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Sylvester Chapman 1912 - 1987

Sylvester Chapman of Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL was born on September 10, 1912, and died at age 74 years old on August 15, 1987.
Sylvester Chapman
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL 35212
September 10, 1912
August 15, 1987
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  • 09/10
    1912

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    September 10, 1912
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  • 08/15
    1987

    Death

    August 15, 1987
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    Sylvester Chapman lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1912, in the year that Sylvester Chapman was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1933, at the age of 21 years old, Sylvester was alive when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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