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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: December 20, 1862</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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P. Jenkins</a> — Lansford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa.</li> <li><i>See also:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-12-20.html">Politicians who were born on December 20</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/born.html">politicians who were born in 1862</a> (all dates).</li> </ul><br> <p><b>Politicians who were married on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><i>None currently in database.</i></li> <li><i>See:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-12-20.html">Politicians who were married on December 20</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/married.html">politicians who were married in 1862</a> (all dates).</li> </ul><br> <p><b>Politicians who died on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearce.html#742.44.07">James A. Pearce</a> — Chestertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Md.</li> <li><i>See also:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-12-20.html">Politicians who died on December 20</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/died.html">politicians who died in 1862</a> (all dates).</li> </ul><br> <p><b>Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><i>50 Years:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#101.53.18">George Grundy Dunn</a>, born December 20, 1812</li> </ul><br> <p><b>Office Transitions on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearce.html#742.44.07">James A. Pearce</a>, <i>died in office</i> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>)</li> </ul> <p><b>Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><i>Age 83:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkins.html#494.23.38">William Wilkins</a></li> <li><i>Age 64:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#404.01.63">John Wood</a></li> <li><i>Age 59:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#320.29.76">Elias W. Leavenworth</a></li> <li><i>Age 57:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#447.86.48">Asa Packer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladd.html#935.33.69">Nathaniel Ladd</a></li> <li><i>Age 53:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#733.67.18">Rufus W. Peckham</a></li> <li><i>Age 52:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#344.17.43">Thomas G. Alvord</a></li> <li><i>Age 49:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#036.12.90">Samuel J. Kirkwood</a></li> <li><i>Age 44:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#280.02.19">John H. Farquhar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#903.49.80">John Winfield Wallace</a></li> <li><i>Age 41:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#211.90.80">J. Hammond Trumbull</a></li> <li><i>Age 38:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#416.18.19">R. Holland Duell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/catron-cavanagh.html#731.37.95">William Columbus Cauthen</a></li> <li><i>Age 37:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#300.62.14">John B. Penington</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#155.20.14">James M. McIntosh</a></li> <li><i>Age 31:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#115.35.49">John W. McCormick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#851.10.71">William T. Davies</a></li> <li><i>Age 25:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#902.00.65">George Madison Adams</a></li> <li><i>Age 21:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwell.html#902.71.22">Jonathan H. Blackwell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#218.22.81">John P. Owens</a></li> <li><i>Age 16:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crofoot-crompton.html#083.02.64">George William Croft</a></li> <li><i>Age 15:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#222.52.87">John P. Leedom</a></li> <li><i>Age 13:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#724.65.30">John W. Kern</a></li> <li><i>Age 11:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#766.00.29">Theodore E. Burton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#840.31.05">G. A. Prinz</a></li> <li><i>Age 9:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#705.11.75">Lemuel B. Bissell</a></li> <li><i>Age 7:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#814.15.35">Charles R. Corning</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#789.08.19">James W. Settle</a></li> <li><i>Age 5:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#358.29.81">Beverly W. Coiner</a></li> <li><i>Age 4:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#639.90.81">J. Eugene Peterson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#548.03.12">John Quincy Adams</a></li> <li><i>Age 2:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gartner-garwood.html#148.24.92">Abraham Reuben Garver</a></li> <li><i>Age 1:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#584.54.48">Daniel W. Hamilton</a></li> </ul><br> </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"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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