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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: March 9, 1972</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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Blanton</a></li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-03-09.html">Politicians who died on March 9</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/died.html">politicians who died in 1972</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>200 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#583.05.82">Ferdinand L. Claiborne</a>, born March 9, 1772</li> <li>150 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#055.40.22">Samuel Francis Gove</a>, born March 9, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#249.60.20">Jacob Mueller</a>, born March 9, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#568.92.10">Nathaniel Smith</a>, died March 9, 1822</li> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#305.67.66">Arthur E. Fichardt</a>, born March 9, 1872</li> <li>50 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#932.98.55">James N. Paul</a>, died March 9, 1922</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 101: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muncell-murdoch.html#550.12.25">George Munger</a></li> <li>Age 97: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultze-schuveldt.html#715.51.91">Rudolf Schumacher</a></li> <li>Age 95: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#604.70.75">J. Charles Dennis</a></li> <li>Age 93: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#182.33.47">Charles D. Arnett</a></li> <li>Age 92: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts1.html#788.38.62">Alton T. Roberts</a></li> <li>Age 85: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#030.77.50">William L. Doige</a></li> <li>Age 83: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#647.27.00">Cary C. O'Briant</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#516.17.38">Raymond H. Trefry</a></li> <li>Age 78: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#388.46.75">Archie C. Grant</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonard.html#564.01.56">Charles H. Leonard</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupper-durgin.html#641.30.40">Frank Durand</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#745.48.84">John N. Hamlin</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#078.45.74">Luther H. Hodges</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frankberg-frankland.html#074.56.97">William H. Frankhauser</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#981.62.14">John L. Buckley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#459.95.85">Joseph Zaretzki</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurley.html#639.90.26">Frank P. Hurley</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/costello.html#120.35.68">Frank J. Costello</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#172.75.74">Hugh S. Jenkins</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html#553.82.51">James D. Dotsch</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore7.html#487.00.77">Rex H. Moore</a></li> <li>Age 65: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#124.38.66">Gertrude Ord Chamberlain</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin2.html#388.04.56">Claude Martin</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#276.56.56">Charles A. Baer</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehan.html#336.43.02">Timothy P. Sheehan</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#405.71.55">John F. Leon</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/novak.html#984.26.42">Stanley J. Novak</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#604.98.74">E. Joseph Bannon</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#998.44.88">Samuel S. Arentz</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilburn-kiley.html#256.00.28">Yule F. Kilcher</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#227.50.46">Al Ullman</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#722.82.46">Chester A. Chesney</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#064.84.94">Dante B. Fascell</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#197.03.20">Jeffrey P. Hillelson</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#212.47.60">Gilbert Gude</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#009.91.53">James L. Buckley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrne.html#987.87.87">Thomas R. Byrne</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#157.69.14">James F. O'Neil</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#113.66.85">Hassan Jeru-Ahmed</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#659.25.47">G. William Miller</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atkinson.html#648.17.60">Thomas G. Atkinson</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#548.12.14">Roderick M. Hills</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmes.html#726.38.19">Kirby Holmes</a></li> <li>Age 38: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#302.97.40">Donald J. Stohr</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#047.30.65">Robert Baer Cohen</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#409.66.13">Rhett W. Butler</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#855.97.71">Peter H. Burr</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#263.05.64">Ken Daniels</a></li> <li>Age 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foltz-foot.html#882.72.70">Richard M. Fontanesi</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#445.73.91">Vito Fossella</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#320.92.03">Kimberly Guilfoyle</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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