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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: August 14, 1931</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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Murphy</a> and Ella Heffron</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-08-14.html">Politicians who were married on August 14</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/married.html">politicians who were married in 1931</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#571.03.63">Richard R. Kenney</a> — Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-08-14.html">Politicians who died on August 14</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/died.html">politicians who died in 1931</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>150 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#188.69.89">Edmund Deberry</a>, born August 14, 1781; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett8.html#478.90.25">Thomas Bennett</a>, born August 14, 1781</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 85: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#226.53.59">Eli P. Chatfield</a></li> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#263.20.17">Thomas J. Akins</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniel-daniello.html#570.84.89">W. E. Daniel</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans2.html#939.25.03">Charles Evans</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#076.83.55">Monroe M. Sweetland</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#621.79.00">Harvey J. Burkhart</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#357.80.78">Oliver P. Coshow</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#386.65.13">Charles W. Greene</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#361.31.38">William T. Lisenby</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#198.78.93">William F. Struve</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#477.31.92">B. H. Rucker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#544.36.19">Edward L. Allen</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#223.05.61">J. Marion Futrell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#515.38.20">Herbert G. Barber</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#501.16.43">John Kaminski</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#471.03.68">Robert H. Burns</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#702.25.95">Charles Merritt McFatridge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/head.html#372.02.52">John Wallace Head</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#488.86.21">Brownlow Jackson</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jolley-jondahl.html#762.46.62">Charles A. Jonas</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#333.58.34">Fred J. Mery</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garza-gately.html#571.48.53">Arthur Lee Gaston</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#425.53.08">T. C. Townsend</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#800.44.56">Bertram E. Harcourt</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#516.42.21">Napoleon Strock Johnson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#300.46.88">E. Dale Adkins</a></li> <li>Age 46: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#989.89.74">William S. Flynn</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#382.98.53">Ralph W. Day</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frankberg-frankland.html#336.80.28">George Frankenthaler</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#387.83.14">Richard Jones</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#430.64.20">Robert N. McGarvey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#210.04.71">David B. Ealy</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#184.20.93">Edmund Perry Hanson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#389.86.74">Derwood E. Williams</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall3.html#461.71.94">Frank H. Hall</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#989.49.76">Howard C. Lawrence</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#711.63.82">Harry N. Hansen</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#613.47.87">Frank C. Lee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson3.html#728.08.29">Enoch Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 38: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#513.06.27">George Tait</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white7.html#161.65.52">Robert B. White</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#467.47.10">Catherine M. Clarke</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#129.20.50">Stephen F. Chadwick</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#085.98.96">William A. Barrett</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#164.95.62">Joachim O. Fernandez</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#494.22.58">Greta A. Ainley</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkinson-will.html#412.66.77">John H. Wilkinson</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#830.41.47">Cecil W. Gray</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tatem-tayloe.html#934.76.94">Anthony F. Tauriello</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#892.72.01">Thomas J. Tubb</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#470.94.35">O. J. 'Shorty' Carroll</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#162.33.87">Ben P. Burczyk</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcallister.html#502.30.93">Thomas R. McAllister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#624.26.99">Edmond M. Hanrahan</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pickett.html#438.98.11">Tom Pickett</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#036.29.89">Nedra W. Jones</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#649.02.74">Robert G. Stephens, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#640.87.54">Thomas G. Kavanagh</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#392.86.87">Lionel Cade</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#042.26.60">Robert Chapman Buckley</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson5.html#680.22.74">John S. Watson</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#526.39.89">Arthur L. Alarcón</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#799.61.01">Louise M. Slaughter</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#784.21.30">Gerald B. H. Solomon</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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