Here are some November birthdays for Lincoln’s friends and foes. And perhaps a few contemporaries who lived during his time but whom he may not have been personally acquainted with.
James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States from 1845-1849. Born November 2, 1795. Age 214.
Edwin Thomas Booth - Actor and brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Ironically in 1863 or 1864, Edwin Booth saved the life of Robert Lincoln when he fell from a New Jersey railroad station platform while a moving train passed. Born November 13, 1833. Age 176.
John Andrew B. Dahlgren – Admiral and inventor of Civil War Dahlgren-cannons. Two 11″ Dahlgren smoothbore cannons were mounted in the turret of the USS Monitor. Born November 13, 1809. Age 200.
Louis-Jacques Daguerre – Photographer and inventor of the Daguerrotype photographic process. Born November 18, 1787. Age 222.
James A. Garfield – 20th President of the United States from March 4-Sept 19, 1881. Born November 19, 1831. Age 178.
Franklin Pierce – 14th President of the United States from 1853-1857. Born November 23, 1804. Age 205.
Zachary Taylor – 12th President of the United States from March 5, 1849-July 9, 1850. Born November 24, 1784. Age 225.
Oliver Fisher Winchester – Rifle manufacturer (Winchester). Born November 30, 1810. Age 199.
Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) – Author / writer. Born November 30, 1835. Age 174.
Happy birthday gentlemen!
Best
Barry
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If you are interested in Abraham Lincoln, you should read these interviews by two Lincoln experts:
“An Awesometalk With” Harold Holzer, Lincoln Scholar
(posted on November 10, 2008)
“An Awesometalk With” Dr. Thomas Schwartz, Illinois State Historian
(posted on December 08, 2008)
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Samuel Arnold – Lincoln assassination conspirator, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. He served just four years before being parolled in 1869. Born September 06, 1834. Age 175.
Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler and 1st lady of the United States (1844-45). Born May 4, 1820. Age 189.
Karl Marx, Communist philosopher. Born May 5, 1818. Age 191.
Julia Ward Howe, writer of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ which was first published 1862. Born May 27, 1819. Age 190.
Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Russian Composer. Born May 7, 1840. Age 169.
John Brown, abolitionist who led attack on Harper’s Ferry. Born May, 9, 1800. Age 209.
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Born May 10, 1838. Age 171.
Florence Nightingale, Italian nurse. May 12, 1820. Age 189.
William Henry Seward, Secretary of State (1861-69). Born May 16, 1801. Age 208.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, US writer. Born May 25, 1803. Age 206.
James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok, American cowboy and scout. Born May 27, 1837. Age 172.
Walt Whitman, US Poet. Born May 31, 1819. Age 190.
Lew Wallace, member of the military commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators. Later wrote the novel “Ben Hur”. Born April 10, 1827. Age 182.
John H. Surratt (Mary Surratt’s son), escaped Lincoln conspirator who escaped to Canada and then Europe. Caught and returned for trial in June 1867 but was acquitted due to a hung jury. Like Powell, he also just age 21. Born April 13, 1844. Age 165.
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881) and wife of President James A. Garfield. Born April 19, 1832. Age 177.
Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Paine or Payne), convicted Lincoln conspirator executed at the Washington Arsenal Penitentiary on July 7, 1865 at age 21. Born April 22, 1844. Age 165.
Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician nicknamed “Little Giant” (5′-4″ tall) famed for his seven public debates with Abraham Lincoln for the Senate seat often referred to as the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Born April 23, 1813. Age 196.
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1869 - 77). Born April 27, 1822. Age 187.
Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53) and wife of President Millard Fillmore. Born March 13, 1798. Age 211.
Grover Cleveland, 22nd (1885-89) & 24th (1893-97) President of the United States. Born March 18, 1837. Age 172.
Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia, President of Mexico (1858-72). Born March 21, 1806. Age 203.
Schuyler Colfax, Republican. 17th VP of the United States (under President Grant)(1869-73). Born March 23, 1823. Age 186.
Gutzon Borglum, sculpturer of Mount Rushmore. Born March 25, 1867. Age 142.
John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-45). Died on January 18, 1862 while Lincoln was in office. Born March 29, 1790. Age. 219.
John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural equipment. Born February 7, 1804, Age 205.
Charles Dickens, English novelist, Oliver Twist and Tale of 2 Cities. Born February 7, 1812. Age 197.
Jules Verne, French sci-fi writer, From the Earth to the Moon. Born February 8, 1828. Age 181.
Thomas Edison, American inventor. Born February 11, 1847. Age 162.
Charles Darwin, discoverer of evolution, Origin of Species. Born February 12 , 1809. Age 200.
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. Senior military officer in charge of the Lincoln conspirator executions. Born February 14, 1824. Age 185.
Susan B. Anthony. American activist, women’s suffragette. Born February 15, 1820. Age 189.
Victor Hugo, French author, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables. Born February 26, 1802. Age 207.
John G. Nicolay, Lincoln’s private secretary and co-biographer with John Hay. Born February 26, 1832. Age 177.
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, American western frontiersman. Born February 26, 1846. Age 163.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet. Born February 27, 1807. Age 202.
Milliard Fillmore - 13th President of the United States. Born January 07, 1800. Age 209. 
Salmon P. Chase – Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln. Born January 13, 1808. Age 201. 
Robert E. Lee – Confederate Full General who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. Born January 19, 1807. Age 202.
Edgar Allan Poe – American author. Born January 19, 1809. Age 200.
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson – Confederate Lieutenant General. Born January 21, 1824. Age 185.
George Edward Pickett – Confederate Major General, who, whether right or wrong, is blamed for the ill-fated, final assault at Gettysburg which now bears his name as Pickett’s Charge. Born between January 16 – 28, 1825. Age 184.
Brevet Major General John Hartranft – Read the Order of Execution on the scaffold to the four condemned Lincoln conspirators. He later became Governor of Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1879. Born December 16, 1830. Age 178.
