The Political Graveyard: July 29, 1959 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on July 29 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1959 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on July 29 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1959 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Howard W. Ameli — Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Ernest Gabler See also: Politicians who died on July 29 (all years), or politicians who died in 1959 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: William O. Head, born July 29, 1859; John H. Welch, born July 29, 1859 50 Years: Henry G. Worthington, died July 29, 1909 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 95: Frank Pierpont Hall Age 87: Henry A. Davee Age 84: William M. Gober Age 83: Bryant T. Castellow; William R. Bayes Age 81: George G. Johnson; John B. Elliott Age 78: Thomas M. Wilson Age 76: Rainey H. Ridenhour Age 74: Avard Dake Age 73: Richard H. Bilbie Age 70: Herbert Funk Goodrich Age 69: Marion M. Caskie Age 66: Henry Christopher Callier Age 64: George E. Bell Age 63: D. Lane Powers Age 61: Signe Burckhardt Age 60: Mike Casey Age 58: Hamilton F. Potter Age 57: Edward T. Eversole Age 56: Walter Lyman Rice; Claude O. Vardaman; Thomas Gangemi; Eileen B. Lewis Age 53: Leif Erickson; David Davis IV; Mel Vanik Age 52: Alva H. Anderson; Hubert M. Sims Age 51: Edmund Blair Age 50: Stanley A. Prokop; E. Bartow Jones Age 48: Foster Furcolo Age 45: Denzel J. Smith; Erwin Avery Hightower Age 44: Francis W. Sargent Age 43: Eugene A. Toepel Age 42: Thomas H. Brown; Benjamin F. Westervelt, Jr. Age 41: David Short Dennison; Dwight A. Brown Age 40: Albert Lee Philpott Age 38: Raymond D. Dzendzel Age 36: Joe Purcell; Bernard C. Smith Age 34: Odessa Komer Age 33: Ralph Watkins, Jr. Age 32: K. David Harris; Horace T. Ward Age 27: Nancy Landon Kassebaum; Edward L. Masry Age 23: Elizabeth Dole Age 18: Jennifer Dunn Age 16: Robert L. Gernon Age 10: Marilyn Quayle Age 8: Deborah D. Pryce Age 3: Ronnie Musgrove Age 2: Diana L. 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