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Events from the year 1931 in the United States .
Incumbents
Nicholas Longworth (
R -
Ohio ) (until March 4)
John Nance Garner (
D -
Texas ) (starting December 7)
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Bibb Graves (
Democratic ) (until January 19),
Benjamin M. Miller (
Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Governor of Arizona :
John Calhoun Phillips (
Republican ) (until January 5),
George W. P. Hunt (
Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Arkansas :
Harvey Parnell (
Democratic )
Governor of California :
Clement C. Young (
Republican ) (until January 6),
James Rolph Jr. (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Colorado :
Billy Adams (
Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut :
John H. Trumbull (
Republican ) (until January 7),
Wilbur Lucius Cross (
Democratic ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Delaware :
C. Douglass Buck (
Republican )
Governor of Florida :
Doyle E. Carlton (
Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
Lamartine G. Hardman (
Democratic ) (until June 27),
Richard Russell, Jr. (
Democratic ) (starting June 27)
Governor of Idaho :
H. C. Baldridge (
Republican ) (until January 5),
C. Ben Ross (
Democratic ) (until January 5)
Governor of Illinois :
Louis L. Emmerson (
Republican )
Governor of Indiana :
Harry G. Leslie (
Republican )
Governor of Iowa :
John Hammill (
Republican ) (until January 15),
Daniel Webster Turner (
Republican ) (starting January 15)
Governor of Kansas :
Clyde M. Reed (
Republican ) (until January 12),
Harry H. Woodring (
Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Kentucky :
Flem D. Sampson (
Republican ) (until December 8),
Ruby Laffoon (
Democratic ) (starting December 8)
Governor of Louisiana :
Huey P. Long (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
William Tudor Gardiner (
Republican )
Governor of Maryland :
Albert C. Ritchie (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Frank G. Allen (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Joseph B. Ely (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Michigan :
Fred W. Green (
Republican ) (until January 1),
Wilber Marion Brucker (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota :
Theodore Christianson (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Floyd B. Olson (
Farmer-Labor ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Mississippi :
Theodore G. Bilbo (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Henry S. Caulfield (
Republican )
Governor of Montana :
John E. Erickson (
Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska :
Arthur J. Weaver (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Charles W. Bryan (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Nevada :
Fred B. Balzar (
Republican )
Governor of New Hampshire :
Charles W. Tobey (
Republican ) (until January 1),
John Gilbert Winant (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New Jersey :
Morgan Foster Larson (
Republican )
Governor of New Mexico :
Richard C. Dillon (
Republican ) (until January 1),
Arthur Seligman (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York :
Franklin D. Roosevelt (
Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina :
Oliver Max Gardner (
Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota :
George F. Shafer (
Republican )
Governor of Ohio :
Myers Y. Cooper (
Republican ) (until January 12),
George White (
Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Oklahoma :
William J. Holloway (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
William H. Murray (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Oregon :
A. W. Norblad (
Republican ) (until January 12),
Julius L. Meier (
Independent ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
John Stuchell Fisher (
Republican ) (until January 20),
Gifford Pinchot (
Republican ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Rhode Island :
Norman S. Case (
Republican )
Governor of South Carolina :
John Gardiner Richards, Jr. (
Democratic ) (until January 20),
Ibra Charles Blackwood (
Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of South Dakota :
William J. Bulow (
Democratic ) (until January 6),
Warren Green (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Tennessee :
Henry Hollis Horton (
Democratic )
Governor of Texas :
Dan Moody (
Democratic ) (until January 20),
Ross S. Sterling (
Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Utah :
George Dern (
Democratic )
Governor of Vermont :
John E. Weeks (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Stanley C. Wilson (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Virginia :
John Garland Pollard (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Roland H. Hartley (
Republican )
Governor of West Virginia :
William G. Conley (
Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin :
Walter J. Kohler, Sr. (
Republican ) (until January 5),
Philip La Follette (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Wyoming :
Frank C. Emerson (
Republican ) (until February 18),
Alonzo M. Clark (
Republican ) (starting February 18)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
Hugh D. Merrill (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas :
Lawrence Elery Wilson (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California :
H.L. Carnahan (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Frank Merriam (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
Edwin C. Johnson (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
Ernest E. Rogers (
Republican ) (until January 7),
Samuel R. Spencer (
Republican ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
James H. Hazel (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
G. P. Mix (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Fred E. Sterling (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Edgar D. Bush (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
Arch W. McFarlane (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Jacob W. Graybill (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
James Breathitt, Jr. (
Democratic ) (until December 8),
Happy Chandler (
Democratic ) (starting December 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
Paul N. Cyr (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown),
Alvin O. King (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
William S. Youngman (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Luren D. Dickinson (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Charles Edward Adams (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Henry M. Arens (
Farmer Labor ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
Bidwell Adam (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
Edward Henry Winter (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
Frank A. Hazelbaker (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
George A. Williams (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Theodore Metcalfe (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada :
Morley Griswold (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico :
Andrew W. Hockenhull (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Herbert H. Lehman (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
Richard T. Fountain (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
John W. Carr (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
William G. Pickrel (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
Robert Burns (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Arthur H. James (
Republican ) (until January 20),
Edward C. Shannon (
Republican ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
James G. Connelly (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
Joseph Emile Harley (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
John T. Grigsby (
Democratic ) (until January 6),
Odell K. Whitney (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee :
Ambrose B. Broadbent (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
Edgar E. Witt (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
Benjamin Williams (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
James H. Price (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
John Arthur Gellatly (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
Henry A. Huber (
Republican )
Events
January
February
March
April
May
May 1:
Empire State Building completed
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January
Robert Duvall
James Earl Jones
January 1 –
Bobbie Nelson , pianist and singer (d.
2022 )
January 5
January 6
January 7 –
Mack Mattingly , U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1981 to 1987
January 10 –
Ron Galella , photographer (d.
2022 )
[11]
January 16 –
Ellen Holly , actress
January 17 –
James Earl Jones , African-American actor
January 20
January 22 –
Sam Cooke , African-American singer (d.
1964 )
[13]
January 25 –
Dean Jones , actor (d.
2015 )
[14]
January 27 –
Red Bastien , wrestler, trainer and promoter (d.
2012 )
January 29 –
Jim Baumer , baseball player and manager (d.
1996 )
January 30 –
Allan W. Eckert , American historian, naturalist, and author (d.
2011 )
January 31
February
James Dean
Toni Morrison
March
Leonard Nimoy
April
John Gavin
April 5 –
Jack Clement , singer-songwriter, record producer (d.
2013 )
April 8
April 10 –
James L. Dozier , U.S. Army officer
April 11 –
Johnny Sheffield , child actor (d.
2010 )
April 13 –
Dan Gurney , race car driver (d.
2018 )
April 14 –
Hugh Leatherman , politician (d.
2021 )
[17]
April 16 –
Julian Carroll , lawyer and politician,
Governor of Kentucky (d.
2023 )
[18]
April 18 -
Noel Marshall , agent and producer (d.
2010 )
April 19 –
Fred Brooks , computer scientist (d.
2022 )
[19]
April 22 –
Joe Cuba , musician (d.
2009 )
April 23 -
Chuck Feeney , businessman and philanthropist (d.
2023 )
[20]
April 26 –
Ted Stanley , businessman and philanthropist (d.
2016 )
April 29 –
Don Leo Jonathan , American-Canadian professional wrestler (d.
2018 )
April 30
May
Willie Mays
Carroll Baker
John Schrieffer
June
Marla Gibbs
Olympia Dukakis
Billy Casper
July
Della Reese
Tab Hunter
Frank Ramsey
Jerry Van Dyke
July 1 –
Marilyn Hickey , American televangelist, speaker and author
July 3
July 4
July 6
July 7 –
J. Joseph Curran Jr. , American politician
July 8
July 9
July 10
July 11 –
Tab Hunter , American actor, singer (d.
2018 )
July 13
July 15
July 16 –
Norm Sherry , American Major League Baseball catcher, manager, and coach (d.
2021 )
July 18 –
Maury Duncan , American quarterback
July 19
July 27 –
Jerry Van Dyke , American comedian, actor (d.
2018 )
July 31
August
Don King
Barbara Eden
Regis Philbin
August 1 –
Hal Connolly , American athlete (d.
2010 )
August 2 –
Hugh Aynesworth , American journalist (d.
2023 )
August 6 –
Ron Feiereisel , American basketball player, coach (d.
2000 )
August 7 –
Charles E. Rice , American legal scholar, author (d.
2015 )
August 10 –
Tom Laughlin , American actor (
Billy Jack ) (d.
2013 )
August 12 –
William Goldman , American author (d.
2018 )
August 13 –
William D. Mullins , American politician and baseball player (d.
1986 )
August 14 –
Frederic Raphael , American screenwriter, novelist and non-fiction author working in the UK
August 15
August 16 –
William Luce , American writer (d.
2019 )
August 19 –
Willie Shoemaker , American jockey (d.
2003 )
August 20 –
Don King , African-American boxing promoter
August 23
August 25
August 27 –
Joe Cunningham , American baseball player (d.
2021 )
August 30 –
Jack Swigert , American astronaut (d.
1982 )
August 31
September
Barbara Bain
Larry Hagman
September 1 –
Richard Hundley , American pianist, composer (d.
2018 )
September 2
September 3 –
Tom Brewer , American baseball player (d.
2018 )
September 4 –
Mitzi Gaynor , American actress, singer and dancer
September 10
September 11 –
John Reger , American football player (d.
2013 )
September 12
September 13 –
Barbara Bain , American actress (
Mission: Impossible )
September 16 –
Little Willie Littlefield , American R&B pianist and singer (d.
2013 )
September 17 –
Anne Bancroft , American actress (d.
2005 )
September 19
September 20 –
Malachy McCourt , American actor and writer (d.
2024 )
September 21
September 29 –
James Watson Cronin , American nuclear physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1980 (d.
2016 )
September 30
October
Mickey Mantle
Dan Rather
November
Ike Turner
December
Martin Milner
Skeeter Davis
December 1
December 2
December 3
December 7 –
Richard N. Goodwin , American writer (d.
2018 )
December 11 –
Benny Spellman , American R&B singer (d.
2011 )
December 16 –
Ralph Wolfe Cowan , American portrait artist (d.
2018 )
December 17 –
Dave Madden , actor (
The Partridge Family ) (d.
2014 )
December 18 –
Gene Shue , American basketball player and coach (d.
2022 )
December 19 –
Bud Clark , American politician and businessman (d.
2022 )
December 20
December 23 –
Ronnie Schell , actor
December 24 –
Ray Bryant , jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d.
2011 )
December 25 –
Lefty Driesell , American baseball coach (d.
2024 )
[27]
December 27
December 28 –
Martin Milner , actor (
Adam-12 ) (d.
2015 )
December 30
Undated
Don Whiteside , sociologist, native author, Canadian civil servant, and association founder. (d.
1993 )
[28]
Deaths
January 4
January 12 –
Anna Manning Comfort , physician (born
1845 )
January 14 –
Hardy Richardson , baseball player (born
1855 )
January 21 –
Alma Rubens , actress (born
1897 )
January 31 –
Zina P. Young Card , Mormon leader and women's rights activist (born
1850 )
February 14 –
Clarence Ransom Edwards , army officer (born
1859 )
February 18 –
Louis Wolheim , actor (born
1880 )
February 28
March 20 –
Joseph B. Murdock , United States Navy admiral and New Hampshire politician (born
1851 )
March 24 –
Robert Edeson , actor (born
1868 )
March 25 –
Ida Wells ,
African-American
lynching crusader (born
1862 )
March 28 –
Ban Johnson , baseball executive (born
1864 )
March 31 –
Knute Rockne , football coach (born
1888 )
April 1 –
Macklyn Arbuckle , actor (born
1866 )
[29]
April 9 –
Nicholas Longworth , politician, Speaker of the House (born
1869 )
April 17 –
Ernesto Rossi , racketeer (born
1903 )
[30]
April 26 –
George Herbert Mead , philosopher (born
1863 )
May 2 –
George Fisher Baker , financier and philanthropist (born
1840 )
May 14 –
David Belasco , Broadway impresario, theater owner and playwright (born
1853 )
June 2 –
Joseph W. Farnham , screenwriter (born
1884 )
July 5 –
Arthur Starr Eakle , mineralogist (born
1862 )
July 24 –
George Arthur Boeckling , businessman, president of Cedar Point Pleasure Company (born
1862 )
August 6 –
Bix Beiderbecke , jazz trumpeter (born
1903 )
August 27 –
Francis Marion Smith , businessman (born
1846 )
August 29 –
David T. Abercrombie , businessman, co-founder of
Abercrombie & Fitch (born
1867 )
September 6 –
Juliana Walanika , the "Hawaiian Nightingale", court singer (born 1846 in the
Kingdom of Hawaii )
September 17 –
Marvin Hart , World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (born
1876 )
September 19 –
David Starr Jordan , ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist (born
1851 )
[31]
September 30 –
Jane Meade Welch , historian (born
1854 )
October 6
October 7 –
Daniel Chester French , sculptor (born
1850 )
October 18 –
Thomas Edison , inventor (born
1847 )
October 26 –
Charles Comiskey , baseball owner (born
1859 )
October 31 –
Charles E. Rushmore , businessman, attorney, namesake of
Mount Rushmore (born in
1857 )
November 4 –
Buddy Bolden , African American musician (born
1877 )
November 6 –
Jack Chesbro , baseball player and
MLB Hall of Famer (born
1874 )
December 5 –
Vachel Lindsay , poet (born
1879 )
December 18 –
Jack Diamond , gangster (born
1897 )
December 23 –
Tyrone Power, Sr. , actor (born
1869 )
December 26 –
Melvil Dewey , librarian, inventor of
Dewey Decimal Classification (born
1851 )
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"Park Hill Golf Course" . Archived from
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"Obituary: Toni Morrison" . BBC News . August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .
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Betty McCain remembered for lifetime of service
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Hugh Leatherman, Stalwart South Carolina Senator, Dies at 90
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Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll dies at age 92
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A Giant of Computer Science - Fred Brooks
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Charles Feeney, Who Made a Fortune and Then Gave It Away, Dies at 92
^
Former TU President James L. Fisher dies at 91
^
In memoriam: Ken Knowlton, a pioneer of computer art & animation
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Ex-Major League Baseball player and longtime Springfield resident Bill Virdon dies at 90
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In Our View: Unsoeld left indelible impression on Washington
^
Virginia Tech's Kenny Brooks remembers late mentor Lefty Driesell
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"Maclyn Arbuckle dies" . The Lewiston Daily Sun . April 2, 1931. p. 4 – via
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