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Benjamin Purcell 1901 - 1972

Benjamin Purcell of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on July 13, 1901, and died at age 71 years old in December 1972.
Benjamin Purcell
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70126
July 13, 1901
December 1972
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    1901

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    July 13, 1901
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  • 12/dd
    1972

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    December 1972
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    Benjamin Purcell lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1901, in the year that Benjamin Purcell was born, Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. TR, as he was known, had been Vice-President for 6 months when President William McKinley was assassinated. At age 42, he became the youngest President to serve although John Kennedy, at age 43, was the youngest President elected. He was a popular progressive and was elected to a second term in 1904 as a Republican, winning 56.4% of the popular vote and 336 electoral votes.
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In 1916, when he was just 15 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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