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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: June 15, 1939</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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Atwood</a> — Howell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-06-15.html">Politicians who died on June 15</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/died.html">politicians who died in 1939</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/cook5.html#862.48.49">John D. Cook</a>, born June 15, 1789</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#126.31.97">Edgar J. Lauer</a>, resigned (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 83: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#642.23.98">Adelbert D. Edwards</a></li> <li>Age 80: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#275.92.44">John C. Crosby</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter9.html#272.64.18">William H. Carter</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#015.79.10">Arthur B. Cooke</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#140.71.30">Guy H. Waring</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#948.12.76">Samuel E. Crawford</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#611.35.68">Clarence P. Kidder</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#003.12.24">Ellen F. FitzSimons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wernsing-wesson.html#497.55.34">William W. Wertz</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#831.04.18">P. A. Lee</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neal.html#128.41.12">Jacob A. Neal</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larson.html#591.60.50">Morgan F. Larson</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#872.51.32">Fred Louis Wham</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#119.74.94">Peter H. A. Flood</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#445.46.60">William J. Gantter</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#714.15.29">Fred H. Eschmann</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#025.99.57">Harold H. Barker</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#481.25.58">Paul Cunningham</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heebner-hefron.html#326.09.61">George F. Heege</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#128.64.10">Ernest P. La Joie</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#380.03.40">Sherwood H. Avery</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#765.35.19">Francis M. Sack</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#769.83.40">Stanley F. Withe</a></li> <li>Age 46: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#224.33.09">Sinclair Weeks</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#559.67.44">Joseph T. Flanigan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#810.09.33">James R. Beverley</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westover-weymouth.html#154.77.74">Fred A. Westphal</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jelinek-jenkin.html#127.24.75">Mark Jenema</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#337.99.23">J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#016.07.62">Paul P. Rao</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#292.76.46">Omer H. Avery</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenberger-rosenstein.html#219.93.40">William R. Rosensteel</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king2.html#267.73.19">Carleton J. King</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#688.57.29">James C. Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#636.48.12">George S. Aldhizer II</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#520.90.50">A. David Baumhart, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#149.83.75">M. Velazquez=Flores</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gjesdal-glaspie.html#615.23.17">Louis H. Glaser</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#934.00.68">Joseph J. Maraziti</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregor-grennell.html#731.19.22">Jack P. F. Gremillion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aplin-applegate.html#757.82.39">Ervin R. Appelget</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#816.20.02">William E. Ozzard</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#964.46.25">A. Oakley Hunter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott6.html#075.95.58">Nauman Steele Scott</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyatt.html#598.91.43">Wendell Wyatt</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidd.html#918.61.28">William M. Kidd</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conners-connet.html#462.93.05">Maynard G. Conners</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#396.48.02">Carlton R. Sickles</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#781.91.14">Morris K. Udall</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#309.95.32">Walter J. F. Ireland, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bent-bentnall.html#371.52.94">Jimmy Bentley, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#541.79.94">James Rogers Miller, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#767.23.66">Mario M. Cuomo</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. 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