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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died at Age 40</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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Proffit (1807-1847)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore6.html#383.79.42">Mathew C. Moore (1837-1877)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 8 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#586.46.91">Edwin J. Jorden (1863-1903)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#579.01.06">Houston H. Buckley (1901-1941)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 9 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meeker.html#154.09.30">Jacob E. Meeker (1878-1918)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 15 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#621.15.56">John E. Bouligny (1824-1864)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 17 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archer.html#811.30.85">James T. Archer (1819-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 24 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#011.55.28">James Mitchell Varnum (1748-1789)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 25 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#300.27.41">Arthur W. Aleshire (1900-1940)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 26 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#100.17.76">William Breitenbach (1897-1937)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 30 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atlee-atwell.html#687.55.40">Lee Atwater (1951-1991)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 36 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#614.27.19">Samuel Eden Gaillard (1839-1879)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 51 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farr.html#319.51.14">Evarts Worcester Farr (1840-1880)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 58 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#483.60.93">James Laird (1849-1889)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 63 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivant-summit.html#219.06.15">Charles A. Sulzer (1879-1919)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 66 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/a-abbot.html#031.83.04">Abraham S. Aaronson (1883-1923)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 79 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#026.83.37">J. Paul Clarke (1880-1920)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 94 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#677.69.99">R. A. Packer (1842-1883)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 97 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#251.63.03">Franklin P. Ambler (1825-1865)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 101 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haibach-haiko.html#127.52.03">Samuel D. Haight (1839-1880)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 104 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#076.64.48">David Kawananakoa (1868-1908)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 111 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#318.14.55">Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 113 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell7.html#583.69.23">Robert Lee Russell, Jr. (1925-1965)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 114 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#645.52.39">Leon S. Wiles (1878-1918)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 118 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#358.77.09">Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801-1842)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 122 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowe.html#273.30.94">William M. Lowe (1842-1882)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 135 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/catron-cavanagh.html#731.37.95">William Columbus Cauthen (1824-1865)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 152 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray3.html#573.06.37">Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 158 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#904.15.78">Leon R. Taylor (1883-1924)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 164 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#783.89.28">Henry O. Kahan (1891-1932)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 168 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaw.html#708.13.17">George B. Shaw (1854-1894)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 172 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millsap-minehart.html#853.05.48">John F. Mims (1815-1856)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 193 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nick Begich (1932-1972)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 196 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#843.00.77">Stephen Grady Miller (1891-1932)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 197 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrington-harrion.html#969.12.08">Vincent F. Harrington (1903-1943)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weinmann-weisman.html#971.97.59">Albert W. Weisbrod (1851-1892)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 203 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steelman-steil.html#918.12.32">William A. Steiger (1938-1978)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 204 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#256.68.49">Stuart Allen (1902-1943)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 205 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward6.html#111.43.94">Martin Ward (1874-1914)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 206 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#306.13.29">Oran Gray Otis (1795-1836)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 210 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#329.46.71">Allison Nelson (1822-1862)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 212 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#024.59.66">Lackland M. Stone (1801-1842)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 217 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#270.85.84">Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886-1927)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 224 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#417.60.51">Francis Mellus (1824-1864)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 226 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#654.07.96">John Willis Ellis (1820-1861)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 228 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#928.45.82">Willsie E. Brisbin (1908-1948)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 231 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#797.67.33">William Theopilus Jones (1842-1882)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 234 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskell.html#609.41.07">William T. Haskell (1818-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 243 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#251.03.72">Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 254 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#935.98.85">Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooper.html#347.50.58">Warren G. Hooper (1904-1945)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 258 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#647.42.85">William Lowndes (1782-1822)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 260 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#084.31.74">James Monroe Hale (1865-1906)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 267 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehouse-morford.html#721.65.74">Joe E. Moreno (1964-2005)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 275 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahoney.html#927.96.78">Peter P. Mahoney (1848-1889)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 280 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman (1788-1829)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 284 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrott-carten.html#350.03.56">Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#019.12.46">Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#902.99.06">Jedediah M. Grant (1816-1856)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 286 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#481.33.05">John T. Manning (1892-1933)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 296 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vaughan.html#772.71.21">Vernon H. Vaughan (1838-1878)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 300 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis1.html#286.44.39">Amos Davis (1794-1835)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 302 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#894.09.10">George W. Owen (1796-1837)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#599.53.72">Marshall Chapin (1798-1838)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#650.36.64">Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 315 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loges-lonergan.html#739.50.02">Jack London (1876-1916)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 320 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#709.58.44">John F. Parrish (1887-1928)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 328 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#729.78.57">Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 330 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king3.html#075.68.15">Edward King (1795-1836)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 338 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burts-busey.html#572.89.94">William A. Burwell (1780-1821)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 349 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#592.96.81">James Carr (1777-1818)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 351 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood1.html#298.13.30">Amos E. Wood (1810-1850)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 358 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#544.05.20">Henry Mills Fuller (1820-1860)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 360 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#411.97.60">Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1930)</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> 40 years, 361 days:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnett.html#330.29.66">Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866)</a> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Approximately 40 years:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloane-slusarev.html#591.89.85">Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tatem-tayloe.html#686.22.90">Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thurman.html#051.32.15">John Richardson Thurman (1814-1854)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#826.38.75">Michael Walsh Cluskey (1832-1873)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodge.html#970.98.08">Benjamin Lewis Hodge (1824-1864)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#322.80.46">Milton Carpenter (1808-1848)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#028.75.22">Sidney Dole (1788-1828)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#075.45.31">Solomon D. Sutherland (1762-1802)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#053.15.90">William McMillan (1764-1804)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis1.html#755.69.70">Arthur G. Lewis (1860-1900)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#554.65.67">James S. Slingerland (1834-1874)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#215.97.87">Erasmus B. Collins (1825-1866)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#098.08.14">Donald E. Sias (1894-1934)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white7.html#249.59.17">Roderick White (c.1816-1856)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#526.35.72">William J. Fallon (1886-1927)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#472.77.92">Donald McIntosh (1797-1837)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#307.43.03">Stephen Trigg (1742-1782)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#490.76.83">Charles P. McCarty (1933-1974)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaw.html#843.10.67">W. Irvin Shaw (1860-1900)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#206.57.31">G. I. Ruden (1885-1926)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#979.47.53">Herbert W. Hale (1872-1912)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker4.html#472.91.62">Harry B. Parker (1854-1895)</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#384.86.00">Phillip French (1667-1707)</a> </td></tr></table> </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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