The Political Graveyard: May 4, 1978 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on May 4 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1978 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 4 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1978 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Marion T. McCarthy See also: Politicians who died on May 4 (all years), or politicians who died in 1978 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: William M. Whittington, born May 4, 1878 50 Years: William J. Behan, died May 4, 1928 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 96: Frank J. Hayes; Albert Link; John Irwin Viney Age 92: Benjamin M. McLyman Age 90: Paul D. Higbee Age 89: Stephen M. Young; E. B. Chappell Age 86: Morley G. Kelly Age 82: George Gebert Age 81: Phelps Phelps Age 79: George A. Beauchamp Age 77: Reuben J. Boling; Carmine Freda Age 76: W. Clement Stone Age 69: Nelson F. Stamler Age 64: Gerard C. Smith Age 63: Robert J. Slingerlend Age 61: Findley Burns, Jr. Age 60: Carlton Beall Age 59: Jim D. Bowmer Age 58: June N. Honaman Age 57: Martin Ozinga, Jr. Age 56: John P. Hammerschmidt; Charles T. Cross Age 55: Gillis W. Long Age 50: Joseph D. Tydings Age 49: William D. Tarrant; Jessie M. Rattley Age 45: Edward Roy Becker Age 40: William R. Bryant, Jr. Age 35: Michael Myers Age 32: Gary Bauer; Richard L. Brodsky Age 30: James N. Clymer Age 27: James C. Greenwood; Carlos L. Valdés; Colleen Hanabusa Age 24: Doug Jones Age 14: Wes Westmoreland Age 11: Kevin Brooks | | | 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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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