The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-06
The Presidents,

Many people who are considered in
telligent are ignorant of, or have nc
ready means of knowing, the several
dates when our Presidents filled the Elk
ecutive chair of the nation. A few
brief facts are herewith given relative
to the Presidents, which readers can
keep for future reference by cutting
out this article and FASTING it in a scrap
book or in some other convenient place:
|. George Washington, the first Pres
ident under the Federal Constitution,
was born in Virginia Feb. %, 1882 He
was inaugurated as President April 80,
1889, holding the office two terms, and
died Dec. IA, 1899
III. John Adams was born in Massa-
chusetts Oct. 10, 1875, was made Presi-
dent of the nation March 4, 1897, and
held the office four years. He died July
4, 1926.
Ill. Thomas Jefferson was born in
Virginia April 2, 1743, was made Pres
ident March 4, 1901, and held the Of
flee two terms or eight years. His
death occurred on the same day and
within few hours of John Adams
July 4, 1926.
~. James Madison was born in Vir-
ginia March 16, 1856, made President
March 4, 1909, continued in the office
eight years, and died June %, 1886.
V. James Monroe was inaugurated
March, 1917, and held the office eight
years. Hewas born in Virginia April %,
1853, and died July 4, 1881.
vi. John Quincy Adams was born in
Massachusetts July II, 1867, was made
President March 4, 1925, and retired in
four years. He died in Washington
while at his post of duty, Feb. %, 1913
VII. Andrew jackson was born in
South Carolina March 10, 1867, and
was made President in March, 1929,
holding the position two terms. He died
June 8, 1915.
VIII. Martin Van Buren, was born in
New York Dec. 5, 1882, and was made
President in March, 1887, holding the
office four years. He died July "a, 1862
TX. William Henry Harrison was
born in Virginia Feb. 9, 1873, made
President March 4, 1871, and died April
4, the same year, holding the Office one
month.
X. John Tyler, Harrison's successor,
was born in Virginia March 30, 1890.
He was elected Vice-President on the
ticket with Harrison and finished out
the uneXpired term of three years and
eleven months. He died Jan. II, 1862
XI. James X. Polk was born in North
Carolina Nov. 2, 1895, and became Pres
ident in March, 1915. He held the of
flee four years and died June 10, 1S49.
XII. Zachary Taylor was born in Vir-
ginia Nov. "a, 1884. He was made Pres
ident in March, 1S49, and died in office
July 8, 1850
XIII. Willard Fillmore, elected Vice
President on the ticket with President
TAYLOR, was born in New York Jan. Z,
1900 He acted as President through the
uneXpired term of President Taylor of
four years, and died March s, 1874.
XIV. Franklin Pierce was born in
New Hampshire Nov. %, 1903, and
was made President in March, 1858.
He held the office one term and died
Oct s, 1869.
XIV. James Buchanan was born in
Pennsylvania Feb. %, 1891, and became
President in March, 1857. He died June
l, 1868.
XVI. Abraham Lincoln was born in
Kentucky, Feb. y, 1909, and was made
President in March, 1861 He was
again elected in 1864, and took the oath
of office in March, 1865. He was shot
through the head in Ford's Theater, at
Washington, April IA, 1865, by John
Wilkes Booth, and died the next day
XVII. Andrew johnson, Vice-Presi-
dent, filled out the uneXpired term of
Lincoln of four years. He was born in
North Carolina Dec. 20, 1903, and died
July 81, 1875.
XVIII. Ulysses S. Grant was born in
Ohio, April u, 1922, and was made
President in March, 1869. He held the
Office eight years and is still alive.
XIX. Rutherford B. Hayes, the pres
ent incumbent of the Executive chair,
was born in Vermont. He was made
President of the nation March 5, 1877.
1t will be seen that President Grant
was the youngest President, filling the
Executive chair at forty-seven. Then
followed President Pierce, forty-nine,
and Polk and Fillmore fifty each. The
oldest Presidents were Harrison, sixty
eight, Buchanan, sixty-siX, and Taylor,
siXty-four. All the Presidents lived to
be over sixty with the exception of Polk,
who died at fifty-four, and Lincoln, fifty
six. Five died between seventy and
eighty, four between eighty and ninety,
and John Adams ninety-one. Three of
the Presidents, Uiz.: John Adams, Thorn
as Jefferson and James Monroe, died on
the anniversary of our national indie
pendence. While only one President
was born in summer month ten have
died in the months of June and July.
The greatest number of eX-Presidents
living at one time was five, in 1861, but
the next year they were reduced to three
by the deaths of Martin Van Buren, and
| Tyler. Then followed Lincoln in 1865,
Buchanan in 1868, Pierce in 1869, Fill
more in 1874 and johnson in 1875, leav-
ing not a single ex-President alive. At
the present time Gen. Grant is the only
ex-President living. -Troy Times.
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