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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: February 14, 1909</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Herlong, Jr.</a> — Manistee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ME-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ala.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-02-14.html">Politicians who were born on February 14</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/born.html">politicians who were born in 1909</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-02-14.html">Politicians who were married on February 14</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/married.html">politicians who were married in 1909</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#942.19.20">Benjamin F. Funk</a> — Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grainger-gransback.html#116.10.28">Daniel L. D. Granger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-02-14.html">Politicians who died on February 14</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/died.html">politicians who died in 1909</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grainger-gransback.html#116.10.28">Daniel L. D. Granger</a>, died in office (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a>)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 86: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#488.48.28">Royal C. Taft</a></li> <li>Age 72: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#681.12.24">Charles F. Church</a></li> <li>Age 70: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moulton.html#875.17.61">Henry H. Moulton</a></li> <li>Age 68: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffee-coffield.html#460.31.48">Henry A. Coffeen</a></li> <li>Age 67: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#242.24.39">Ezra H. Ripple</a></li> <li>Age 64: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#129.83.29">James E. Boyd</a></li> <li>Age 62: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall8.html#656.77.87">Septimius Hall</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcpherson.html#641.56.31">Smith McPherson</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman A. Seymour</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pugsley-puntley.html#413.28.39">Oscar L. Pulse</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#883.64.89">Charles Franklin Warwick</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lund-luster.html#298.54.30">Gustaf Lundberg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#259.18.67">William J. Scott</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#360.61.46">Robert C. Dunn</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#996.12.86">Tracy C. Becker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harreld-harrigan.html#946.61.06">Julius C. Harpham</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#509.47.59">Patrick C. Hulihan</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#589.44.11">William Schofield</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#872.66.84">Frank G. Allen</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson2.html#128.70.66">Charles F. Johnson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien8.html#797.84.48">Thomas D. O'Brien</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bray.html#981.95.19">John P. Bray</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#609.90.35">John C. Allen</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#884.85.47">William L. Abbott</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schroer-schulte.html#872.76.11">Samuel Schulman</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#217.07.99">Franklin J. Heller</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#024.23.95">Edward James Livernash</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#812.50.01">Ralph Wammack</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#773.34.91">Leon B. Hawes</a></li> <li>Age 41: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#304.91.21">Henry W. Furniss</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#751.92.03">Charles T. Kathan</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kittredge-kleier.html#509.09.79">Carl G. Kjeldseth</a></li> <li>Age 38: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mansfield.html#988.13.37">Francis M. Mansfield</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#694.58.13">Gaston Schmutz</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#200.40.66">Thomas S. Williams</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson2.html#406.00.46">C. Victor Johnson</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#300.89.23">Joseph L. Johnson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#072.09.49">Charlotta Bass</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#812.59.38">Claude Pollard</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#062.75.68">Robert H. Woodruff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#068.84.39">Edwin Bevens</a></li> <li>Age 33: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maloney.html#778.53.12">Paul H. Maloney</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rushern-russel.html#135.68.62">Herbert J. Rushton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray9.html#101.22.15">William H. Murray</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#360.12.37">Clifford Ireland</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#166.76.15">George W. Maxey</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#142.72.80">Arthur V. Lashly</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/post.html#572.33.22">Maurice E. Post</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#663.65.21">John P. Espie</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey1.html#798.99.41">Alex D. Bailey</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young5.html#810.54.15">James B. Young</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers.html#660.37.38">William B. Rodgers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martini-marviel.html#769.68.51">E. L. Marting</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellison-ellsberry.html#148.08.21">Daniel Ellison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#274.84.52">Forrest Smith</a></li> <li>Age 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#681.73.32">Mint Nauta</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#917.79.07">Katherine Gudger Langley</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#500.77.91">Edward Caffery</a></li> <li>Age 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#764.25.01">Bert Agnoli</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#279.95.57">Bernice T. Van der Vries</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ohara.html#230.59.82">William J. O'Hara</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ponce-ponder.html#848.20.06">H. E. Pomroy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#146.93.67">Allen Burroughs Hannay</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendall.html#368.63.00">Elva Roscoe Kendall</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdaniels-mcdill.html#539.87.47">S. Earl McDermott</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#713.09.78">Laura E. Naplin</a></li> <li>Age 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#910.51.97">Steve M. Cocke</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#414.85.35">Percy C. Crayton</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#694.39.49">Seymour Carroll</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#096.16.88">Fred Rose</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young7.html#531.80.91">Robert R. Young</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#708.88.54">George P. Utter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winslow.html#252.72.44">J. Emmett Winslow</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#289.17.49">Lee Preston</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#668.02.78">W. Gurnee Dyer</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones2.html#420.75.29">Charles W. Jones</a></li> <li>Age 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#953.35.12">Alfred A. Laun, Jr.</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#152.36.63">Lynn A. Mason</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noadiah-nobles.html#091.93.82">Harvard Noble</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garm-garneau.html#721.35.37">Marten E. Garn</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winter.html#407.20.23">Helen Winter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#574.62.77">T. Telesphore Coyne</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <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 338,260 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. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</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 official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-14.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-14.html</a>.</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> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</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> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>