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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: September 23, 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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Thomas</a> — Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-09-23.html">Politicians who were born on September 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/born.html">politicians who were born in 1926</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-09-23.html">Politicians who were married on September 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/married.html">politicians who were married in 1926</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#219.54.05">Cicero J. Lindly</a> — Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BN-died.html">Bond County</a>, Ill.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-09-23.html">Politicians who died on September 23</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/died.html">politicians who died in 1926</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 97: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#950.98.08">Edwin J. Phelps</a></li> <li>Age 94: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#532.50.98">Herman Schmitt</a></li> <li>Age 88: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#899.14.72">Victoria Woodhull</a></li> <li>Age 85: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#536.25.74">Joseph D. Sayers</a></li> <li>Age 76: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#168.18.69">George E. Alderman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker3.html#959.45.51">Francis H. Parker</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodale-goodchild.html#460.07.12">Louis B. Goodall</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#450.57.63">Harry W. Hutton</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#630.58.41">John Squires</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#919.47.87">William A. Hubbard</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#233.18.65">Frederick S. Eaton</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#270.01.95">Eugene R. Norton</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#229.33.42">F. A. Wallace</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#032.33.79">Thomas M. Osborne</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#435.51.44">William Taylor Daniels</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hays.html#448.69.29">George W. Hays</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peaslee-pechous.html#729.66.29">Robert J. Peaslee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambers.html#025.02.82">Clifton J. Chambers</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#310.58.76">Alexander L. Brewer</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#882.50.71">Albert Dutton MacDade</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicks.html#885.47.46">William Hicks</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#967.60.59">Lewis L. Fawcett</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#060.55.93">Arthur J. Chester</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#972.64.34">Elliott G. Rickarby</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayne-mcallen.html#150.66.15">Archibald G. McAlister</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#353.45.28">Joshua F. Barbee</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davidson.html#293.74.30">T. W. Davidson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#634.80.94">Henry A. Knollmann</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#168.68.18">Edward L. Robertson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#206.34.69">Jacob Wahl</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#630.48.23">Augustus McCloskey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#277.16.14">Halleck J. Mantz</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#271.21.01">Richard H. Templeton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#727.65.87">E. J. Dennis</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#794.58.80">Frank M. Ramey</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reeves.html#440.19.61">James W. Reeves</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#812.82.52">Eugene Talmadge</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daughton-daveis.html#802.60.55">Ralph Hunter Daughton</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#822.81.30">Frank H. Buck</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#482.39.70">Frank B. Keefe</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcbroom-mccain.html#309.44.50">William J. McCafferty</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson7.html#720.75.67">Olaf Anderson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawson.html#481.64.86">R. D. Dawson</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#426.57.61">William H. Stevenson</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens6.html#759.58.62">Kenneth M. Stevens</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brandow-branstrom.html#958.99.35">George L. Brandt</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#944.79.42">Joe G. Gentry</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#376.69.75">Michael J. Mulvihill, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#968.23.32">George W. Bristow</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#088.48.32">Charles L. Halsted</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#966.08.64">Neil J. Linehan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frankberg-frankland.html#238.51.40">Ferd J. Frankenhoff</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#788.81.40">Homer S. Brown</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#035.12.44">Kenneth W. Cunningham</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark8.html#457.53.29">Tom C. Clark</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#650.70.28">Robert Dorsey Watkins</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#764.41.83">Hazen J. Hatch</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#532.92.06">Ivan P. Goodman</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#199.46.07">John M. Hadley</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kemp.html#952.05.85">Bolivar Kemp, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#510.58.77">Armistead L. Boothe</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#031.50.66">Louise W. Abernethy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#017.09.61">David Stewart Porter</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#687.20.72">Elliott Roosevelt</a></li> <li>Age 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#977.22.06">Frank E. Moss</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#479.09.94">Jane Hadley Barkley</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neff-nelsey.html#774.52.50">Samuel G. Neff</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#915.26.78">Emil Lockwood</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#845.59.77">Edward J. Speno</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#444.10.96">Albert Tate, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#065.57.33">Ivan A. Nestingen</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#853.43.19">Robert P. Bass, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#351.22.81">Wanda Alsaker</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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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. 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