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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: March 2, 1926</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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Alvey</a>, born March 2, 1826</li> </ul> Local Elections on this date: <ul> <li> Iowa <ul> <li> Mayor: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/muscatine.html">Muscatine</a> </ul> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 82: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#697.78.87">Thomas L. Renton</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html#368.11.20">Melvin H. Billings</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#109.28.63">Lester A. Goodrich</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#719.88.29">George J. Kindel</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#089.69.17">William Evarts Richards</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker4.html#871.33.21">Herbert Parker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#771.46.40">William B. Gourley</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/unger-upfold.html#846.60.69">Samuel Untermyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#693.43.69">Charles E. Waterman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#688.60.40">A. H. Stites</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#603.96.52">George W. Corbin</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson8.html#003.76.68">Thomas H. Robinson</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodrill-doheny.html#686.57.14">Christian Doerfler</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#740.04.94">William Pierce</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cord-corneliusen.html#999.17.32">Elmer E. Corfman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#941.27.52">A. D. Male</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millsap-minehart.html#127.17.00">William H. Milton</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#900.87.87">North T. Gentry</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#938.32.75">Robert Stone</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#259.17.04">William W. Wilson</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crane.html#290.84.38">Frederick E. Crane</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#698.94.74">George A. Pogue</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#994.58.71">William P. Elmer</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#336.09.05">William J. Driver</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#690.90.76">Edward K. Corwin</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mooers-mooradian.html#366.08.26">James M. Mooney</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#229.27.12">Frank J. Calvert</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#726.48.29">Lewis L. Morgan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#013.46.88">Joe R. Frailey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#118.62.61">Robert A. Cushman</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robe-roberto.html#889.88.93">Charles O. Roberson</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#738.34.26">Carney M. Layne</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#846.15.02">A. Esten Clough</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#165.71.49">Joseph Alfred Seymour</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#307.03.05">Robert Wallace Kellough</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#853.27.97">W. C. Frailie</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#727.69.48">A. R. McPhail</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehouse-morford.html#219.63.06">Garwood S. Morehouse</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunlop-dunmore.html#895.11.08">Dennis F. Dunlavy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#504.07.21">Allan R. Cullimore</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#453.35.68">William J. Fitzgerald</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#710.47.11">William J. Foley</a></li> <li>Age 38: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#706.22.00">Wilbur D. Matson</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#013.95.44">E. Ennalls Berl</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur S. Whiting</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#840.76.90">Roger A. Davis</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#556.81.55">John Clarence Taylor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#913.78.62">Edward Perley Bullock</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#136.24.27">Homer A. Ramey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#019.99.47">Vernon L. Nickell</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#914.84.57">W. E. Garrison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#052.67.24">John D. M. Hamilton</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett5.html#616.27.57">John J. Bennett</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#519.41.68">John W. Boehne, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#046.28.59">Cassius M. Clay</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#598.67.53">Clarence V. Beck</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnes.html#136.38.95">Marshall Barnes</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#200.31.40">Henry J. McKinley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durkee-duval.html#634.74.45">Clifford J. Durr</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brennan.html#450.55.00">Thomas G. Brennan</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/klinedinst-knaggs.html#904.77.96">Ray I. Klingbiel</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroney-montfort.html#755.49.79">A. S. Mike Monroney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#523.82.94">Samuel H. Blackmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#237.01.76">Luther Irvin Replogle</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steck-steel.html#698.79.32">Tom Steed</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#864.80.96">Gladys O'Donnell</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark4.html#967.99.26">G. T. Clark</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#290.48.90">John E. Burton</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#158.32.96">Joseph S. Brzostowski</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#983.37.80">T. James Tumulty</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#992.72.26">Edmund A. Gullion</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#959.13.58">Cecil Carlton Sanders</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#882.29.85">Cornelius Edward Gallagher</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#908.22.83">Robert H. Michel</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson6.html#073.54.33">Norman H. Anderson</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. 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/1926/03-02.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/03-02.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. 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