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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: August 21, 1929</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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Logan</a> — Quenemo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/OS-born.html">Osage County</a>, Kan.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-08-21.html">Politicians who were born on August 21</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/born.html">politicians who were born in 1929</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who were married on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#554.28.13">Carl G. Lindquist</a> and Sylvia Peterson</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-08-21.html">Politicians who were married on August 21</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/married.html">politicians who were married in 1929</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stearns.html#053.23.70">George H. Stearns</a></li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-08-21.html">Politicians who died on August 21</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/died.html">politicians who died in 1929</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 91: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#812.27.05">Erastus Munson Pierce</a></li> <li>Age 90: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#287.08.10">William H. H. Varney</a></li> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tazewell-temmey.html#633.32.10">John Teare</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#074.28.23">Abel E. Blackmar</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#302.34.75">Nicholas V. V. Franchot</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#690.18.87">William L. Case</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis9.html#142.69.82">Westmoreland Davis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#787.84.52">Alexander Hamilton Hargis</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#647.26.90">Robert B. Caldwell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#303.75.02">Frederick G. Ziebig</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas2.html#614.29.91">Charles R. Thomas</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#577.66.10">Edward N. Dingley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gutierrez-gyger.html#320.56.33">William G. Gutmann</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#455.06.70">Heriot Clarkson</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherr-sherwin.html#808.57.12">Harry S. Sherwin</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coke.html#708.94.01">John S. Coke</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainie-ralph.html#346.98.60">Richard F. Ralph</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#264.88.82">R. Clint Cole</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#475.89.25">Archibald W. Powell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#361.51.20">William T. Cunningham</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#787.72.48">W. T. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html#484.82.29">George White</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#728.67.54">Edward Schildhauer</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pindall-pingree.html#823.11.18">Xenophon Overton Pindall</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett8.html#473.09.75">S. J. Bennett</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#080.00.02">William B. Mackay, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#285.64.34">George E. Mix</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#257.85.60">Harvey C. Couch</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#273.81.04">James H. McCranie</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delaney.html#858.17.09">John J. Delaney</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kochendorfer-kolski.html#998.55.88">William Kinney Koerner</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#892.17.73">Frank L. Palmer</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#231.11.69">Robert Johnston McMillan</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogg.html#596.04.82">David Hogg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#899.31.37">Francis A. Pallotti</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#469.55.59">H. Streett Baldwin</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#999.56.46">Vera Andrus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stein-steinmetz.html#283.53.56">Emerich Steinberger</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cash-casperson.html#064.49.42">Albert D. Cash</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#533.15.91">Hugh Peterson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtiss-cusey.html#196.66.69">Harry F. Curvin</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#655.80.45">Thaddeus Machrowicz</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#102.44.71">Charles W. Perry</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneider.html#965.31.93">Alma K. Schneider</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan6.html#564.35.97">Leonor Sullivan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#578.88.44">Horace H. Edwards</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#067.19.12">George H. Wilson</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#045.85.68">Henry A. Wise</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#488.06.75">Noel G. Hughes</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#964.57.70">Joe Taylor</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#505.87.04">Albert J. Beveridge, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#035.98.74">C. Douglas Dillon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delaney.html#981.29.72">Edward K. Delaney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/batchelder.html#974.03.73">Clifton B. Batchelder</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#993.75.35">Luke E. Terry</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#733.15.34">Jerre Stockton Williams</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#402.28.36">Marvin Robert Dee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#784.56.54">L. Richard Marshall</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#390.86.27">Paul J. Rogan</a></li> <li>Age 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#000.34.76">L. Dean Brown</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#787.55.98">William O. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#130.96.77">Lawrence B. Lindemer</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#609.52.17">George Trechock</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holder-hollan.html#533.83.81">John H. Holdridge</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#468.73.91">James DeAnda</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tabbert-taffe.html#997.72.17">Don Tabbert</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. 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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. 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