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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: December 26, 1934</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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Andrus</a> — Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#296.40.68">George K. Favrot</a> — Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-died.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-12-26.html">Politicians who died on December 26</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/died.html">politicians who died in 1934</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>200 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bandel-bankhead.html#372.81.49">John Banister</a>, born December 26, 1734</li> <li>150 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#972.28.83">John Mathiot</a>, born December 26, 1784</li> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark4.html#311.78.97">George Washington Clark</a>, born December 26, 1834</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#296.40.68">George K. Favrot</a>, died in office (district judge in Louisiana)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 91: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#702.11.22">William M. Cuppett</a></li> <li>Age 78: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#388.71.65">Matthew D. Wagner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#106.03.62">A. O. Arneson</a></li> <li>Age 76: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#582.21.42">Vincent J. Vidal</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#555.13.98">William D. Stephens</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#577.00.83">Henry E. Straight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#054.66.70">Julius Hartmann</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#660.18.41">Thomas R. Layden</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#007.92.53">Randall N. Saunders</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#914.75.02">J. Elmer Lehr</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#861.17.75">Edward W. Staebler</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young4.html#151.36.20">G. O. Young</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#364.61.33">Carl E. Mapes</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagan.html#127.28.66">Christopher S. Flanagan</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#442.97.98">Wade H. Kitchens</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedum-benito.html#059.54.66">Christie Benet</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#827.00.36">Williana J. Burroughs</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#111.96.19">William Edmund Orgain</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#182.21.99">Frank C. Hanrahan</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#456.59.65">Charles P. Howard</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#642.28.05">Edwin S. Politte</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swope.html#293.85.41">Guy J. Swope</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#889.15.42">Calvert Magruder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#855.68.18">William C. Shrader</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donnelly.html#190.51.11">Joseph M. Donnelly</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cramer.html#040.09.55">Lawrence W. Cramer</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caine-caldom.html#247.37.84">F. Willard Calder</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#017.54.57">Harry P. Jeffrey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#069.35.57">George S. Fitzgerald</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larson.html#235.53.74">Norman Larson</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#581.61.53">Madalyn Bazzle</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#874.50.74">C. J. Burris</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#965.64.61">Gordon H. Scherer</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#769.33.88">Albert Gore</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#290.37.50">Edward S. Lentol</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#835.31.40">Arthur Stephen Lane</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#802.24.67">Richard L. Neuberger</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#430.69.45">James Hunter III</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young8.html#255.11.11">Samuel H. Young</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#245.59.03">Elbert Bertram Haltom, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hessberg-hewson.html#757.73.45">Homer Alvin Hetherington</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#917.58.29">Thomas J. Duffey</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/levingston-levitt.html#234.75.00">Elliott H. Levitas</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson2.html#209.41.01">David R. Thompson</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#826.82.32">Val J. Ballard</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. 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 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. 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. 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