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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: August 10, 1873</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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Kulp</a> — Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldrop-waling.html#036.60.39">Boyd Wales</a> — Brownville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NE-born.html">Nemaha County</a>, Neb.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#588.74.76">Clarence S. Williams</a> — Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#830.05.78">T. Bailey Lee</a> — Mocksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DV-born.html">Davie County</a>, N.C.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-08-10.html">Politicians who were born on August 10</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/born.html">politicians who were born in 1873</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-08-10.html">Politicians who were married on August 10</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/married.html">politicians who were married in 1873</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#878.18.76">Sanders Ford</a></li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-08-10.html">Politicians who died on August 10</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/died.html">politicians who died in 1873</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/jackson5.html#174.46.54">James Jackson</a>, born August 10, 1773</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#878.18.76">Sanders Ford</a>, died in office (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">member of South Carolina state senate</a>)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#945.65.92">Jackson Morton</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#141.80.89">Paul Dillingham, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#317.92.19">Robert Woodward Barnwell</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/giddey-gilberson.html#698.17.33">John J. Giering</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#325.70.72">George Newton</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#467.68.03">George L. Clarke</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woods.html#839.23.42">Richard Woods</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#396.75.72">Charles F. Wilstach</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowe.html#340.42.78">Enoch Louis Lowe</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushing.html#083.69.42">William Cushing</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#144.87.39">William F. Parrett</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#509.47.11">Thomas B. Bullene</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#579.38.59">Charles C. Van Zandt</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locke.html#749.64.75">Ira E. Locke</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin4.html#936.08.92">Hiram C. Martin</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#012.20.62">John F. Dezendorf</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#452.80.83">James P. Eagle</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noyes.html#762.25.98">Henry T. Noyes</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#638.71.25">Philip Henry Hartmann</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#218.85.98">Thomas N. Browne</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#677.60.32">Seth C. Moffatt</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#740.99.75">Edward H. Hussey</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swanton-swede.html#863.98.90">Charles Swayne</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#533.85.13">Joseph McKenna</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearis-pearsell.html#068.25.17">Edgar A. Pearsall</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott1.html#916.71.09">Austin Scott</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bentsen-bereuter.html#706.30.16">Erick J. Berdahl</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#182.05.55">Herbert T. Eaton</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#059.67.97">Charles Phelps</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stokley-stoms.html#709.36.50">Albert Stoll</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#645.26.18">Samuel A. Laning</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#052.06.68">Joseph E. Saucier</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#200.59.32">William Dudley Calverley</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#280.36.88">Hutchins Inge</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodrill-doheny.html#444.51.80">Edward L. Doheny</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#446.48.15">Samuel Z. Batten</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#565.64.60">Walter H. Sawyer</a></li> <li>Age 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#867.31.42">George R. Salisbury</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#313.67.09">Simon M. Hamlin</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barbour.html#562.20.95">John S. Barbour</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#211.51.32">William N. Jasper</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#397.25.36">Julian Potter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowman.html#528.38.77">Joseph D. Bowman</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor3.html#665.52.31">Edward L. Taylor, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#590.66.40">Eugene H. Baird</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#134.67.60">Lawrence Becker</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#788.87.85">Judson F. Selleck</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#314.82.54">Frank J. McNulty</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#509.09.76">John M. O'Connell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#173.62.30">Charles E. Gabert</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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