The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-28
DEATH OF PRESIDENTS.

George Washington died at Mount
Vernon on the 1 18th of December, 1893,
| In the 6Sth year Of bis age. Death came
suddenly TO him 30 suddenly that the
tidings Of his sickness and his decease
simultaneously reached the Halls OF
John Adams came to "the end of all
livingp at his residence in Quincy,
Mass, on the Attn of July, 1926, realiz-
ing what day it was, and rejoicing in it,
He gradually and quietly expired at
| the patriarchal age Of fourscore years
and ten. E M s-6 E
Thomas Jefferson, by an extraordin-
ary coincidence, breathed his last at
Monticello on the same day that his
venerable c0mpatriot, Adams, died-the
jubilee OF American Independence. He
had reached the advanced age of eighty
three. rffffflaH
James Madison, the imam of the Con-
stitution," and one of the wisest states
men our country ever produced, peace
fully closed his earthly career ut Mont
pelier, Va, on the 28th of June, 1886, in
his seth year.
James Monroe died in, the city of New
York, on the 4th Of July, 1881, in his
eightieth year. He was pure patriot,
and the last Of the Presidents who serv-
ed in the eventful days of the RevoIu-
tion-having been Colonel in the Con-
tinental army. He particularly enjoy
ed the confidence of Washington, and
the period of his wise and peaceful adj
ministratiOn was characterized as ''the
era of good feeling"
John Quincy Adams expired in the
Capitol ut Washington, on the Odd day
of February, 1913, literally dying in his
c0untry's service, at the age of eighty
one. To the last he was of the class Of
life's busy men; and identified as he had
been from boyhood with the public ser
vice, 1t was solemnly striking and APP
propriate that the halls of the national
council should hear his dying words.
He was struck by paralysis while in his
seat in the House of Representatives.
Andrew Jackson died at the Hermit
age, near Nashville, OH the Sth of June,
1915, In his seventy ninth year. He
must have been great man. indeed,
who could cluster the affections of a
whole people around him as this dis
tinguished soldier and patriot did. His
popularity had 10 parallel but that of
Washington.
Martin Van Buren, died at his birth
place, Undertook, Columbia county,
N. ", on the oath of July, 1862, in his
eightieth year. His administration,
from 1887 to 1841, was period marked
by great financial distress throughout
the country, which was charged by his
political opponents upon the policy
he pursued in managing the public
finances through the agency of the in
dependent treasury. He failed of re-
nomination for second term, however,
on account of his opposition to the an
nexation OF Texas.
William Henry Harrison died I'm the
4th of April, 1841, exactly one month
after his Inauguration, aged sixty eight.
He was the first President who died in
office, and at the Executive Mansion.
He had gained deep hold upon the
peoples heart, and no one living at the
time can ever forget the profound and
universal expressions of sympathy and
sorrow which his death occasioned.
John Tyler, elected Vice President,
and who succeeded General HARRISON
for the remainder of his term, renowned
his allegiance to the United States in
1861, and died the following year in
Richmond, Va. i'm his seventy second
year, being at the time Senator of Vir-
ginia, In the Confederate Congress, then
In session ut Richmond.
James Knox Polk died at his home i'm
Tennessee, on the 18th of June, 1910,
only three months after the expiration
of his term of office, and in his fifty
fourth year. He was man of unques-
tionable ability and talent, and achieved
the highest honor his country could
bestow at much earlier age than any
of his predecessors.
Zachary Taylor's death, on the 9th
day of July, 1850, when he had been but
sixteen months in office, called forth the
deepest expressions Of nations grief;
and every where the full heart of the
people was touched beyond what ade-
quate words could utter. He died at the
Presidential Mansion, in his sixty-sixth
year.
The circumstances attcndingthe death
of Abraham Lincoln, are too fresh in
the minds of the people to need repeti-
ton.
The present Chief Magistrate of the
United States is the seventeenth in sue
cession. OF the sixteen former ones,
but three now survive Fill |
more, franklin Pierce and James |
Buchanan.