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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: July 11, 1945</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Russell</a>, born July 11, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finn-firth.html#211.77.47">Daniel E. Finn</a>, born July 11, 1845</li> <li>50 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#536.89.45">John H. Graham</a>, died July 11, 1895</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 100: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#221.95.75">Harry P. Dill</a></li> <li>Age 99: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#750.52.54">Daniel J. Rudolf</a></li> <li>Age 96: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#983.67.67">Charles W. Porter</a></li> <li>Age 92: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#294.34.18">J. Henry Boehmer</a></li> <li>Age 88: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurvink-kyros.html#304.32.12">David H. G. Kuser</a></li> <li>Age 83: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#775.57.40">James C. Hanson</a></li> <li>Age 82: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#035.96.54">William H. Lawrence</a></li> <li>Age 78: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#505.20.51">John J. Cornwell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#985.77.32">Charles W. Bieser</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#364.05.12">Frederick J. H. Kracke</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#622.38.08">George C. Armstrong</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#329.16.00">Herman G. Hutt</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#161.06.86">Clarence F. Lea</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#096.89.16">George E. Q. Johnson</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#596.40.86">Ashley T. Cole</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#526.91.76">John F. Dittbrender</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#185.67.06">Josephine Lamfrom</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/koch.html#325.57.72">Edward R. Koch</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker3.html#505.30.04">E. Carleton Baker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#322.00.48">Charles E. Nelson</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clamen-clanton.html#091.35.60">Thomas H. Clancey</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#779.93.25">John Alexander Hadden</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#002.88.04">Clyde Doyle</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battle.html#457.50.97">John S. Battle</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#122.87.17">William O'Dwyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orr.html#355.96.81">Samuel Orr</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#682.67.74">Fred W. Messmore</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#624.44.21">Ruth G. Butler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#176.80.73">Alexander Seifert</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#722.86.96">Harry E. Barnard</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scadden-schafe.html#756.74.99">John Joseph Scanlan</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snell.html#207.09.67">Earl Snell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dougherty.html#896.35.74">Ray E. Dougherty</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#508.96.22">Gomer Griffith Smith</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#231.95.91">George M. Grant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#745.93.98">Bull Connor</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#472.36.55">Allen B. Blacklock</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#663.06.49">Neil Staebler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#023.50.18">Aaron M. Orange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#570.82.55">Frank C. Mazzuca</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#961.49.30">Harry T. Limerick, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#459.40.42">Kenneth A. Schmied</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#897.68.88">Leon Rice</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsh.html#526.30.24">William F. Walsh</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#895.12.70">Dee Edwards</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#646.07.59">Robert J. Ryan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrington-harrion.html#997.45.36">Donald S. Harrington</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#216.62.08">Howard F. Houk</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#750.11.84">W. M. Don Wheeler</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#535.66.51">Tom Downs</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffin.html#930.27.30">Frank M. Coffin</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurvink-kyros.html#023.53.58">Peter N. Kyros</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#749.45.02">Joseph F. Sablich</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson7.html#496.60.51">Robert C. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#711.86.12">M. J. 'Mike' Foster</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#455.78.42">John N. Dalton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starr.html#439.44.48">H. James Starr</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#562.69.20">Marvin E. Aspen</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#420.03.09">Michael H. Conlin</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 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. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/07-11.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/07-11.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>