The Political Graveyard: May 2, 1957 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on May 2 (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 May 2 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1957 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Joseph R. McCarthy — Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. See also: Politicians who died on May 2 (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: Thomas R. Whitney, born May 2, 1807 50 Years: Jared Lawrence Rathbone, died May 2, 1907 Office Transitions on this date: Joseph R. McCarthy, died in office (U.S. Senator from Wisconsin) Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 95: Charles E. Nichols Age 94: Norris Brown Age 91: Frances E. Burns Age 88: Hovey E. Copley Age 87: Wallace D. Yaple; James G. Moran Age 84: Patrick J. Lucey; Ernest J. Bryant; Eli Taylor Age 82: Andrew J. Brodie Age 80: C. A. Jarvis; Joseph A. Parks Age 79: Ithamar Quigley Age 76: Jheopart Harry Capehart Age 75: James F. Byrnes; Harry F. Baily Age 74: Joseph G. Wolber Age 73: John A. Boland; Evered V. Jolliffe; Burton S. Heal Age 70: Stanton Griffis Age 68: Arthur Koegel Age 65: Helmuth F. Arps Age 63: Letha C. Astry Age 62: George H. Jennings, Sr.; George W. Perkins Age 59: W. E. Burchett Age 58: George H. Combs, Jr. Age 56: Thor C. Tollefson; Margaret Drips; Robert L. Pierce Age 54: Benjamin Spock Age 53: Lloyd W. Gibbs; Raymond P. Hillinger Age 50: William C. Trimble; Shuford Kirk; Emanuel J. Evans Age 49: John H. Matheson; Ralph M. Collison Age 48: Robert S. Travis Age 47: George Sharrock Age 46: W. Lewis Wallace; Emory J. Reaser Age 44: Irwin H. Burdick; Joseph M. Ballouz Age 41: Daniel John Snyder, Jr. Age 40: Lawrence M. Rulison Age 39: John D. Hinman Age 38: William A. Ryan Age 36: Frederick Irving Age 33: Burnet R. Maybank Age 27: John L. Loeb, Jr.; Harlan Wilson, Jr. Age 26: Jo Anne Darcy Age 25: Jon O. Newman Age 24: James H. Gilmartin Age 20: Wayne Owens Age 19: Paul H. Boeker Age 17: Karl Spillman Forester Age 16: Bob Turner Age 14: Samuel N. Kusic Age 11: William L. Gormley Age 10: Bill Lowery; Peter Welch Age 9: Cal Anderson; Florence Shapiro Age 7: Scott McCallum Age 3: Tom Garrett Age 2: Paul F. 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