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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: September 30, 1908</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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Weadock II</a> — Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-born.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-09-30.html">Politicians who were born on September 30</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/born.html">politicians who were born in 1908</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who were married on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#400.77.44">Joseph E. Anderson</a> and Agnes Marie Lundberg</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lacey.html#072.90.93">Robert C. Lacey</a> and Harriet 'Hattie' Noack</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#875.43.41">Charles E. Rearick</a> and Mattie E. Riddle</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connolly.html#292.12.29">James J. Connolly</a> and Mary A. Morrissey</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#212.56.48">Harvey A. Baker</a> and Marion North Brown</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-09-30.html">Politicians who were married on September 30</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/married.html">politicians who were married in 1908</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li>None currently in database.</li> <li>See: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-09-30.html">Politicians who died on September 30</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/died.html">politicians who died in 1908</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/campbell-cannington.html#875.51.95">Richard S. Canby</a>, born September 30, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratte-presba.html#114.14.73">Seargent S. Prentiss</a>, born September 30, 1808</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#172.34.47">Charles E. Littlefield</a>, resigned (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a>)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#767.93.77">Ellis H. Roberts</a></li> <li>Age 78: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a></li> <li>Age 76: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#640.89.03">P. N. Langemo</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#631.44.21">John Kennedy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#326.11.45">Isaac A. Fancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#532.49.63">Horace J. Harvey</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#879.20.25">Harrah J. Reynolds</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#981.93.24">Asa Bird Gardiner</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#549.34.67">Harrison Lee Watkins</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintclair.html#000.03.86">Wayman P. P. St. Clair</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#181.00.71">James Knox Polk Hall</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood8.html#732.34.65">Thomas Jefferson Wood</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#085.53.86">Seth P. Galey</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#152.45.61">John Hopwood Mickey</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#278.13.39">James P. Taliaferro</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchecker-buchtel.html#423.87.53">Henry A. Buchtel</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#297.98.70">Frederick Frelinghuysen</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#760.84.83">M. H. de Young</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#521.49.84">Josiah T. Settle</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#418.18.75">Frank A. Day</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#123.21.74">George S. Patton</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller2.html#002.52.65">Charles Miller</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#106.71.78">La Monte Cowles</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook8.html#319.22.36">Samuel E. Cook</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#792.23.06">Edward Parsons Smith</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#711.61.14">William Wrigley, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 46: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#274.81.21">Cora M. Woodbridge</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#452.64.09">Noble Ashley</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#742.74.49">Frank T. Newton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#769.82.50">Philas S. Jones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rollins.html#557.17.25">Frederick H. Rollins</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#498.88.30">Winthrop M. Daniels</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#329.22.51">Franklin Addison Carwile</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#092.55.56">Allen F. Moore</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#170.84.65">William Wilson Sale</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#172.42.57">Meriwether Lewis Walker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimke-grissom.html#533.34.47">Minnie J. Grinstead</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#402.82.00">Charles R. French</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#393.22.05">George W. Calkin</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#771.38.00">Philip O'Connell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#130.48.81">E. P. Adler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cross.html#155.03.92">George W. Cross</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weaver.html#426.65.82">James D. Weaver</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#710.93.98">W. Gwynn Gardiner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#837.75.38">Henry Ackerman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#867.63.94">Bart Bossidy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#161.06.63">Lucy H. Renich</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#610.50.47">Arthur J. Lacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#874.33.97">Charles H. Kendrick</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rives-rizzo.html#085.63.50">Carl B. Rix</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/catron-cavanagh.html#018.11.82">Charles C. Catron</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#017.03.11">Ralph W. Eby</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#963.18.48">James O. Cox</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/feickert-fellman.html#989.87.63">Edgar A. Feibelman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#141.47.82">James Madison Woodard</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kraschel-kreutzer.html#258.17.26">George L. Kreeck</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#688.07.51">Edwin Corning</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#729.53.66">Clifford A. Wilson</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#054.27.12">William Langer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillman.html#609.13.65">Irving D. Tillman</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poore-popawski.html#989.43.15">Henry V. Poor</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#674.95.42">William P. Blocker</a></li> <li>Age 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#291.49.97">Lansdale G. Sasscer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toncray-toolan.html#099.47.45">Richard J. Tonry</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oferrall-ogara.html#525.94.07">Eleanor Hume Offutt</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#952.11.75">Richard Ruffner</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#361.76.62">Floyd W. Lee</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgregor.html#732.16.54">J. Harry McGregor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#352.96.51">Sydney G. Gest</a></li> <li>Age 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#115.13.12">A. C. Miller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#528.32.45">Katherine G. Howard</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#461.71.46">Henry Little Baxley</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#619.40.69">Gerhard Gade</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brizendine-brocato.html#309.12.17">William W. Broaddus</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#907.36.08">Ralph Tucker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzsimmons-fladeland.html#662.64.05">Maurice J. Fitzsimons, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finn-firth.html#320.96.94">Fred L. Finlinson</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#097.30.27">Raymond E. Bakle</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. 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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