The Political Graveyard: December 19, 1968 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on December 19 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1968 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on December 19 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1968 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Norman Thomas See also: Politicians who died on December 19 (all years), or politicians who died in 1968 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Leonard D. LeBaron, born December 19, 1868 50 Years: Hudson J. Winnett, died December 19, 1918 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 98: William M. Parker Age 97: W. T. A. Fitzgerald Age 93: Otto Mueller; Olive C. Sanford Age 91: Emory F. Dyckman Age 89: Martin V. Godbey Age 82: Ralph S. Moseley Age 81: George Robinson Swift Age 80: Justin W. Harding Age 79: Harry Reyner Age 78: John McSweeney Age 77: Vernon W. Marr; Joseph K. Carson, Jr. Age 76: Gerald P. Nye; Ben L. Berve Age 75: Albert Branson Maris; Roger L. Putnam; Paul M. Robinett; William H. Fallon Age 74: Al J. Adams Age 72: John L. Early Age 70: Lee E. Emerson; Leonard Dickinson Age 69: Cecil O. Creal; Joseph G. Anthony; Lillian E. Schlagenhauf Age 66: Richard McCleery Age 64: Ben W. Fortson, Jr.; Rupert A. Sinsel Age 63: Joseph E. Marine Age 62: LeRoy B. McInally Age 61: Lloyd E. Sayres Age 58: Christian J. Jorgensen Age 57: Herbert P. Sorg; Perkins T. Shelton Age 55: V. K. Knapp Age 52: James B. McMillan; John William Crutcher Age 49: John Kannenberg Age 48: Compton Ignatius White, Jr. Age 44: Cicely Tyson Age 36: Carl D. Pursell Age 34: J. Spencer Letts Age 33: Ed Bethune Age 32: William Harold Albritton III; Italo S. Cappabianca Age 30: Albert Robinson Age 21: Robert M. Kimmitt Age 19: Johnny Ray Turner Age 13: Rob Portman Age 12: Lynn N. 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