The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-01-11
Deaths Of Presidents.


George Washington died al Moaa, Vernon % the
lSta dar Of December. 1884, ia the SSH year OF hi,
age. Death cane suiienly To hir-s suddeagy that
tie tdnss OF bis Sickness and his dsce,ss sinasAns
ausly reached me Hall Of Congress.
John Adams came 10 The -end Of al Iivsns"s a. hi.
residence II ouincy. Mass, the 4th Of july 1885
realizing wha; daytt was. and rejoicing in IT, He
gradually ami qaiety expired the pasrisrchal are
= -Four score years and ten.
Thomas Jefferson hv a n extraordinary cois-bs-,o-
breatue his last NJ fioeo on the same asv that
his venerable eomp,'rins Mr.. Adams died the iub;-
Ice of Americas IaiePeudence. He had rrarbed the
ADVANCED sge OF eighty three.
James Madison, the "mtn o. the Constellation and
of the wisest statesmen our eountry ha. produc
II, peacefully closed his earthly carer 1t Montpelar
Va, on the :sta d,y Of June 1885, in his eighty
{ sixth wear.
James Moaroe died IN the city Of New York on the
i;h day of July, 1881, in his ei-bte,h year He~.s
pure patriot, and the last Of the Presidents who
served in the ev-ntfu days Of the RsrcIutiou
been Colonel IN the Continental army. tie p.rtiru
LARRY caloved the confidence of Washington aud the
period Of his wise and peaceful administration va.
characterized as the EZRA of good feeling"
John Quincy Adams expired IN the Ca pitcI atw.sh-
ington, the 23i OF February. IS4S literally diving
IN bis countrys service, at the age of eighty To
y
aud Unidentified he had been from boyhood with the
public service il solmnly striking aud appropri-
ate that the balls OF toe atona should hear
has dying words. lie struck by paralysis while
an his seat ia the mouse OF Representatives.
Andrew jackson died at the Hermitage, near Nash
vile, the sth CT June, ISi5 ia his seventy
year. He must have been z reat man, indeed. ho
could cluster the affections of whole people around
him as this distinguished soldier and patriot did His
popularity had 70 parallel but that of Washington
Martin Van Buren, died his birth place Kinder
hook, Columbia county, y. Y on the 9th of July
1852, in his eighteth year. His administration from
1887 20 ISL. period marked great financial
distress throughout the country, which was charged
by his political opponents upon the p icy he pursued
IN managing the public finances through the agency OF
the independent treasury. He failed Of ton
for second term however, account Of his oppo-
xi'ion TO the annexation of Texas
William Henry Harrison died on the Alb of April
isi, exactly month after his inauguration aged
sixty eight He the first Presid dent who died in
office, and at the Executive Mansion He had gained
deep hold upon the peoples heart. and living
at the time can ever forget the profound aud uuver
sal expressions Of sympathy and sorrow which his
death accustomed.
John Tyler, elected Vice President and who sue
cceded Gen Harrison for the remainder of his term
renowned his allegiance 10 the United States 1851
and died the following year in Richmond, Va, in his
seventy second year being at the time Senator of
Virginia in the Confederate Congress then in session
at Richmond.
James Knox Polk died a his house in Tennessee
on the 9Th Of June 1913, only three after the
expiration of his term of office, and in his fifty fourth
year. He was of uuquestionable ability and
talent and achieved the highest honor his country
could bestow at a much earlier age than any of his
predecessors.
Zachery Tavlor's DEATH the 9th Of july, 1850
when he had been sixteen months in office called forth
the deepest express of nations grief and every
where the full heart of the people touched be-
yond what adequate words utter. He died at the
Presidential Mansion, in his sixtv-ss,h year
Abraham Lincolns death, on the 18th of April.
1862 one month and ten days after his second nau-
Duration was that shocked the country bevond
ANYTHING that occurred in its history and sent
thrill Of horror throughout the world. All his prede-
cessors had descended to the tomb in the ordinary
course of nature, but it reserved for him TO fall
by the foul baud OF the assassin His character and
administration too fresh public recollection to
need any comment. He died in his fftv- seventh
year.
Washington, Jefferson Madison, Monroe jackson
and Lincoln, the only Presidents chosen TO
high office.