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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died at Age 43</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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Mhoon (1801-1844)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pfaelzer-phellis.html#104.62.64">Gottlieb Adolph Fredrick Pfafflin (1836-1879)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 5 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berg.html#666.36.22">Julius S. Berg (1895-1938)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 6 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#879.71.49">Basil C. Manly (1839-1882)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 10 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#630.79.56">Mahlon S. Kirtley (1837-1880)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 13 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#583.05.82">Ferdinand L. Claiborne (1772-1815)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 23 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#658.83.97">Clare Retan (1888-1931)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 25 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sauner-sawtelle.html#669.02.15">John Simpson Savage (1841-1884)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 27 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#874.99.49">David Fullerton Robison (1816-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 33 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis3.html#235.54.33">Fred H. Davis (1894-1937)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 34 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#136.71.36">Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 36 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#779.91.26">L. Harris Hiscock (1824-1867)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 39 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#931.69.74">Samuel A. Gager (1803-1846)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 44 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#536.38.64">Thomas M. Eaton (1896-1939)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 52 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#458.49.72">John A. Kerr (1825-1868)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 53 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy1.html#466.39.25">Arthur P. Murphy (1870-1914)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 54 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/austin.html#251.44.29">Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 57 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#160.73.58">William Lee Ball (1781-1824)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David S. Walker, Jr. (1846-1889)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 66 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton H. Lathrop (1857-1900)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 67 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#407.90.89">Robert M. A. Hawk (1839-1882)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 69 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#632.96.87">Edward J. Ahearn (1891-1934)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 71 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynt-fogg.html#354.67.86">Robert Hermann Foerderer (1860-1903)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 74 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#840.83.31">Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 78 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#551.04.51">John C. Ingersoll (1860-1903)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 81 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#205.63.05">George S. Legaré (1869-1913)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 83 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#552.51.51">Albert S. Brookes (1870-1913)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 86 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#632.82.52">M. M. Parsons (1822-1865)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 101 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#067.43.55">Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 103 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#839.82.96">Dorr C. Casto (1915-1958)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 105 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young9.html#495.68.02">Wallace J. Young (1880-1923)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 108 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#321.41.54">John M. Coghlan (1835-1879)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#898.44.29">Charles Augustus Foote (1785-1828)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 109 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hardin.html#916.37.32">Martin D. Hardin (1780-1823)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#156.66.00">Samuel Welsh (1864-1907)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 114 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#819.46.23">Reese Calhoun DeGraffenreid (1859-1902)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#033.95.19">Hayward A. Harvey (1870-1914)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 118 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffer.html#579.57.10">J. Wilson Shaffer (1827-1870)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 119 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthy-wriggins.html#999.84.25">Edward C. Wren (1918-1962)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 124 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George S. Catlin (1808-1851)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 129 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#588.62.47">John G. Chalmers (1803-1847)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 132 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#951.07.37">John B. Jester (1895-1938)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 133 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#787.55.98">William O. Anderson (1920-1964)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 138 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#242.85.69">Thomas N. Stilwell (1830-1874)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#353.04.80">Harry Alonzo Black (1879-1923)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 141 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#347.19.67">David B. Mellish (1831-1874)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#772.11.62">George Underwood (1816-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 143 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/higginson-hilger.html#152.16.79">Robert King High (1924-1967)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 147 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#541.67.99">George B. Porter (1791-1834)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 149 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robbins.html#625.86.37">Gaston A. Robbins (1858-1902)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 153 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#044.25.67">Rudolph Halley (1913-1956)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 158 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#829.34.98">Reynolds Clough (1875-1918)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 164 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#767.65.54">John G. Miller (1812-1856)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 168 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#350.21.68">Paul Spooner (1746-1789)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 169 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#791.09.26">George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 170 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackburn.html#767.43.63">E. Spencer Blackburn (1868-1912)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien2.html#557.68.35">Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 174 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#198.60.41">Henry K. Smith (1811-1854)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 179 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#794.46.23">David G. Colson (1861-1904)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 180 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#966.21.11">John W. Leftwich (1826-1870)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 182 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#287.08.72">James B. Blake (1827-1870)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 190 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed5.html#176.73.21">Joseph Reed (1741-1785)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 193 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#373.69.50">Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 199 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#866.57.06">James C. Dobbin (1814-1857)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 202 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#680.08.88">Alfred M. Lay (1836-1879)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 205 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#885.12.49">Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. (1806-1850)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 208 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#178.66.13">Moses L. Broocks (1864-1908)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#934.55.24">Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 211 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gamble.html#910.52.58">John Rankin Gamble (1848-1891)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 216 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant-graver.html#068.08.96">Joseph J. Gravely (1828-1872)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 220 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white5.html#386.73.17">John White (1802-1845)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 222 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers5.html#362.56.96">John J. Rogers (1881-1925)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 224 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#942.77.74">Jule L. Goetzman (1912-1956)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 228 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#180.89.54">Caleb F. Abbott (1811-1855)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 231 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#369.09.74">Daniel F. Webster (1853-1896)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 232 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webber.html#722.47.17">Leroy Webber (1891-1935)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 233 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#120.45.20">Lena Cymbrowitz (1957-2000)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 236 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin7.html#000.27.48">Patrick Minor Martin (1924-1968)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#973.59.29">James E. Elam (1829-1873)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 244 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nichols.html#941.38.20">Charles A. Nichols (1876-1920)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 252 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#888.28.88">William Case (1818-1862)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 255 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#084.76.83">Francis R. Lassiter (1866-1909)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 269 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#689.36.52">Tranquilino Luna (1849-1892)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#078.35.83">William Kerr (1809-1853)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 271 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#604.97.03">Alanson W. Nightingill (1826-1870)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 274 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#959.58.24">Levi Richard Ellert (1857-1901)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 275 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#884.44.43">John Lefferts (1785-1829)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 281 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur B. Chilton (1890-1934)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 292 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#343.41.04">Eli C. Birdsey (1799-1843)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#154.16.70">Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 295 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson7.html#705.11.62">Robert Lane Anderson (1907-1951)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 304 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong (1828-1872)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 305 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray9.html#935.87.99">William Vans Murray (1760-1803)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 311 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#428.34.61">Johannes Abeel (1667-1711)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 313 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#394.96.91">Thomas A. Robertson (1848-1892)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 315 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neff-nelsey.html#966.19.67">Robert Simpson Neighbors (1815-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 316 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#137.14.29">Lucien C. Gause (1836-1880)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 319 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#562.28.95">James Breathitt, Jr. (1890-1934)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 320 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#969.66.47">Henry English Read (1824-1868)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 326 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden (1787-1831)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 332 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#640.91.98">Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 333 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#816.29.18">Benjamin F. Deming (1790-1834)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 334 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton (1818-1862)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 344 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#148.10.69">Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 355 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#456.47.85">Anthony J. Siracusa (1894-1938)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 357 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#206.34.61">John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-1848)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 43 years, 360 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#412.15.19">Charles E. Allen (1891-1935)</a> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>43 years (number of days undetermined):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#688.22.62">John Vining (1758-1802)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#887.56.81">Howard B. Peck (1873-1917)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#901.04.31">W. W. Quatermass (1859-1903)</a> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Approximately 43 years:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#249.83.16">Archibald S. Clarke (1778-1821)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#415.70.31">William J. Graves (1805-1848)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall6.html#845.24.59">Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#422.97.57">John Andre Hanna (1762-1805)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#305.12.70">Thomas Haughey (1826-1869)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#614.89.58">Moses Hayden (1786-1830)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#970.05.53">Noadiah Johnson (1795-1839)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#820.58.64">Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#461.06.77">Jacob Richards (1773-1816)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson8.html#742.35.73">Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800-1843)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwood-rodeyn.html#943.98.92">Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery (1870-1913)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#967.21.76">Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#827.76.94">Frank Welch (1835-1878)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson1.html#569.23.17">Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#223.62.33">Simpson Harris Morgan (c.1821-1864)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#840.40.55">William T. Coggeshall (1824-1867)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#803.08.05">Edmund T. Morris (1821-1864)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#975.45.15">W. Eugene Guess (1932-1975)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams3.html#624.91.15">Frank D. Williams (1916-1960)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daily-dalbey.html#045.73.57">Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#605.89.41">Nicholas Eveleigh (c.1748-1791)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#041.61.00">Charles F. Crocker (1854-1897)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orrice-orvyl.html#942.98.33">C. Henry Orth (1773-1816)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#220.97.42">Thomas F. Hannan (c.1859-1902)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#299.93.87">Archibald M. Hayes (1825-1868)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#854.66.33">John Bell (c.1784-1827)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#716.43.73">George G. B. Yeckley (1831-1875)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy6.html#606.78.80">Nicholas Wells Murphy (1840-1883)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html#318.74.37">Patrick McQuaid (c.1849-1892)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corcoran.html#199.13.11">Edward T. Corcoran (c.1894-1937)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fairchild.html#821.38.96">Jonathan S. Fairchild (c.1783-1826)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html#485.13.23">Jackson R. Decker (c.1862-1905)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#103.51.38">Henry C. Cole (1838-1881)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#451.54.41">John J. 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