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Politicians Who Died at Age 50

  50 years, 4 days: Edward W. Carmack (1858-1908)
  50 years, 9 days: Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738-1789) — B. Duncan McClave (1889-1939)
  50 years, 11 days: Charles M. Conway (1925-1975)
  50 years, 12 days: William P. Cronan (1879-1929)
  50 years, 13 days: John Ladue (1804-1854)
  50 years, 14 days: John Hugh Means (1812-1862)
  50 years, 20 days: Joseph H. Earle (1847-1897)
  50 years, 23 days: Edward Harris (1763-1813)
  50 years, 25 days: Noah Noble (1794-1844)
  50 years, 28 days: Bird B. Chapman (1821-1871) — Jacob E. Gunther III (1953-2003)
  50 years, 29 days: Louis H. Burns (1878-1928)
  50 years, 30 days: Henry Mason Mathews (1834-1884)
  50 years, 37 days: A. B. Kittredge (1861-1911)
  50 years, 41 days: Theodore A. Bell (1872-1922)
  50 years, 43 days: Charles S. Reid (1897-1947)
  50 years, 44 days: George A. Carlson (1876-1926) — Abraham Wolff (1769-1820)
  50 years, 52 days: Allen J. Oliver (1903-1953)
  50 years, 55 days: James Wray Williams (1792-1842)
  50 years, 61 days: Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)
  50 years, 65 days: J. Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) — C. J. P. Cresap (1836-1886)
  50 years, 69 days: Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886)
  50 years, 70 days: John Geddes (1777-1828)
  50 years, 76 days: Francis Malbone (1759-1809)
  50 years, 78 days: Thomas Spencer Jerome (1864-1914) — Ernest V. Blendt (1903-1953)
  50 years, 81 days: William Fitts Ryan (1922-1972)
  50 years, 86 days: Fisher Ames (1758-1808) — Moses V. Aldrich (1829-1879)
  50 years, 87 days: Thomas Kittera (1789-1839)
  50 years, 88 days: Henry Walker Adams (1852-1903)
  50 years, 90 days: E. F. Polk (1888-1938) — George Thomas McDermott (1886-1937)
  50 years, 95 days: John F. Snodgrass (1804-1854)
  50 years, 96 days: James A. Finnegan (1907-1958)
  50 years, 97 days: Timothy Crane Day (1819-1869)
  50 years, 99 days: John Selden Roane (1817-1867)
  50 years, 102 days: Marsena E. Cutts (1833-1883)
  50 years, 103 days: Francis X. Duer (1873-1923)
  50 years, 107 days: Albert Constable (1805-1855) — Okla Jones II (1945-1996)
  50 years, 110 days: J. Francis Harter (1897-1947)
  50 years, 115 days: M. D. Todd (1858-1909)
  50 years, 116 days: Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862)
  50 years, 119 days: Drake Dimitry (1922-1973) — George P. Wanty (1856-1906)
  50 years, 120 days: William V. Wells (1826-1876)
  50 years, 121 days: Frank G. Clarke (1850-1901) — Allan C. Durborow, Jr. (1857-1908) — Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) — George Fitch (1845-1896)
  50 years, 122 days: John Demong (1833-1884)
  50 years, 123 days: Thomas C. Borden (1870-1921)
  50 years, 129 days: David Scull (1917-1968)
  50 years, 131 days: B. Roger Wales (1879-1929) — P. J. Barron (1876-1927)
  50 years, 132 days: William Woodyard (1894-1945) — Ulysses S. Fitzpatrick (1887-1938)
  50 years, 133 days: Thomas M. Burgess (1806-1856)
  50 years, 135 days: Lawrence S. Church (1820-1870)
  50 years, 138 days: Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863)
  50 years, 140 days: Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890)
  50 years, 142 days: Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865) — J. Embry Allen (1868-1919)
  50 years, 146 days: Alfonso A. Magnotta (1913-1963) — Bushrod W. Lott (1826-1876)
  50 years, 147 days: John Wayles Eppes (1773-1823) — Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — Edward J. Speno (1920-1971)
  50 years, 149 days: Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862)
  50 years, 150 days: Richard Stockton (1730-1781) — William L. Beers (1904-1955)
  50 years, 155 days: George C. Rowe (1853-1903)
  50 years, 156 days: Lovell H. Rousseau (1818-1869)
  50 years, 157 days: Roger Griswold (1762-1812)
  50 years, 158 days: Joseph Hawkins (1781-1832)
  50 years, 159 days: James S. Neville (1856-1906)
  50 years, 161 days: Jeremiah Brown Howell (1771-1822) — George W. C. Johnston (1828-1879)
  50 years, 162 days: Samuel McLean (1826-1877)
  50 years, 163 days: Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (1836-1886)
  50 years, 164 days: Joel Funk Asper (1822-1872) — Jesse Overstreet (1859-1910)
  50 years, 165 days: Charles G. Bennett (1863-1914) — Warren J. Duffey (1886-1936) — William H. J. Ely (1891-1942)
  50 years, 167 days: Edward Burleson, Jr. (1826-1877)
  50 years, 169 days: Thomas L. Owens (1897-1948)
  50 years, 170 days: William Shapleigh Damrell (1809-1860)
  50 years, 173 days: Michael E. Troy (1888-1939)
  50 years, 178 days: Frank W. Higgins (1856-1907)
  50 years, 180 days: Ella Knowles (1860-1911)
  50 years, 181 days: John L. Sheppard (1852-1902)
  50 years, 182 days: Ralph E. Kronenwetter (1899-1950)
  50 years, 185 days: Albin E. Bjorklund (1886-1937)
  50 years, 186 days: Solomon Lewis Spink (1831-1881)
  50 years, 191 days: John Birdsall (1840-1891)
  50 years, 192 days: James C. Jones (1809-1859) — Alexander Gilbert Bainbridge (1885-1936)
  50 years, 194 days: Nathan F. Dixon (1847-1897)
  50 years, 197 days: George A. Castor (1855-1906)
  50 years, 198 days: Dennis J. Harte (1866-1917)
  50 years, 199 days: William M. Akin, Jr. (1855-1906) — Charles Pinckney (1732-1782)
  50 years, 205 days: Frank T. Fitzgerald (1857-1907)
  50 years, 206 days: William L. D. Ewing (1795-1846) — John A. Martin (1839-1889)
  50 years, 208 days: H. Garland Dupré (1873-1924)
  50 years, 210 days: Thomas Glascock (1790-1841)
  50 years, 214 days: Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. (1892-1943) — Stanley E. Bowdle (1868-1919)
  50 years, 217 days: James Patton Anderson (1822-1872)
  50 years, 220 days: John W. Tibbatts (1801-1852) — Twayne Austin (1902-1952)
  50 years, 223 days: Alvin M. Bentley (1918-1969) — Richard C. Frame (1926-1977) — Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834)
  50 years, 224 days: Henry May (1816-1866)
  50 years, 226 days: Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850)
  50 years, 231 days: John Davis (1851-1902)
  50 years, 235 days: Charles A. Russell (1852-1902) — Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh (1764-1814)
  50 years, 238 days: Levin Gale (1784-1834)
  50 years, 239 days: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861)
  50 years, 242 days: Jeff Davis (1862-1913)
  50 years, 244 days: Jared Irwin (1768-1818)
  50 years, 245 days: William Lander (1817-1868)
  50 years, 247 days: Joel Abbot (1776-1826) — Benjamin F. Huger (1836-1887)
  50 years, 250 days: Robert S. Murphy (1861-1912) — Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) — Charles J. Helm (1817-1868)
  50 years, 251 days: Elmer J. Ryan (1907-1958)
  50 years, 254 days: John F. Baldwin, Jr. (1915-1966)
  50 years, 255 days: John W. Harville (1824-1875)
  50 years, 257 days: James W. Bosler (1833-1883)
  50 years, 258 days: Oscar A. Naplin (1876-1927)
  50 years, 261 days: Francis D. Collins (1841-1891)
  50 years, 265 days: John B. Keefe (1900-1950)
  50 years, 266 days: James J. Alford (1883-1933)
  50 years, 268 days: Charles Hale (1831-1882) — Evan E. Swearengin (1840-1890)
  50 years, 270 days: Ezra Wheeler (1820-1871) — G. A. Prinz (1851-1902)
  50 years, 271 days: James W. Turner (1862-1913) — John T. Garvin (1892-1943)
  50 years, 275 days: W. Claude Martin (1879-1930)
  50 years, 281 days: Samuel Bonom (1912-1962)
  50 years, 286 days: Elisha Bartlett (1804-1855)
  50 years, 287 days: Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (1871-1922)
  50 years, 290 days: Hugh M. Nelson (1811-1862)
  50 years, 291 days: Francis T. Maloney (1894-1945)
  50 years, 293 days: Nicholas Davis, Jr. (1825-1875) — Francis James Porcher (1821-1872)
  50 years, 297 days: Elliot S. M. Hill (1820-1871)
  50 years, 301 days: Edward T. Eversole (1866-1916)
  50 years, 303 days: William Bradford Ross (1873-1924)
  50 years, 304 days: Stephen Decatur Miller (1787-1838) — Samuel Ward (1725-1776)
  50 years, 306 days: Thomas S. McMillan (1888-1939)
  50 years, 309 days: Alfred Moore Gatlin (1790-1841)
  50 years, 311 days: Edwin Corning (1883-1934)
  50 years, 314 days: G. Chase Godwin (1840-1891)
  50 years, 315 days: William N. Doak (1882-1933) — Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935)
  50 years, 317 days: Alexander McNair (1775-1826)
  50 years, 320 days: Glenn Griswold (1890-1940)
  50 years, 323 days: Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871) — Herman Welker (1906-1957)
  50 years, 324 days: Fletcher D. Proctor (1860-1911)
  50 years, 326 days: Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) — Henry Elisha Martin (1847-1898)
  50 years, 327 days: George D. Williams (1909-1960)
  50 years, 328 days: John Fairfield (1797-1847)
  50 years, 329 days: Thomas M. Woodruff (1804-1855)
  50 years, 330 days: Henry Ashley (1778-1829)
  50 years, 334 days: Alfred Caldwell (1817-1868)
  50 years, 337 days: Darwin J. Daniels (1815-1865)
  50 years, 339 days: John K. Stack, Jr. (1884-1935) — Ivor F. Boiarsky (1920-1971)
  50 years, 340 days: Constantine F. Brunn (1858-1909)
  50 years, 342 days: Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879) — Wales L. deBussy (1891-1942)
  50 years, 343 days: Lemuel Amerman (1846-1897) — Thomas Marshall (1784-1835)
  50 years, 344 days: Clarence C. Woolard (1873-1923)
  50 years, 345 days: Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858)
  50 years, 347 days: Theodore D. Robinson (1883-1934)
  50 years, 348 days: Forrest Goodwin (1862-1913) — Charles R. Imbrecht (1949-2000)
  50 years, 349 days: William Blount (1749-1800)
  50 years, 350 days: William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852)
  50 years, 351 days: James J. Walsh (1858-1909)
  50 years, 352 days: Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869)
  50 years, 353 days: Samuel L. Gilmore (1859-1910)
  50 years, 355 days: Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) — Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825)
  50 years, 358 days: James L. Orr (1822-1873) — Jesse Wharton (1782-1833)
  50 years, 362 days: George Radcliffe Colton (1865-1916)
  50 years, 364 days: Ralph H. Bader (1888-1939)
  50 years, 365 days: Andrew Ewing (1813-1864) — Paul Margraves (1905-1956)
  50 years (number of days undetermined): Edward Patrick Davies (1880-1930)
  Approximately 50 years: George Burd (1793-1844) — John Campbell (c.1795-1845) — James H. Gholson (1798-1848) — John Hunter (c.1752-1802) — James Lent (1782-1833) — Jesse Miller (1800-1850) — Fred W. Mulkey (1874-1924) — Alfred H. Powell (1781-1831) — George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) — Zeno Scudder (1807-1857) — George W. Shonk (1850-1900) — James Cresap Sprigg (1802-1852) — John Tod (1779-1830) — John A. Whitaker (1901-1951) — Jenkin Whiteside (1772-1822) — Thomas Hickman Williams (1801-1851) — David Woodcock (1785-1835) — Peter W. Grayson (1788-1838) — Oscar L. Shafter (c.1823-1873) — Joseph W. Matthews (1812-1862) — Madison S. Perry (1814-1865) — Andrew Jackson Miller (1806-1856) — Thomas M. Foote (1808-1858) — Josiah Marvel, Jr. (1904-1955) — Henry W. Ellsworth (1814-1864) — Vincent William de Roulet (1925-1975) — Stephen E. Urmston (1845-1895) — James S. Calhoun (1802-1852) — James Boisseau (1822-1872) — George W. Brent (1821-1872) — James William Bryan (1853-1903) — Samuel C. Williams (1812-1862) — Joseph E. Gardner (c.1946-1996) — John Cooper (1848-1898) — Henry Dattner (1892-1942) — Henry Corbin Pettit (1863-1913) — Herbert W. Devine (1913-1963) — Samuel B. Pryor (1816-1866) — Louis B. Ward (c.1892-1942) — Oral C. Hathaway (1895-1945) — Steve Apodaca (c.1951-2001) — John S. Gray (1851-1902) — John Kirkwood (1842-1893) — Charles F. Heilman (c.1872-1922) — John J. Allardyce (1903-1953) — Charles Dexter Pierce (1859-1909) — William C. Mynatt (1787-1837) — Henry J. Cullen, Jr. (1841-1892) — Edward O'Neill (1820-1870) — Alfred C. Brooks (c.1897-1947) — Philip J. Fontaine (c.1808-1858) — Asa R. Nye (1808-1858) — Aquila Paca (1738-1788) — Myron Voorhees (c.1849-1899) — Henry S. Peck (1834-1884) — Thomas Cox Ryerson (1788-1838) — Ulderic E. Jodoin (1902-1953) — J. Carl Vance (1872-1922) — Lorene Hyde (1899-1949) — Daniel A. Frank (1835-1885) — Mark W. Delahay (1828-1879) — Franklin H. Fessenden (1812-1863) — Kate H. Scott (1859-1910) — Hiland R. Hulburd (1829-1880) — George G. Barnard (c.1829-1879) — John T. Willoughby (c.1864-1914)
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