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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: January 1, 2008</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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Fredric Leopold</a> — Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-01-01.html">Politicians who died on January 1</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/died.html">politicians who died in 2008</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/stiles.html#378.49.87">William H. Stiles</a>, born January 1, 1808</li> <li>150 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#814.04.93">John G. Grant</a>, born January 1, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#748.26.78">Gustav Niederlein</a>, born January 1, 1858</li> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#117.04.58">Chester B. Darrall</a>, died January 1, 1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#973.98.32">William C. Cleveland</a>, died January 1, 1908</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 99: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#491.18.78">William R. Mitchell</a></li> <li>Age 91: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#964.89.90">Gerhard E. Seidel</a></li> <li>Age 89: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#744.59.20">Edward F. Crawford</a></li> <li>Age 87: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#367.75.90">William Howard Harsha</a></li> <li>Age 86: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#029.48.86">Ernest F. Hollings</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#692.17.08">Nelson K. Doi</a></li> <li>Age 81: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#646.11.90">Darlington Hoopes, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 80: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore2.html#621.78.45">Don A. Moore</a></li> <li>Age 74: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson2.html#585.29.37">Carmena F. Watson</a></li> <li>Age 73: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#938.55.73">David L. Norvell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#789.14.65">John B. Anderson</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frost.html#073.61.68">Martin Frost</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archer.html#178.67.84">Dennis W. Archer</a></li> <li>Age 65: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knowles-knowlton.html#387.17.61">Tony Knowles</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#135.31.05">Victor Ashe</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#656.66.35">Gail Zappa</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#335.64.99">Wilfredo Caraballo</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#513.71.75">Jon Corzine</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#985.32.82">Bob Foster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#449.75.30">Daniel Lapin</a></li> <li>Age 60: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#285.35.71">Art Jones</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#210.88.24">O. R. 'Rick' Minton, Jr.</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#796.53.07">Gary E. Johnson</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#813.99.74">Bob Menendez</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#900.10.55">Darrell E. Issa</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#378.95.80">Nancy Argenziano</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#522.24.61">Karen Pence</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan5.html#187.21.34">John Sullivan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewell-seyler.html#936.48.61">Terri A. Sewell</a></li> <li>Age 42: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#749.53.66">Duane Montgomery</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/2008/01-01.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/01-01.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>