CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: November 23, 1959</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 ? 'https://ssl' : 'https://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFDD" text="#000000" link="#cc0000" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#760000"> <style type="text/css"> p {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} td {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} A:link {text-decoration: none} A:visited {text-decoration: none} A:active {text-decoration: none} A:hover {text-decoration: underline} </style> PoliticalGraveyard.com <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html" border=0> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgmain6.gif" width=450 height=216 border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard: A Database of American History"></a> <table align="center" cellpadding=1><tr> <td align="center" valign="center"> <table align="center" cellpadding=30><tr> <td align="center" valign="center"> « <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-22.html">Previous date</a> </td></tr></table></td> <td width=0.1% bgcolor="#000000"></td> <td align="center" valign="center"> <table align="center" cellpadding=20><tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> Monday, November 23, 1959 22/23 Cheshvan, 5720 (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/calendar.html#Jewish">Jewish calendar</a>) </td></tr></table> <table align="center" width=100% cellpadding=1><tr> <td width=33% align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html#10">October 1959</a></td> <td width=0.1% bgcolor="#000000"></td> <td width=33% align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html#11">November 1959</a></td> <td width=0.1% bgcolor="#000000"></td> <td width=33% align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html#12">December 1959</a></td> </tr></table> </td> <td width=0.1% bgcolor="#000000"></td> <td align="center" valign="center"> <table align="center" cellpadding=30><tr> <td align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-24.html">Next date</a> » </td></tr></table></td> </tr></table> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> Links relevant to this date: <ul> <li>Wikipedia articles on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century">20th century</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s">1950s</a> decade, the year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959">1959</a>, the month <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1959">November 1959</a>, and the date <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_ 23">November 23</a> (any year)</li> <li>On This Day for <a href="https://onthisday.com/date/1959/november/23">November 23, 1959</a></li> <li>New York Times articles published <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/sitemap/1959/11/23/">November 23, 1959</a></li> </ul> Politicians who were born on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#515.63.69">Chris Bell</a> — Texas</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#356.53.90">Cynthia L. Davis</a> — Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-11-23.html">Politicians who were born on November 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/born.html">politicians who were born in 1959</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who were married on this date: <ul> <li>None currently in database.</li> <li>See: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-11-23.html">Politicians who were married on November 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/married.html">politicians who were married in 1959</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#210.92.26">Walter F. Gries</a> — Ishpeming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-died.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neal.html#111.22.13">John R. Neal</a> — Rockwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RO-died.html">Roane County</a>, Tenn.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-11-23.html">Politicians who died on November 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/died.html">politicians who died in 1959</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#643.75.56">Duly McCone</a>, born November 23, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/b-babbush.html#356.55.94">Fred H. Babbitt</a>, born November 23, 1859</li> <li>50 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#353.88.77">David A. DeArmond</a>, died November 23, 1909</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 96: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plummer.html#759.53.39">Edward C. Plummer</a></li> <li>Age 88: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#409.27.76">Carl F. Deichman</a></li> <li>Age 87: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#659.24.92">Anthony F. Ittner</a></li> <li>Age 86: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#413.27.09">David F. Morrison</a></li> <li>Age 83: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#010.10.53">Thomas M. Storke</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimball.html#843.73.85">Ralph Kimball</a></li> <li>Age 80: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#068.30.29">Alvin Waggoner</a></li> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosbacher-moser.html#724.69.94">Ernald Simpson Mosely</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#881.81.46">Mahlon Fay Perkins</a></li> <li>Age 76: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#269.53.16">R. Leland Keeney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jarvis.html#429.61.15">Frank Edward Jarvis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#122.01.22">P. G. Abell</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#774.24.50">C. C. Heishman</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oconnor.html#687.07.83">John J. O'Connor</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stark.html#522.12.70">Lloyd C. Stark</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dreyfus-drips.html#084.16.25">Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#997.02.45">William H. Hilsdorf</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelley.html#754.43.16">John I. Kelley</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beals-bearce.html#326.78.03">Harry P. Beam</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/denniston-denson.html#958.42.95">Emery B. Denny</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/folsom.html#415.26.31">Marion B. Folsom</a></li> <li>Age 65: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#409.87.08">Andrew F. Schoeppel</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wentz-werline.html#640.69.35">Ben Werbel</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#246.21.86">Raymond J. Devlin</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#249.40.12">Herman Methfessel</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#761.29.25">Thomas W. Barber</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#094.43.38">Livingston T. Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#487.08.32">Wayne Coy</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#875.47.45">John M. Bailey</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#533.50.56">Julius Albert Krug</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elystus-emerich.html#789.69.59">Truman C. Emberg</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/athon-atkins.html#613.57.83">C. Clyde Atkins</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#514.27.54">Charles H. Adsit</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#657.21.16">Madelin F. Kiah</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclurg-mcconkey.html#463.43.88">Robert S. McCollum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#486.00.47">John J. Kane, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#484.69.84">Manuel Ramos</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plummer.html#928.67.35">Frank Vaughan Plummer</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#126.21.70">Chalmers P. Wylie</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#341.09.58">Robert M. Curley</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#818.32.51">Daniel B. Brewster</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#934.12.85">Jerome Warner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carney.html#594.62.12">Claude Laroche Carney</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#723.40.21">Guy V. Molinari</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brock.html#227.61.96">Bill Brock</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/austin.html#402.95.88">Jeanie R. Austin</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#143.52.17">Dean A. Gallo</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransom.html#208.51.22">David M. Ransom</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#114.01.48">Wiley Drake</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#086.39.17">James E. Doyle</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rush.html#832.89.86">Bobby L. Rush</a></li> <li>Age 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultze-schuveldt.html#853.87.52">Charles E. Schumer</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#491.80.21">Debbie Dingell</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#668.47.10">George C. Jepsen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson6.html#390.95.35">Mark R. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landram-landy.html#476.17.91">Mary L. Landrieu</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor1.html#818.09.41">A. Lavar Taylor</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/1959/11-23.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-23.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>