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President Roosevelt at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, 1937 Events from the year 1937 in the United States .
Joseph Taylor Robinson (D -Arkansas ) (until July 14)Alben W. Barkley (D -Kentucky ) (starting July 22)
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : Bibb Graves (Democratic )Governor of Arizona : Benjamin Baker Moeur (Democratic ) (until January 4), Rawghlie Clement Stanford (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Governor of Arkansas : Junius Marion Futrell (Democratic ) (until January 12), Carl Edward Bailey (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Governor of California : Frank Merriam (Republican )Governor of Colorado :
Governor of Connecticut : Wilbur Lucius Cross (Democratic )Governor of Delaware : C. Douglass Buck (Republican ) (until January 19), Richard C. McMullen (Democratic ) (starting January 19)Governor of Florida : David Sholtz (Democratic ) (until January 5), Fred P. Cone (Democratic ) (starting January 5)Governor of Georgia : Eugene Talmadge (Democratic ) (until January 12), Eurith D. Rivers (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Governor of Idaho : C. Ben Ross (Democratic ) (until January 4), Barzilla W. Clark (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Governor of Illinois : Henry Horner (Democratic )Governor of Indiana : Paul V. McNutt (Democratic ) (until January 11), M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Governor of Iowa : Clyde L. Herring (Democratic ) (until January 14), Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic ) (starting January 14)Governor of Kansas : Alfred M. Landon (Republican ) (until January 11), Walter A. Huxman (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Governor of Kentucky : Happy Chandler (Democratic )Governor of Louisiana : Richard W. Leche (Democratic )Governor of Maine : Louis J. Brann (Democratic ) (until January 6), Lewis O. Barrows (Republican ) (starting January 6)Governor of Maryland : Harry W. Nice (Republican )Governor of Massachusetts : James Michael Curley (Democratic ) (until January 7), Charles F. Hurley (Democratic ) (starting January 7)Governor of Michigan : Frank Fitzgerald (Republican ) (until January 1), Frank Murphy (Democratic ) (starting January 1)Governor of Minnesota : Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor ) (until January 4), Elmer A. Benson (Farmer-Labor ) (starting January 4)Governor of Mississippi : Hugh L. White (Democratic )Governor of Missouri : Guy Brasfield Park (Democratic ) (until January 11), Lloyd C. Stark (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Governor of Montana : Elmer Holt (Democratic ) (until January 4), Roy E. Ayers (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Governor of Nebraska : Robert Leroy Cochran (Democratic )Governor of Nevada : Richard Kirman, Sr. (Democratic )Governor of New Hampshire : Styles Bridges (Republican ) (until January 7), Francis P. Murphy (Republican ) (starting January 7)Governor of New Jersey : Harold G. Hoffman (Republican )Governor of New Mexico : Clyde Tingley (Democratic )Governor of New York : Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic )Governor of North Carolina : John C. B. Ehringhaus (Democratic ) (until January 7), Clyde R. Hoey (Democratic ) (starting January 7)Governor of North Dakota : Walter Welford (Republican ) (until January 6), William Langer (Republican ) (starting January 6)Governor of Ohio : Martin L. Davey (Democratic )Governor of Oklahoma : Ernest W. Marland (Democratic )Governor of Oregon : Charles H. Martin (Democratic )Governor of Pennsylvania : George Howard Earle III (Democratic )Governor of Rhode Island : Theodore Francis Green (Democratic ) (until January 5), Robert E. Quinn (Democratic ) (starting January 2)Governor of South Carolina : Olin D. Johnston (Democratic )Governor of South Dakota : Tom Berry (Democratic ) (until January 5), Leslie Jensen (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of Tennessee : Harry Hill McAlister (Democratic ) (until January 15), Gordon Browning (Democratic ) (starting January 15)Governor of Texas : James V. Allred (Democratic )Governor of Utah : Henry H. Blood (Democratic )Governor of Vermont : Charles M. Smith (Republican ) (until January 7), George David Aiken (Republican ) (starting January 7)Governor of Virginia : George C. Peery (Democratic )Governor of Washington : Clarence D. Martin (Democratic )Governor of West Virginia : Herman G. Kump (Democratic ) (until January 18), Homer A. Holt (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Governor of Wisconsin : Philip La Follette (Wisconsin Progressive )Governor of Wyoming : Leslie A. Miller (Democratic )
Lieutenant governors [ edit ]
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Thomas E. Knight (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : William Lee Cazort (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Robert L. Bailey (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of California : George J. Hatfield (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Raymond Herbert Talbot (Democratic ) (until January 1), Frank J. Hayes (Democratic ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : T. Frank Hayes (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Roy F. Corley (Republican ) (until January 19), Edward W. Cooch (Democratic ) (starting January 19)Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : G. P. Mix (Democratic ) (until January 3), Charles C. Gossett (Democratic ) (starting January 3)Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Thomas Donovan (Democratic ) (until January 4), John H. Stelle (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic ) (until January 11), Henry F. Schricker (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic ) (until January 14), John K. Valentine (Democratic ) (starting January 14)Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Charles W. Thompson (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), William M. Lindsay (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Keen Johnson (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Earl K. Long (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Joseph L. Hurley (Democratic ) (until January 7), Francis E. Kelly (Democratic ) (starting January 7)Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : William B. Richardson (Republican ) (until January 4), Gottfrid Lindsten (Republican ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Jacob Buehler Snider (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Frank Gaines Harris (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Montana : William P. Pilgeram (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Hugh R. Adair (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Fred S. Alward (political party unknown)Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Louis Cabeza de Baca (Democratic ) (until January 1), Hiram M. Dow (Democratic ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of New York : M. William Bray (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Alexander H. Graham (Democratic ) (until January 7), Wilkins P. Horton (Democratic ) (starting January 7)Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : vacant (until January 6), Thorstein H. H. Thoresen (Republican ) (starting January 6)Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Harold G. Mosier (Democratic ) (until January 11), Paul P. Yoder (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : James E. Berry (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Thomas Kennedy (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Robert E. Quinn (Democratic ) (until January 5), Raymond E. Jordan (Democratic ) (starting January 5)Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Joseph Emile Harley (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Robert Peterson (Democratic ) (until January 5), Donald McMurchie (Republican ) (starting January 5)Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Bryan Pope (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Walter Frank Woodul (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : George D. Aiken (Republican ) (until January 7), William H. Wills (Republican ) (starting January 7)Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : James H. Price (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Victor A. Meyers (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
until January 4: vacant
January 4-October 16: Henry A. Gunderson (Progressive)
starting October 16: vacant
January 11 – The first issue of Look
January 12 – Adventurer and filmmaker Martin Johnson, of Martin and Osa Johnson fame, is killed along with four others in the crash of Western Air Express Flight 7 in mountainous terrain near Saugus, California .
January 19 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
January 20 – Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in Franklin D. Roosevelt for a second term. This is the first time Inauguration Day in the United States occurs on this date, in response to the ratification in 1933 of the 20th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Inauguration has occurred on January 20 ever since. John Nance Garner is sworn in for a second term as Vice President of the United States .
January 26 – Michigan celebrates its Centennial Anniversary of statehood.
January 31 – The Ohio River floods.
February 5 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States .
February 6 – John Steinbeck 's novella of the Great Depression Of Mice and Men
February 11 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Automobile Workers Union.
February 16 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon .[ 1]
March 2 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee , precursor to United Steelworkers , signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel .
March 4 – The 9th Academy Awards , hosted by George Jessel , are presented at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , with Robert Z. Leonard 's The Great Ziegfeld Outstanding Production . The film was among two others (being Mervyn LeRoy 's Anthony Adverse William Wyler 's Dodsworth Anthony Adverse won the most awards with four. Frank Capra receives his second Best Director award for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
March 17 – The Atherton Report (private investigator Edwin Atherton 's report detailing vice and police corruption in San Francisco) is released.
March 18
March 26
March 28 – Sculptor Robert George Irwin kills three people in Turtle Bay, Manhattan .
March – The first issue of the comic book Detective Comics Detective Comics introduces Batman . The comic goes on to become the longest continually published comic magazine in American history; it is still published as of 2024. May 6: Hindenburg disaster May 27: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic April 12 – NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Supreme Court of the United States rules that the National Labor Relations Act is constitutional.
April 13 – Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is established.
April 17 – The animated short Porky's Duck Hunt Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes Daffy Duck , is released.
May – 7 million unemployed in the USA.
May 6 – Hindenburg disaster : The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey .
May 7 – An enquiry begins into the Hindenburg disaster .
May 27 – In California , the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County . The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington, D.C. , signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.
May 30 – Memorial Day massacre : the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators during labor strike at US Steel in Chicago.[ 2]
June 14 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday .
June 20 – The first transpolar flight in history successfully arrives at Vancouver, Washington .
June 24 – The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships , North Carolina Washington New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards , respectively.
June 25 – In The Bronx , an extended Orchard Beach recreation area opens, turning Hunter Island into a peninsula. September 20: The Federal Art Project opens a Watercolors and Drawings show at the new Federal Art Gallery, NYC July 2
July 4 – The Lost Colony Roanoke Island , North Carolina .
July 5 – The canned precooked meat product Spam is introduced by the Hormel company.
July 14 – A world record-breaking non-stop flight [ru ] lands near San Jacinto , California
July 22 – New Deal : The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States .
July 24 – Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called Scottsboro Boys .
September 7 – CBS broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the Hollywood Bowl . Many celebrities appear, including Oscar Levant , Fred Astaire , Otto Klemperer , Lily Pons , and members of the original cast of Porgy and Bess CD . The Los Angeles Philharmonic is the featured orchestra.
September 18 – African American writer Zora Neale Hurston publishes her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
September 20 – USS Yorktown is commissioned.
September 26 – Street & Smith launches a half-hour radio program, The Shadow Orson Welles in the title role. October 1
October 5 – Roosevelt gives his famous Quarantine Speech Chicago .
October 10 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants (baseball) , 4 games to 1, to win their 6th World Series Title.
October 15 – Ernest Hemingway 's novel To Have and Have Not
December 12
Panay incident : Japanese bombers sink the American gunboat USS Panay .Mae West makes a risque guest appearance on the NBC Chase and Sanborn Hour that eventually results in her being banned from radio.
December 21 – Walt Disney 's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs animated cartoon with sound, opens and becomes a smash hit.
December 22 – The Lincoln Tunnel , connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey , under the Hudson River opens to road traffic.
December 25 – At the age of 70, conductor Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra on radio for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. This first concert consists of music by Vivaldi (at a time when he was still seldom played), Mozart , and Brahms . Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Advertisement for 1937 Graham Custom Series 120 Supercharger Four-door Sedan Philip Glass Suzanne Pleshette January 4
January 6 – Underwood Dudley , American mathematicianJanuary 7 – Harvey Evans , American actor (d. 2021 )January 10
January 13 – George Reisman , American economistJanuary 14
January 15 – Margaret O'Brien , American actressJanuary 16 – Francis George , American cardinal (d. 2015 )January 19 – Fred J. Lincoln , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2013 )January 22 – Joseph Wambaugh , American authorJanuary 25
January 29 – Bobby Scott , American musician, producer and songwriter (d. 1990 )January 31
Garrett Morris Roberta Flack Nancy Wilson Bobby Driscoll Warren Beatty March 2 – Denny Crum , American basketball coach (d. 2023 )[ 7] March 3 – Bobby Driscoll , American actor (d. 1968 )March 4 – Leslie H. Gelb , American foreign policy expert (d. 2019 )March 6 – Ivan Boesky , stock trader and convicted felon (d. 2024 )[ 8] March 8 – Richard Fariña , American folk music singer, novelist (d. 1966 )March 16 – William L. Armstrong , American politician (d. 2016 )March 17
March 20
March 22 – Angelo Badalamenti , American composer (d. 2022 )[ 9] March 23
March 26 – Wayne Embry , American basketball player and team executiveMarch 27 – Thomas Aquinas Daly , American painterMarch 29 – Billy Carter , American farmer, businessman, brewer and politician (d. 1988 )March 30 – Warren Beatty , American actor, directorColin Powell Billy Dee Williams George Takei Jack Nicholson April 2 – Paul Kanjorski , American politicianApril 3
April 5
April 6
April 7 – Charlie Thomas , American R&B musician (d. 2023 )April 8 – Seymour Hersh , American investigative journalist and political writerApril 12
April 13 – Lanford Wilson , American playwright (d. 2011 )April 15
April 16 – George Steele , American professional wrestler and actor (d. 2017 )April 17 – Don Buchla , American electronic-instrument designer (d. 2016 )April 18 – Robert Hooks , African-American actor, producer and activistApril 19 – Elinor Donahue , American actressApril 20 – George Takei , Japanese-American actor, director, author and activistApril 21 – David Lucas , American rock and roll composer, singer and music producerApril 22
April 23 – Don Massengale , American professional golfer (d. 2007 )April 24 – Joe Henderson , American rhythm and blues , gospel music singer (d. 1964 )April 26 – Bob Boozer , American professional basketball player (d. 2012 )April 27 – Sandy Dennis , American actress (d. 1992 )April 28 – Diane Hoh , American authorDick Dale George Carlin Yvonne Craig May 2 – Lorenzo Music , American voice actor (d. 2001 )May 4
May 6 – Rubin Carter , African-American boxer wrongfully convicted of murder (d. 2014 )May 8 – Dennis DeConcini , American politicianMay 9 – Alison Jolly , American primatologist (d. 2014 )May 10
May 12 – George Carlin , American stand-up comedian, actor, author and social critic (d. 2008 )May 13
May 15
May 16
May 17 – Hazel R. O'Leary , U.S. Secretary of Energy May 18 – Brooks Robinson , American baseball player (d. 2023 )May 24
May 25 – Mark Shields , American political analyst (d. 2022 )May 30 – Deanna Lund , American actress (d. 2018 )Morgan Freeman Waylon Jennings Robert Coleman Richardson June 1 – Morgan Freeman , African-American actorJune 2 – Sally Kellerman , American actress (d. 2022 )[ 11] June 3
June 4 – Gorilla Monsoon , American professional wrestler, announcer (d. 1999 )June 7 – Red Grooms , American painter and illustratorJune 8
June 11 – David Mumford , American mathematicianJune 12 – Sidney M. Wolfe , American physician (d. 2024 )[ 13] June 13 – Eleanor Holmes Norton , African-American politicianJune 15 – Waylon Jennings , American country singer (d. 2002 )June 16 – Jim Dine , American painterJune 18
June 21
June 25 – Eddie Floyd , African-American soul-R&B singer and songwriterJune 26
June 27
June 28 – Ron Luciano , American baseball umpire, writer (d. 1995 )June 30
Ned Beatty Bill Cosby Hunter S. Thompson July 2
July 4
July 6 – Ned Beatty , American actor (d. 2021 )[ 15] July 7
July 12
Bill Cosby , African-American actor, comedian, educator and convicted sex offenderBruce W. Klunder , American Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist (d. 1964 )July 16 – Richard Bryan , American politicianJuly 18 – Hunter S. Thompson , American author, journalist (d. 2005 )July 19
July 20 – Dick Hafer , American Christian cartoonist (d. 2003 )July 27 – Don Galloway , American actor (d. 2009 )[ 16] July 29
July 31 — Sab Shimono , American actorDustin Hoffman August 1 – Al D'Amato , American politicianAugust 3 – Roland Burris , American politicianAugust 4
August 5 – Herb Brooks , American hockey coach (d. 2003 )August 6 – Charlie Haden , American jazz bassist (d. 2014 )August 7 – Magic Slim , African-American blues singer and guitarist (d. 2013 )August 8 – Dustin Hoffman , American actor, directorAugust 14 – Alberta Nelson , American actress (d. 2006 )August 21
August 26 – Don Bowman , American comedian, country music singer, songwriter, and radio host (d. 2013 )August 27 – Alice Coltrane , African-American jazz harpist, organist, pianist and composer (d. 2007 )August 31 – Bobby Parker , American rock musician (d. 2013 )Jared Diamond Don Bluth September 1
September 5 – A. George Pradel , American police officer, politician (d. 2018 )September 6 – Jo Anne Worley , American actress, comedian (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In September 7 – John Phillip Law , American actor (d. 2008 )September 8 – Barbara Frum , American radio and television journalist (d. 1992 )September 10
September 13 – Don Bluth , American animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer and animation instructorSeptember 15
September 19 – Abner Haynes , American football player (d. 2024 )September 20
September 26 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer, talent agent (d. 2015 )September 28
Johnnie Cochran October 2 – Johnnie Cochran , African-American attorney (d. 2005 )October 4 – Leon Thomas , American jazz and blues singer (d. 1999 )October 5 – Barry Switzer , American football coachOctober 8 – Frank Cignetti Sr. , American football player and coach (d. 2022 )October 10 – Danny Kaleikini , American singer and entertainer (d. 2023 )October 15 – Linda Lavin , American actress and singerOctober 20 – Wanda Jackson , American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitaristOctober 22 – Alan Ladd Jr. , American film executive and producer (d. 2022 )October 24 – John Goetz , American professional baseball player (d. 2008 )October 25 – Jeanne Black , American singer (d. 2014 )October 26 – John "Jabo" Starks , African-American drummer (d. 2018 )October 28 – Lenny Wilkens , American basketball player, coachOctober 31 – Tom Paxton , American folk singer-songwriterLoretta Swit November 1 – Bill Anderson , American country music singer, songwriter and game show hostNovember 2
November 4
November 5 – Harris Yulin , American actorNovember 6 – Eugene Pitt , American musician (d. 2018 )November 7 – Wayne Yates , American basketball player (d. 2022 )November 9 – Vernon Taylor , American rockabilly musicianNovember 12
November 15 – Little Willie John , African-American rock and roll , rhythm and blues singer (d. 1968 )November 20 – Ruth Laredo , American pianist (d. 2005 )November 21
November 30 – Luther Ingram , African-American R&B singer, songwriter (d. 2007 )Thad Cochran Jane Fonda December 1 – Bruce Brown , American documentary film director (d. 2017 )December 3
December 7 – Thad Cochran , American politician (d. 2019 )December 8
December 9 – Darwin Joston , American actor (d. 1998 )December 11
December 12
December 13 – Jon A. Reynolds , United States Air Force officer (d. 2022 )[ 18] December 16 – Edward Ruscha , American painterDecember 17 – Art Neville , African-American singer, songwriter (d. 2019 )December 20 – John L. Canley , American Medal of Honour recipient (d. 2022 )[ 19] December 21
December 23 – Karol J. Bobko , American aerospace engineer and astronaut (d. 2023 )[ 21] December 27 – Tom Tall , American singer (d. 2013 )December 30
Jean Harlow shortly before her death in 1937January 1 – J. Gresham Machen , Presbyterian theologian (born 1881 )
January 2 – Ross Alexander , actor (born 1907 )
January 11 – Emma Amelia Cranmer , prohibition reformer and suffragist (born 1858 )
January 13 – Martin Johnson , adventurer and filmmaker (born 1884 )
January 21 – Marie Provost , actress (born 1896 )
February 7 – Elihu Root , statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912 (born 1845 )
February 11 – Walter Burley Griffin , architect and town planner (born 1876 )
March 1 – DeWitt Jennings , actor (born 1871 )
March 5 – Jenova Martin , Norwegian-born suffragist and writer (born 1866 )[ 22]
March 15 – H. P. Lovecraft , horror fiction author (born 1890 )
March 29 – William Edward White , African American baseball player (born 1860 )
April 10 – Ralph Ince , film director (born 1887 )
April 14 – Ned Hanlon , baseball manager (born 1857 )
April 16 – Jay Johnson Morrow , military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870 )
May 14 – John Burke , 24th Treasurer of the United States (born 1859 )
May 23 – John D. Rockefeller , oil industry business magnate and philanthropist (born 1839 )
June 7 – Jean Harlow , actress and sex symbol (born 1911 )
July 2 – Amelia Earhart , aviator, missing on flight (born 1897 )
July 9 – Oliver Law , labor organizer and Army officer, killed in Spanish Civil War (born 1899 )
July 11 – George Gershwin , popular composer (born 1898 )
July 14 – Joseph Taylor Robinson , politician (born 1872 )
July 29 – Ella Maria Ballou , writer (born 1852 )
August 11 – Edith Wharton , novelist (born 1862 )
August 21 – Hannah J. Patterson , suffragist and social activist (born 1879 )
August 27 – Andrew Mellon , banker and Secretary of the Treasury (born 1855 )
September 8 – Anna Hempstead Branch , poet (born 1875 )
September 11 – Loraine Wyman , folk singer and dulcimer player (born 1885 )
September 13 – Ellis Parker Butler , humorist (born 1869 )
September 21 – Osgood Perkins , actor (born 1892 )
September 22 – Ruth Roland , actress (born 1892)
September 26 – Bessie Smith , African American blues singer (born 1894 )
September 29 – Ray Ewry , field athlete (born 1873 )
October 6 – Blind Uncle Gaspard , Cajun musician (born 1880 )
October 22 – George Horace Lorimer , newspaper editor (born 1867 )
November 6 – Colin Campbell Cooper , painter (born 1856 )
November 25 – Raymond Stanton Patton , admiral (born 1882 )
November 30 – James O. McKinsey , accountant and pioneer of management consulting (born 1889 )
December 6 – Florence Griswold , curator (born 1850 )
December 21
December 25 – Newton D. Baker , United States Secretary of War (born 1871 )
December 29 – Don Marquis , poet (born 1878 )[ 23]
Undated
Rabbit Brown , country blues singer (born c. 1880)Redoshi , penultimate survivor of the transatlantic slave trade (born c. 1848 in West Africa)
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