 22: Albert G. Bustamante Age 18: Martin J. Schreiber Age 12: Henry Lee Adams, Jr. Age 11: Joseph E. Kernan Age 10: Tom DeLay Age 7: David E. Bernsen Age 2: David Wu | | | 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"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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