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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: January 1, 1913</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Emmet Clarie</a> — Goodyear, Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#477.77.14">Eliot Janeway</a></li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-01-01.html">Politicians who were born on January 1</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/born.html">politicians who were born in 1913</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who were married on this date: <ul> <li>None currently in database.</li> <li>See: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-01-01.html">Politicians who were married on January 1</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/married.html">politicians who were married in 1913</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li>None currently in database.</li> <li>See: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-01-01.html">Politicians who died on January 1</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/died.html">politicians who died in 1913</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#366.02.02">George Bliss</a>, born January 1, 1813; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#049.80.02">George B. Erath</a>, born January 1, 1813</li> <li>50 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#620.22.01">Julius C. Alford</a>, died January 1, 1863</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 82: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#583.10.81">Charles H. Kempf</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fellrath-femille.html#305.43.05">Charles N. Felton</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#785.32.47">Carleton Hunt</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#778.19.76">Alfred Brown</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#722.90.15">William H. H. Beadle</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#462.01.77">William H. Workman</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bunn.html#690.57.39">William Malcolm Bunn</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireneus-irmah.html#180.52.02">John P. Irish</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthews.html#371.56.35">William S. Matthews</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somers.html#103.72.09">Homer H. Somers</a></li> <li>Age 65: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goff.html#081.14.63">John W. Goff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reidelbach-reilley.html#848.75.13">Patrick Reilley</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#746.61.67">Thomas A. E. Weadock</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allensworth-allis.html#814.94.58">John T. Alley</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#988.84.32">Lawrence Gresser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#453.53.13">James A. Robson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#967.08.68">Wilber E. Hanks</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gould.html#831.31.06">Samuel W. Gould</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#646.02.70">Harry A. Richardson</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#618.57.50">George E. Chamberlain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#917.67.78">Clinton F. Irwin</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#623.23.31">Daniel J. Ryan</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellet-ellington.html#744.22.70">Tazewell Ellett</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweet.html#717.32.43">Willis Sweet</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#647.94.17">Frank W. Gunsaulus</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#619.74.69">Stephen Brundidge, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#349.50.16">Choice B. Randell</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#814.04.93">John G. Grant</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#541.25.17">George Shiras III</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan5.html#880.23.02">Jerry B. Sullivan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daba-daigre.html#317.54.57">Remi A. Daigle</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens3.html#053.18.72">Frederick C. Stevens</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgee.html#662.83.07">John Franklin McGee</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#300.69.04">Arthur N. Ward</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamre-hanchett.html#192.07.18">Harry A. Hanbury</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haines.html#433.18.58">John M. Haines</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danaher-danhof.html#346.10.46">Peter J. Danhof</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keyes.html#784.87.05">Wade Keyes</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#133.83.93">Thomas J. Whitehead</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#826.88.79">John Q. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 46: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#118.59.71">Albert S. J. Lehr</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy1.html#424.08.05">Alfred J. Murphy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#904.50.85">Edward J. Metcalf</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#800.76.25">Montague Lessler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white5.html#680.18.55">Jay White</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#913.06.68">Philip O'Hagan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#547.24.91">John J. Thomas</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#644.52.77">Benjamin F. Jones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#225.74.36">J. Maxwell Beers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell9.html#666.29.41">Willie P. Russell</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#554.37.97">Arthur E. Bidwell</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pugsley-puntley.html#212.72.21">E. Bert Pullman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#847.97.99">Gardner J. Chamberlin</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#369.25.32">John C. Ketcham</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#384.43.52">David A. Fitzgibbon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fishman-fister.html#832.60.43">Robert Howland Fisk</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knox.html#031.25.57">Frank Knox</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carey.html#619.82.39">Henry W. Carey</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#983.97.97">Harold G. Bretherton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#996.96.56">Mortimer W. Olds</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#781.79.77">James W. McKnight</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#403.20.82">William Woodburn</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#492.21.45">Ferdinand A. Hoyt</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#146.88.31">Martin C. Ansorge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#296.37.31">Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#119.74.19">B. A. Brigadier</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovan.html#394.00.54">William J. Donovan</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson3.html#478.17.93">Edwin C. Johnson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson6.html#578.92.29">Lawrence W. Jackson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#825.11.19">Charles D. Kilbourn</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#797.36.42">Albert J. Engel</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glover.html#912.03.49">Charles Carroll Glover, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcbride.html#900.15.91">J. S. McBride</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#635.77.38">Arthur Adams</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#831.42.96">August Bakeberg</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#085.21.46">Ralph Halpern</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#818.92.10">Ernest E. Ramey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#809.79.90">Ben Moore</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#448.23.11">Peter J. De Muth</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsh.html#569.34.24">Patrick Walsh</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#778.97.60">George A. Andrews</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#504.77.55">George R. Fitzmaurice</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wigginton-wilard.html#706.95.37">David C. Wightman</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cord-corneliusen.html#631.57.52">Ernest E. Cornelius</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlette-bartolotti.html#439.39.42">Allen Bartman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/detaranto-devin.html#204.87.73">William H. Detweiler</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#107.87.31">Louis C. Miriani</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#177.94.84">Dan W. Mouse</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#246.73.47">Henry W. Griffith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#070.83.11">Otto Rachals</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien4.html#978.39.02">George D. O'Brien</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#955.72.42">Ralph Carter Harrison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#432.10.22">Roland R. Faulk</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#915.65.86">J. C. Griggs</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor2.html#069.28.75">Dean P. Taylor</a></li> <li>Age 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coad-coatsworth.html#904.76.48">Louis E. Coash</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#804.10.04">Melvin Price</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/levin.html#155.11.93">Gerald Sanford Levin</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#962.10.70">Harry Kraf</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goldman-gomulka.html#479.12.38">Barry M. Goldwater</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#491.18.78">William R. Mitchell</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#675.88.51">Stephen J. Stopczynski</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#275.06.47">Victor G. Reuther</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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