The Political Graveyard: 2008

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The Political Graveyard: 2008

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2008 by month:

January: 14 deaths; 115 centenaries; 3 transitions; 443 birthdays
February: 15 deaths; 118 centenaries; 2 transitions; 2 elections; 391 birthdays
March: 16 deaths; 132 centenaries; 1 transition; 5 elections; 398 birthdays
April: 1 marriage; 4 deaths; 129 centenaries; 3 transitions; 14 elections; 392 birthdays
May: 8 deaths; 114 centenaries; 20 elections; 392 birthdays
June: 6 deaths; 114 centenaries; 1 transition; 6 elections; 417 birthdays
July: 10 deaths; 84 centenaries; 1 transition; 449 birthdays
August: 5 deaths; 119 centenaries; 18 elections; 454 birthdays
September: 10 deaths; 110 centenaries; 2 transitions; 10 elections; 443 birthdays
October: 9 deaths; 117 centenaries; 2 transitions; 1 election; 421 birthdays
November: 13 deaths; 125 centenaries; 4 transitions; 112 elections; 398 birthdays
December: 6 deaths; 116 centenaries; 4 transitions; 414 birthdays

January 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 centenaries
26 birthdays

2

2 deaths
1 centenary
14 birthdays

3

2 deaths
1 centenary
6 birthdays

4

5 centenaries
17 birthdays

5

3 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
15 birthdays

6

1 death
8 centenaries
15 birthdays

7

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

8

6 centenaries
15 birthdays

9

1 death
3 centenaries
8 birthdays

10

4 centenaries
19 birthdays

11

4 centenaries
9 birthdays

12

1 death
5 centenaries
12 birthdays

13

8 centenaries
8 birthdays

14

8 centenaries
1 transition
15 birthdays

15

2 centenaries
12 birthdays

16

1 centenary
19 birthdays

17

1 death
2 centenaries
17 birthdays

18

9 centenaries
14 birthdays

19

1 death
2 centenaries
17 birthdays

20

11 birthdays

21

1 death
2 centenaries
9 birthdays

22

6 centenaries
16 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
19 birthdays

24

3 centenaries
21 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
8 birthdays

26

1 centenary
14 birthdays

27

1 death
5 centenaries
15 birthdays

28

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

29

6 centenaries
13 birthdays

30

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

31

2 centenaries
1 transition
18 birthdays

February 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
11 birthdays

3

1 death
5 centenaries
16 birthdays

4

4 centenaries
17 birthdays

5

3 centenaries
1 election
13 birthdays

6

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

7

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

8

4 centenaries
17 birthdays

9

2 deaths
2 centenaries
15 birthdays

10

1 death
7 centenaries
13 birthdays

11

1 death
8 centenaries
1 transition
18 birthdays

12

4 centenaries
9 birthdays

13

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

14

1 death
7 centenaries
24 birthdays

15

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

16

3 centenaries
14 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
10 birthdays

18

3 centenaries
11 birthdays

19

2 deaths
3 centenaries
9 birthdays

20

4 centenaries
11 birthdays

21

4 centenaries
21 birthdays

22

2 deaths
10 centenaries
10 birthdays

23

3 deaths
3 centenaries
14 birthdays

24

2 centenaries
20 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
10 birthdays

26

5 centenaries
1 election
8 birthdays

27

1 death
6 centenaries
16 birthdays

28

6 centenaries
11 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
6 birthdays

March 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

5 centenaries
10 birthdays

2

9 centenaries
1 election
16 birthdays

3

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

4

3 centenaries
1 election
15 birthdays

5

1 death
4 centenaries
10 birthdays

6

3 centenaries
14 birthdays

7

1 death
7 centenaries
15 birthdays

8

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

9

1 death
5 centenaries
13 birthdays

10

7 centenaries
5 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
2 elections
17 birthdays

12

1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
13 birthdays

13

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

14

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

15

1 death
3 centenaries
17 birthdays

16

6 centenaries
13 birthdays

17

1 death
10 centenaries
10 birthdays

18

1 death
3 centenaries
1 election
6 birthdays

19

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

20

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

21

2 centenaries
9 birthdays

22

1 death
3 centenaries
12 birthdays

23

1 centenary
12 birthdays

24

1 death
4 centenaries
11 birthdays

25

2 deaths
5 centenaries
12 birthdays

26

3 centenaries
18 birthdays

27

1 death
5 centenaries
13 birthdays

28

1 centenary
18 birthdays

29

4 centenaries
19 birthdays

30

2 deaths
5 centenaries
14 birthdays

31

2 deaths
9 centenaries
18 birthdays

April 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 centenaries
1 transition
1 election
10 birthdays

2

3 centenaries
1 transition
16 birthdays

3

5 centenaries
7 birthdays

4

4 centenaries
1 transition
16 birthdays

5

2 centenaries
14 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
13 birthdays

7

5 centenaries
15 birthdays

8

4 centenaries
13 elections
17 birthdays

9

9 centenaries
10 birthdays

10

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

11

5 centenaries
16 birthdays

12

5 centenaries
11 birthdays

13

1 death
4 centenaries
12 birthdays

14

5 centenaries
17 birthdays

15

1 death
6 centenaries
17 birthdays

16

5 centenaries
14 birthdays

17

3 centenaries
8 birthdays

18

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

19

1 death
5 centenaries
10 birthdays

20

6 centenaries
9 birthdays

21

4 centenaries
9 birthdays

22

2 centenaries
8 birthdays

23

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

24

3 centenaries
20 birthdays

25

1 marriage
5 centenaries
11 birthdays

26

1 centenary
12 birthdays

27

5 centenaries
23 birthdays

28

6 centenaries
9 birthdays

29

1 death
6 centenaries
17 birthdays

30

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

May 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 centenaries
8 birthdays

2

1 death
3 centenaries
16 birthdays

3

3 centenaries
1 election
12 birthdays

4

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

5

2 centenaries
17 birthdays

6

1 death
8 centenaries
2 elections
14 birthdays

7

2 centenaries
9 birthdays

8

4 centenaries
13 birthdays

9

1 death
7 centenaries
9 birthdays

10

4 centenaries
8 elections
11 birthdays

11

4 centenaries
8 birthdays

12

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

13

1 death
2 centenaries
6 elections
14 birthdays

14

7 centenaries
12 birthdays

15

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

16

4 centenaries
21 birthdays

17

1 death
4 centenaries
15 birthdays

18

1 death
4 centenaries
11 birthdays

19

4 centenaries
10 birthdays

20

2 centenaries
2 elections
18 birthdays

21

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

22

5 centenaries
11 birthdays

23

4 centenaries
13 birthdays

24

2 centenaries
15 birthdays

25

1 death
3 centenaries
10 birthdays

26

1 centenary
11 birthdays

27

4 centenaries
1 election
12 birthdays

28

5 centenaries
20 birthdays

29

1 centenary
12 birthdays

30

6 centenaries
9 birthdays

31

1 death
3 centenaries
9 birthdays

June 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 centenaries
10 birthdays

2

1 death
7 centenaries
9 birthdays

3

3 centenaries
4 elections
16 birthdays

4

4 centenaries
10 birthdays

5

1 centenary
11 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

7

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
18 birthdays

9

1 death
3 centenaries
15 birthdays

10

9 centenaries
14 birthdays

11

1 death
5 centenaries
19 birthdays

12

1 death
4 centenaries
12 birthdays

13

6 centenaries
12 birthdays

14

2 centenaries
1 election
14 birthdays

15

1 death
1 centenary
1 election
14 birthdays

16

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

17

4 centenaries
16 birthdays

18

6 centenaries
15 birthdays

19

6 centenaries
15 birthdays

20

3 centenaries
14 birthdays

21

5 centenaries
14 birthdays

22

1 centenary
13 birthdays

23

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

24

5 centenaries
16 birthdays

25

1 death
3 centenaries
7 birthdays

26

2 centenaries
9 birthdays

27

3 centenaries
21 birthdays

28

7 centenaries
16 birthdays

29

4 centenaries
17 birthdays

30

4 centenaries
1 transition
12 birthdays

July 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 centenaries
15 birthdays

2

2 centenaries
9 birthdays

3

3 centenaries
13 birthdays

4

1 death
2 centenaries
19 birthdays

5

2 centenaries
15 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
11 birthdays

7

1 death
3 centenaries
18 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
13 birthdays

9

5 centenaries
13 birthdays

10

14 birthdays

11

1 death
2 centenaries
13 birthdays

12

4 centenaries
13 birthdays

13

1 death
2 centenaries
9 birthdays

14

2 centenaries
15 birthdays

15

2 centenaries
19 birthdays

16

5 centenaries
1 transition
21 birthdays

17

3 centenaries
6 birthdays

18

1 death
7 centenaries
14 birthdays

19

1 death
3 centenaries
8 birthdays

20

7 centenaries
19 birthdays

21

2 centenaries
26 birthdays

22

1 death
1 centenary
16 birthdays

23

1 centenary
15 birthdays

24

1 centenary
17 birthdays

25

4 centenaries
9 birthdays

26

3 centenaries
15 birthdays

27

1 death
2 centenaries
12 birthdays

28

4 centenaries
16 birthdays

29

1 death
4 centenaries
11 birthdays

30

1 death
1 centenary
16 birthdays

31

19 birthdays

August 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
19 birthdays

2

1 death
6 centenaries
15 birthdays

3

5 centenaries
15 birthdays

4

5 centenaries
21 birthdays

5

5 centenaries
16 elections
16 birthdays

6

19 birthdays

7

2 centenaries
21 birthdays

8

9 centenaries
24 birthdays

9

1 centenary
6 birthdays

10

1 centenary
10 birthdays

11

5 centenaries
14 birthdays

12

5 centenaries
8 birthdays

13

3 centenaries
8 birthdays

14

3 centenaries
14 birthdays

15

6 centenaries
18 birthdays

16

14 birthdays

17

5 centenaries
13 birthdays

18

4 centenaries
16 birthdays

19

7 centenaries
13 birthdays

20

2 deaths
2 centenaries
19 birthdays

21

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

22

2 deaths
6 centenaries
14 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
11 birthdays

24

5 centenaries
17 birthdays

25

6 centenaries
15 birthdays

26

4 centenaries
2 elections
13 birthdays

27

1 centenary
7 birthdays

28

4 centenaries
11 birthdays

29

4 centenaries
18 birthdays

30

2 centenaries
13 birthdays

31

8 centenaries
16 birthdays

September 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3 centenaries
1 transition
14 birthdays

2

1 centenary
1 election
13 birthdays

3

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

4

1 death
17 birthdays

5

4 centenaries
11 birthdays

6

1 death
1 centenary
22 birthdays

7

4 centenaries
13 birthdays

8

1 death
3 centenaries
15 birthdays

9

2 centenaries
5 elections
20 birthdays

10

1 death
3 centenaries
17 birthdays

11

4 centenaries
14 birthdays

12

5 centenaries
21 birthdays

13

1 death
1 centenary
16 birthdays

14

11 birthdays

15

6 centenaries
16 birthdays

16

6 centenaries
4 elections
21 birthdays

17

3 centenaries
16 birthdays

18

3 centenaries
1 transition
9 birthdays

19

8 centenaries
16 birthdays

20

5 centenaries
11 birthdays

21

1 death
11 centenaries
12 birthdays

22

1 death
5 centenaries
20 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
11 birthdays

24

4 centenaries
10 birthdays

25

1 death
3 centenaries
13 birthdays

26

1 death
4 centenaries
12 birthdays

27

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

28

1 death
3 centenaries
17 birthdays

29

4 centenaries
16 birthdays

30

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

October 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

7 centenaries
1 transition
12 birthdays

2

1 death
3 centenaries
10 birthdays

3

2 centenaries
19 birthdays

4

3 centenaries
1 election
9 birthdays

5

1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
11 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
17 birthdays

7

7 centenaries
12 birthdays

8

5 centenaries
15 birthdays

9

3 centenaries
16 birthdays

10

3 centenaries
15 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
18 birthdays

12

6 centenaries
18 birthdays

13

2 deaths
4 centenaries
11 birthdays

14

2 centenaries
10 birthdays

15

1 death
5 centenaries
17 birthdays

16

22 birthdays

17

1 death
3 centenaries
12 birthdays

18

4 centenaries
13 birthdays

19

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

20

6 centenaries
18 birthdays

21

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

22

1 centenary
9 birthdays

23

5 centenaries
12 birthdays

24

2 deaths
4 centenaries
19 birthdays

25

3 centenaries
11 birthdays

26

11 centenaries
20 birthdays

27

5 centenaries
9 birthdays

28

3 centenaries
7 birthdays

29

6 centenaries
11 birthdays

30

1 death
3 centenaries
13 birthdays

31

2 centenaries
14 birthdays

November 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
5 centenaries
1 transition
12 birthdays

2

2 centenaries
14 birthdays

3

1 death
5 centenaries
18 birthdays

4

4 centenaries
112 elections
7 birthdays

5

1 centenary
17 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
15 birthdays

7

4 centenaries
15 birthdays

8

1 death
6 centenaries
17 birthdays

9

6 centenaries
11 birthdays

10

5 centenaries
14 birthdays

11

6 centenaries
12 birthdays

12

2 deaths
6 centenaries
1 transition
14 birthdays

13

2 centenaries
13 birthdays

14

7 centenaries
19 birthdays

15

1 death
6 centenaries
14 birthdays

16

5 centenaries
1 transition
9 birthdays

17

2 deaths
1 centenary
12 birthdays

18

1 death
5 centenaries
10 birthdays

19

6 centenaries
10 birthdays

20

8 centenaries
19 birthdays

21

3 centenaries
14 birthdays

22

6 centenaries
12 birthdays

23

1 centenary
15 birthdays

24

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
13 birthdays

25

5 centenaries
14 birthdays

26

3 centenaries
10 birthdays

27

1 centenary
13 birthdays

28

1 death
3 centenaries
12 birthdays

29

7 centenaries
10 birthdays

30

1 death
1 centenary
13 birthdays

December 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
2 centenaries
8 birthdays

2

1 centenary
12 birthdays

3

2 centenaries
16 birthdays

4

3 centenaries
8 birthdays

5

1 centenary
5 birthdays

6

4 centenaries
20 birthdays

7

5 centenaries
18 birthdays

8

6 centenaries
9 birthdays

9

1 death
4 centenaries
16 birthdays

10

12 centenaries
15 birthdays

11

3 centenaries
15 birthdays

12

13 birthdays

13

3 centenaries
15 birthdays

14

4 centenaries
11 birthdays

15

4 centenaries
1 transition
18 birthdays

16

2 deaths
7 centenaries
14 birthdays

17

1 death
5 centenaries
12 birthdays

18

5 centenaries
15 birthdays

19

5 centenaries
12 birthdays

20

3 centenaries
17 birthdays

21

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

22

3 centenaries
12 birthdays

23

3 centenaries
16 birthdays

24

1 centenary
12 birthdays

25

3 centenaries
9 birthdays

26

4 centenaries
12 birthdays

27

3 centenaries
11 birthdays

28

7 centenaries
21 birthdays

29

1 death
4 centenaries
13 birthdays

30

1 centenary
1 transition
11 birthdays

31

5 centenaries
2 transitions
16 birthdays

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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 HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.

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 320,919 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/2008/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 © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
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 HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.