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January 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 centenaries
76 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
57 birthdays

3

1 birth
1 centenary
67 birthdays

4

1 birth
4 centenaries
46 birthdays

5

2 centenaries
51 birthdays

6

3 deaths
1 centenary
51 birthdays

7

1 death
1 centenary
57 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
48 birthdays

9

1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

10

4 deaths
1 centenary
2 transitions
65 birthdays

11

4 centenaries
52 birthdays

12

3 deaths
60 birthdays

13

4 deaths
3 centenaries
2 transitions
60 birthdays

14

1 marriage
55 birthdays

15

1 death
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

16

2 centenaries
48 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
45 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 centenary
1 transition
51 birthdays

19

1 death
4 centenaries
54 birthdays

20

1 birth
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

21

1 marriage
1 death
37 birthdays

22

74 birthdays

23

1 marriage
2 centenaries
57 birthdays

24

53 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
49 birthdays

26

2 deaths
5 centenaries
51 birthdays

27

2 centenaries
53 birthdays

28

2 centenaries
45 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
59 birthdays

30

1 birth
42 birthdays

31

1 birth
2 deaths
57 birthdays


February 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
47 birthdays

2

2 centenaries
62 birthdays

3

2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
1 election
37 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 marriage
2 centenaries
46 birthdays

5

1 marriage
65 birthdays

6

1 centenary
47 birthdays

7

4 centenaries
1 transition
52 birthdays

8

3 centenaries
53 birthdays

9

3 centenaries
60 birthdays

10

4 centenaries
57 birthdays

11

2 deaths
54 birthdays

12

1 death
5 centenaries
72 birthdays

13

1 centenary
1 transition
49 birthdays

14

1 death
1 centenary
66 birthdays

15

1 death
4 centenaries
49 birthdays

16

3 centenaries
52 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
47 birthdays

18

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
44 birthdays

19

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

20

1 death
1 transition
52 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
44 birthdays

22

1 centenary
67 birthdays

23

1 birth
3 deaths
2 centenaries
46 birthdays

24

59 birthdays

25

1 centenary
56 birthdays

26

2 centenaries
49 birthdays

27

2 centenaries
55 birthdays

28

1 death
1 election
54 birthdays


March 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 centenaries
48 birthdays

2

2 centenaries
63 birthdays

3

2 deaths
2 centenaries
59 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
53 birthdays

5

1 death
4 centenaries
61 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 centenary
3 elections
55 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
49 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

9

3 centenaries
64 birthdays

10

1 centenary
52 birthdays

11

2 births
2 centenaries
59 birthdays

12

3 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
53 birthdays

13

1 centenary
1 election
51 birthdays

14

1 death
4 centenaries
1 election
55 birthdays

15

1 birth
67 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
55 birthdays

17

1 centenary
61 birthdays

18

3 deaths
2 centenaries
2 transitions
46 birthdays

19

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
50 birthdays

20

1 death
1 centenary
60 birthdays

21

1 centenary
1 election
41 birthdays

22

3 centenaries
51 birthdays

23

1 transition
54 birthdays

24

1 marriage
1 centenary
58 birthdays

25

1 birth
28 birthdays

26

4 centenaries
63 birthdays

27

1 birth
4 centenaries
46 birthdays

28

1 death
1 election
64 birthdays

29

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
73 birthdays

30

1 marriage
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

31

1 birth
4 centenaries
44 birthdays


April 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
4 centenaries
56 birthdays

2

2 deaths
3 centenaries
51 birthdays

3

2 centenaries
31 elections
41 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
5 elections
61 birthdays

5

2 deaths
5 centenaries
1 election
48 birthdays

6

1 death
2 centenaries
41 birthdays

7

1 death
1 centenary
55 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 marriage
3 deaths
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

9

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
42 birthdays

10

1 death
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

11

1 death
2 centenaries
56 birthdays

12

1 death
4 centenaries
2 transitions
61 birthdays

13

2 births
2 deaths
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

14

3 centenaries
47 birthdays

15

1 centenary
48 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
1 election
55 birthdays

18

1 birth
2 deaths
1 transition
52 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
44 birthdays

20

1 marriage
1 death
3 centenaries
49 birthdays

21

1 birth
41 birthdays

22

2 marriages
1 centenary
43 birthdays

23

1 centenary
43 birthdays

24

42 birthdays

25

1 death
1 centenary
13 elections
41 birthdays

26

2 deaths
2 centenaries
2 transitions
48 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 centenary
58 birthdays

28

1 death
1 centenary
49 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
49 birthdays

30

1 marriage
3 centenaries
41 birthdays


May 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

2

1 centenary
60 birthdays

3

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
41 birthdays

4

2 centenaries
57 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

6

3 centenaries
50 birthdays

7

2 centenaries
42 birthdays

8

1 death
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

9

1 centenary
1 election
47 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
53 birthdays

11

5 centenaries
47 birthdays

12

1 marriage
1 centenary
63 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
47 birthdays

14

2 deaths
4 centenaries
60 birthdays

15

3 deaths
1 transition
54 birthdays

16

3 centenaries
53 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
49 birthdays

18

2 centenaries
1 transition
43 birthdays

19

1 marriage
4 centenaries
51 birthdays

20

2 marriages
3 deaths
1 centenary
2 transitions
57 birthdays

21

1 birth
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
45 birthdays

22

1 death
1 centenary
2 transitions
37 birthdays

23

1 birth
44 birthdays

24

2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
35 birthdays

25

49 birthdays

26

42 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
40 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
58 birthdays

29

1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
43 birthdays

30

1 marriage
1 centenary
52 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
47 birthdays


June 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
2 transitions
56 birthdays

2

1 death
50 birthdays

3

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
3 centenaries
38 birthdays

4

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
48 birthdays

5

3 centenaries
33 birthdays

6

1 birth
2 deaths
45 birthdays

7

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
39 birthdays

8

1 marriage
2 centenaries
1 election
41 birthdays

9

2 centenaries
50 birthdays

10

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
53 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
56 birthdays

13

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
58 birthdays

15

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
52 birthdays

16

2 marriages
3 centenaries
45 birthdays

17

2 marriages
1 death
1 centenary
59 birthdays

18

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

19

1 death
60 birthdays

20

45 birthdays

21

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
41 birthdays

22

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
51 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
58 birthdays

24

4 centenaries
62 birthdays

25

1 death
1 centenary
45 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 centenary
50 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

28

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
52 birthdays

29

1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

30

2 births
3 centenaries
52 birthdays


July 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
2 marriages
1 death
2 centenaries
52 birthdays

2

2 births
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

3

1 death
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

4

1 death
3 centenaries
1 transition
54 birthdays

5

3 deaths
48 birthdays

6

2 deaths
1 centenary
57 birthdays

7

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
64 birthdays

8

1 marriage
2 centenaries
55 birthdays

9

2 centenaries
51 birthdays

10

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
49 birthdays

11

1 death
3 centenaries
1 transition
49 birthdays

12

1 death
1 centenary
55 birthdays

13

1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

14

2 deaths
1 transition
48 birthdays

15

1 marriage
1 death
3 centenaries
57 birthdays

16

1 centenary
58 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
51 birthdays

18

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
54 birthdays

19

1 death
1 centenary
2 transitions
42 birthdays

20

1 centenary
63 birthdays

21

1 birth
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
49 birthdays

23

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
56 birthdays

24

2 births
59 birthdays

25

1 centenary
45 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
5 centenaries
62 birthdays

27

2 deaths
2 transitions
47 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
42 birthdays

29

1 centenary
63 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
42 birthdays

31

1 death
3 centenaries
47 birthdays


August 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 births
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

2

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
46 birthdays

3

1 centenary
54 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
61 birthdays

5

1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
45 birthdays

6

1 death
2 centenaries
73 birthdays

7

1 death
3 centenaries
1 transition
50 birthdays

8

2 births
1 marriage
5 centenaries
1 election
51 birthdays

9

2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
65 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
65 birthdays

11

2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
49 birthdays

12

1 birth
3 centenaries
46 birthdays

13

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

14

1 death
4 centenaries
61 birthdays

15

1 death
59 birthdays

16

1 marriage
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
57 birthdays

18

1 birth
2 centenaries
50 birthdays

19

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
56 birthdays

20

3 centenaries
64 birthdays

21

2 births
2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
56 birthdays

22

1 centenary
59 birthdays

23

1 centenary
55 birthdays

24

2 marriages
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 centenary
44 birthdays

26

1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

27

5 centenaries
55 birthdays

28

2 births
1 marriage
3 deaths
1 centenary
56 birthdays

29

2 births
50 birthdays

30

3 centenaries
49 birthdays

31

2 centenaries
61 birthdays


September 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 transition
66 birthdays

2

3 marriages
1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

3

2 marriages
4 centenaries
1 transition
58 birthdays

4

1 birth
1 death
4 centenaries
56 birthdays

5

1 centenary
56 birthdays

6

1 marriage
1 death
56 birthdays

7

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
57 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 centenaries
54 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
42 birthdays

10

1 death
3 centenaries
62 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 death
49 birthdays

12

1 birth
2 centenaries
1 transition
1 election
51 birthdays

13

1 birth
2 deaths
3 centenaries
58 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
55 birthdays

15

2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
66 birthdays

16

1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
2 transitions
58 birthdays

17

1 birth
2 marriages
1 election
51 birthdays

18

1 birth
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 centenary
4 elections
55 birthdays

20

1 centenary
1 transition
52 birthdays

21

1 centenary
61 birthdays

22

2 births
2 deaths
1 centenary
60 birthdays

23

1 marriage
7 centenaries
58 birthdays

24

1 death
5 centenaries
59 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
51 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
43 birthdays

27

1 birth
2 centenaries
40 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
58 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
59 birthdays

30

1 birth
1 marriage
2 centenaries
3 transitions
61 birthdays


October 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
2 deaths
61 birthdays

2

2 centenaries
1 transition
62 birthdays

3

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
50 birthdays

4

2 births
1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
40 birthdays

5

1 centenary
1 transition
45 birthdays

6

2 births
58 birthdays

7

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
54 birthdays

8

3 centenaries
1 transition
68 birthdays

9

4 centenaries
54 birthdays

10

1 birth
2 centenaries
1 election
73 birthdays

11

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
53 birthdays

12

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

13

5 centenaries
48 birthdays

14

1 marriage
1 centenary
45 birthdays

15

4 centenaries
75 birthdays

16

2 centenaries
60 birthdays

17

1 death
3 centenaries
69 birthdays

18

1 death
5 centenaries
51 birthdays

19

2 centenaries
45 birthdays

20

1 death
6 centenaries
47 birthdays

21

1 centenary
1 election
50 birthdays

22

3 centenaries
37 birthdays

23

1 centenary
49 birthdays

24

1 marriage
1 death
3 centenaries
44 birthdays

25

3 centenaries
56 birthdays

26

1 death
1 centenary
50 birthdays

27

1 birth
3 centenaries
54 birthdays

28

3 deaths
3 centenaries
49 birthdays

29

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
61 birthdays

30

1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

31

1 death
2 centenaries
56 birthdays


November 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
51 birthdays

2

2 births
1 marriage
1 centenary
53 birthdays

3

1 death
1 transition
53 birthdays

4

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
48 birthdays

5

54 birthdays

6

1 death
3 centenaries
55 birthdays

7

3 deaths
1 centenary
85 elections
56 birthdays

8

1 death
1 centenary
52 birthdays

9

1 death
1 centenary
50 birthdays

10

1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
54 birthdays

11

2 marriages
2 centenaries
65 birthdays

12

2 centenaries
63 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 centenary
49 birthdays

14

1 birth
2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
45 birthdays

15

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
60 birthdays

16

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
35 birthdays

17

2 marriages
3 centenaries
60 birthdays

18

1 birth
46 birthdays

19

1 birth
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

20

2 deaths
2 centenaries
57 birthdays

21

2 births
3 centenaries
55 birthdays

22

2 marriages
2 centenaries
70 birthdays

23

1 death
1 transition
52 birthdays

24

4 centenaries
46 birthdays

25

2 births
1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

26

1 marriage
1 death
54 birthdays

27

1 death
2 centenaries
54 birthdays

28

1 death
50 birthdays

29

1 marriage
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
58 birthdays

30

1 death
4 centenaries
58 birthdays


December 1939
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 centenaries
45 birthdays

2

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

3

3 deaths
1 transition
55 birthdays

4

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
1 election
38 birthdays

5

1 death
1 transition
1 election
51 birthdays

6

1 birth
3 centenaries
1 transition
55 birthdays

7

1 centenary
54 birthdays

8

2 deaths
56 birthdays

9

1 marriage
61 birthdays

10

2 centenaries
55 birthdays

11

1 birth
1 death
4 centenaries
48 birthdays

12

2 deaths
1 transition
51 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 centenary
47 birthdays

14

3 births
1 death
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

15

2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
55 birthdays

16

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
60 birthdays

17

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
62 birthdays

18

1 death
2 centenaries
57 birthdays

19

1 centenary
55 birthdays

20

2 centenaries
62 birthdays

21

1 death
2 centenaries
72 birthdays

22

1 death
3 centenaries
52 birthdays

23

2 births
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
41 birthdays

24

3 centenaries
50 birthdays

25

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
63 birthdays

26

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
2 transitions
37 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
1 transition
47 birthdays

28

3 centenaries
49 birthdays

29

2 marriages
1 death
58 birthdays

30

1 marriage
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

31

2 births
2 deaths
1 transition
41 birthdays


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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard 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.
 
  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.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  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.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (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 Creative Commons License.
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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 HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025.