The Political Graveyard: February 5, 1986 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on February 5 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1986 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 5 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1986 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Wilfred G. Bassett — Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. See also: Politicians who died on February 5 (all years), or politicians who died in 1986 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 200 Years: Alexander Harper, born February 5, 1786 150 Years: A. H. Keller, born February 5, 1836 50 Years: Emma Eldredge, died February 5, 1936 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 95: Daniel Needham; John C. Hampton Age 94: George H. Cohen Age 86: Reginald C. Harmon Age 83: Lester W. Watts Age 82: George M. Abbott Age 81: Robert Newbegin; Edmund Burke, Jr.; Luther Merritt Swygert Age 80: Clinton D. McKinnon; George A. Spencer Age 79: B. K. Roberts; Ralph W. Johnson; Norton Simon Age 77: Bert M. Heideman Age 76: John P. Cowart Age 75: William E. Doyle Age 72: Charles B. Brownson; George R. Metcalf Age 71: Paul E. Provost Age 70: William H. Ayres Age 69: Daniel L. Clarke Age 68: John Dennis Coughlin Age 67: Robert Reynold Merhige, Jr. Age 64: John H. Kelly Age 62: Richard P. Gilbert Age 61: Fletcher Thompson; Barefoot Sanders Age 59: Patrick P. Pereira Age 53: Benjamin P. Alschuler Age 51: Kenneth Auvil; Charles W. Turnbull Age 50: Gervase A. Hephner Age 43: Robin L. Taylor Age 36: Ronald Jason Palmieri Age 32: Barbara B. Goushaw Age 27: Jennifer M. Granholm Age 25: Dan Onorato Age 19: Erik Wells Age 10: Jaime R. 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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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