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Today’s Political Birthday · August 31
Otis G. Pike
Born August 31, 1921. Died January 20, 2014 at age 92.
Otis Grey Pike (August 31, 1921 – January 20, 2014) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, serving from 1961 to 1979.
His nine-term tenure kept him in Congress across the 1960s and 1970s; he left office in 1979 and died in 2014, remembered for a lengthy House career. Before his election he practiced law. He was born in 1921.
Born August 31, 1871. Died September 21, 1944 at age 73.
James E. Ferguson (1871–1944), 'Pa' Ferguson, was governor of Texas (1915–1917); he was impeached, removed from office, and later ran his wife's gubernatorial campaigns.
Born August 31, 1924. Died August 21, 2012 at age 87.
John A. Davidson (1924–2012) was an Illinois chiropractor and politician who served on the Sangamon County board and in the Illinois Senate (1973–1993).
Born August 31, 1959. Died March 24, 2013 at age 53.
Jessica Sibley Upshaw (1959–2013) was a Mississippi lawyer and Republican who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2004 until her death in 2013.
Born August 31, 1905. Died November 18, 2004 at age 99.
Robert F. Bacher (1905–2004) was an American nuclear physicist, Manhattan Project leader, inaugural U.S. Atomic Energy Commission commissioner, and later a Caltech vice president and provost.
Born August 31, 1925. Died October 14, 2004 at age 79.
Theodore R. Blakey (1925–2004) was a South Dakota historian, businessman, and civil-rights leader who helped the state ratify the Twenty-fourth Amendment.
