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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: October 5, 1936</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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Winchester</a> — Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-died.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-10-05.html">Politicians who died on October 5</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/died.html">politicians who died in 1936</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/gordon.html#799.48.29">George W. Gordon</a>, born October 5, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goldman-gomulka.html#042.00.16">Robert H. Goldsborough</a>, died October 5, 1836</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 98: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comstock.html#236.31.08">Andrew W. Comstock</a></li> <li>Age 91: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskell.html#689.48.20">Edward Howard Haskell</a></li> <li>Age 87: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#279.79.91">Jerome T. Ailman</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a></li> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#600.48.64">John Calvin Pollock</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#418.95.44">Joseph Torrey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#635.44.84">Menzo C. Beardsley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#782.69.48">Elmer G. Wheeler</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#509.79.74">J. C. Carter</a></li> <li>Age 71: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#450.06.62">Austin E. Lathrop</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#064.30.11">John Looney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#548.50.60">Allen R. Mechling</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/klinedinst-knaggs.html#487.43.09">Frank J. Klumpp</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#060.70.94">N. Jerome Wimbrow</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#094.20.39">Cameron Morrison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter2.html#999.40.07">Charles F. Carter</a></li> <li>Age 65: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#145.54.68">William De Boer</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook9.html#342.28.40">Willis C. Cook</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#107.59.93">Alfred K. Moe</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin1.html#194.64.49">Allan W. Martin</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hammond.html#776.65.86">Harry M. Hammond</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bucklin-bucknell.html#545.71.73">George A. Bucklin, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#529.93.89">Frank Bohr</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskell.html#741.87.88">Reuben L. Haskell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#926.37.86">James Walker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atwood.html#125.59.30">Frank Ely Atwood</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#229.40.86">Fred H. Purches</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elder.html#305.11.91">J. Walter Elder</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#824.14.52">Arthur E. Lord</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#070.02.70">Guy H. Cleveland</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#532.08.10">Carl B. Fritsche</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#309.25.22">William A. Schnader</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans9.html#290.77.66">William W. Evans</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#970.55.60">Walter Chandler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobbs.html#024.57.20">Sam Hobbs</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#556.40.04">S. Arthur Paul</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall7.html#308.27.00">Orpha Hall</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#609.22.69">Gardner R. Withrow</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#198.49.32">Raphael P. Deegan</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#802.68.95">Henry L. Ducker</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#491.98.30">Frederik van den Arend</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#714.07.03">Walter Bedell Smith</a></li> <li>Age 38: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen6.html#081.24.14">Leo E. Allen</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#423.55.67">Forest R. Wyckoff</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahady-mahone.html#215.62.72">Adrian W. Maher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell4.html#645.35.09">Hugh G. Mitchell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Reay Kurtz</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#761.80.90">Fred G. Moritt</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#158.68.68">Allan Shivers</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#242.11.96">Alfred Besunder</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#033.83.64">David H. Popper</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#061.82.90">William Lehman</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#707.57.73">James Ernest Leppard, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#210.20.91">Robert Morgan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#540.50.02">Walter D. Miller</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris7.html#750.95.63">Robert J. Harris</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burke.html#860.02.30">Yvonne B. Burke</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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