The Political Graveyard: December 28, 1976 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on December 28 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1976 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on December 28 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1976 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Katharine E. Byron — Washington, D.C. Lindsay C. Warren — Washington, D.C. Joseph L. Eyre — Chester, Delaware County, Pa. See also: Politicians who died on December 28 (all years), or politicians who died in 1976 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: James Harvey Slater, born December 28, 1826 100 Years: Malcolm T. Brice, born December 28, 1876; William H. Nobles, died December 28, 1876 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 100: Henry Tilton Lummus Age 96: Wiley C. Conary Age 87: Edgar C. Campbell Age 85: Warren H. Atherton Age 82: Burnita Shelton Matthews Age 81: Lawrence E. Imhoff Age 79: Edward J. Sparks; Joseph D. Nunan, Jr.; Chris L. Erickson Age 77: William R. Poage Age 73: George Hugo Boldt Age 71: Milton H. Adler Age 70: Alexander Atkinson Lawrence, Jr. Age 67: J. Carlyle Rutledge; Meade H. Esposito Age 64: James B. Allen; Lucile E. Belen Age 63: John William Brown; Robert H. Steele; Tom Bane Age 62: John Lesinski, Jr. Age 49: Austin L. Wyman, Jr. Age 48: Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; George Robert McNeish Age 47: Fred Heineman; Owen F. Bieber; Gordon Thompson, Jr. Age 46: James D. Theberge; Robert B. Fiske, Jr. Age 43: John Y. Brown, Jr. Age 42: Frank Garrison Age 40: Jim McDermott Age 39: E. Dennis White, Jr. Age 38: John Giller Age 36: Doug Walgren Age 32: Johnny Isakson Age 30: Tim Johnson; Mike Beebe Age 29: Spencer T. Bachus Age 25: Jane G. Haigh Age 20: Ed Worley Age 19: Leslie A. Touma Age 12: Bernie Omann | | | 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