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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: March 23, 1982</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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Leopold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va.</li> <li><i>See also:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-03-23.html">Politicians who died on March 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/died.html">politicians who died in 1982</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>200 Years:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley9.html#419.77.45">William C. Bradley</a>, born March 23, 1782</li> <li><i>100 Years:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#810.20.81">James L. Amerman</a>, born March 23, 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#216.47.28">G. H. Crumpecker</a>, born March 23, 1882</li> <li><i>50 Years:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#508.79.30">Michael F. Blenski</a>, died March 23, 1932</li> </ul><br> <p><b>Office Transitions on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#030.47.88">Vincent Pasquale Biunno</a>, <i>took senior status</i> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Jersey</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#545.32.12">Dana F. Wilson</a>, <i>resigned</i> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">member of Michigan state house of representatives</a>)</li> </ul> <p><b>State and Territorial Elections on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li>Michigan: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">state senate</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">state house</a> </ul> <p><b>Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date:</b></p> <ul> <li><i>Age 98:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#289.12.26">Guy W. Brown</a></li> <li><i>Age 95:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cash-casperson.html#505.60.30">Wilbur J. Cash</a></li> <li><i>Age 86:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#320.03.69">William L. Bradshaw</a></li> <li><i>Age 82:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#844.05.34">Flavius J. Chapman III</a></li> <li><i>Age 81:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/giddey-gilberson.html#823.80.23">Charles C. Gidney, Jr.</a></li> <li><i>Age 79:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haibach-haiko.html#859.77.16">Leola E. Haid</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#486.53.12">Cas Walker</a></li> <li><i>Age 78:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#298.56.77">Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld</a></li> <li><i>Age 77:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#286.38.85">Emil Aho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#531.54.38">John Howe Fuqua</a></li> <li><i>Age 76:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#648.45.02">Luther H. Ghiz</a></li> <li><i>Age 67:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#747.48.23">Willis J. Hutnik</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/midkiff-milen.html#360.97.73">Stanley C. Mikell</a></li> <li><i>Age 66:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#777.27.43">Teno Roncalio</a></li> <li><i>Age 62:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#808.96.45">Neal Smith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#077.01.06">Nathaniel Welch</a></li> <li><i>Age 60:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#342.11.79">Hermann Eilts</a></li> <li><i>Age 58:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#820.96.70">Paul J. Carr, Jr.</a></li> <li><i>Age 57:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#423.46.20">John E. Grotberg</a></li> <li><i>Age 55:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#955.17.80">Richard D. Simons</a></li> <li><i>Age 54:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#881.45.56">Channing E. Phillips</a></li> <li><i>Age 51:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#716.39.39">Norman F. Lent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartz.html#091.11.09">Murray Merle Schwartz</a></li> <li><i>Age 49:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#486.04.48">Arthur O. Eve</a></li> <li><i>Age 47:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barton.html#550.64.24">Donald C. Barton</a></li> <li><i>Age 44:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson6.html#466.63.50">Maynard H. Jackson</a></li> <li><i>Age 35:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#582.60.62">Saundra Brown Armstrong</a></li> <li><i>Age 34:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#396.43.30">Brian Babin</a></li> <li><i>Age 33:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#256.47.18">Karan English</a></li> <li><i>Age 32:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#401.37.88">Mike F. Easley</a></li> <li><i>Age 19:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#436.91.97">Michael K. Powell</a></li> <li><i>Age 11:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green7.html#736.81.29">Rick Green</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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