Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-28
THE PRESIDENTS.
Some Valuable CHRONOLOGICAL
Facts and Figures.

Some Valuable ChrOn0lOgical
Facts and Figures.
A. ]. F., in Troy Daily Times
Many people who are considered in.
telligent are sgnOrant of, or have nc
ready means of knowing, the several
dates when our Presidents filled the
Executive Chair of the Nation. A few
brief facts are herewith given relative
to the Presidents, which the many
readers of the Times can keep for fu,
ture reference, by cutting out this ar
ticle and FASTING it in scrap book ol
in some other convenient place.
l. George Washington, the first
President under the Federal Censtitu
tion, was born in Virginia, February
p, 1872. He was inaugurated as Pres
ident April 30, 1889, holding the office
two terms, and died December IA,
1893.
III. John Adams was born in Massa-
chusetts, October 10, 1735, was made
President of the Nation March 4, 1897,
and held the Office four years. He
died July 4, 1926.
III. Thomas Jefferson was born In
Virginia April 2, 1743, was made Pres
ident March 4, 1901, and held the Office
two terms or eight years. His death
occurred on the same day and within
few hours of John Adams, viz: July
4, 1926.
w. James Madison was born in
Virginia March 16, 1756. Made Presi-
dent March, 1909, continued In office
eight years, and died June %, 1886.
V. James Monroe was inaugurated
March, 1917, and held the Office eight
years. He was born in Virginia April
%, 175S, and died July 4, 1881.
vi. John Quincy Adams was born
in Massachusetts, July IL, 1867, was
made President March 4, 1925, and re-
tired In four years. He died in Wash
ington, while at his post of duty, Feb
ruary %, 1SfS..
VII. Andrew jackson was born in
South Carolina March 15,. 1867, and
was made President Ma1ch, 1929, hold :
ing the position two terms. He died
June s. 1915.
VIII. Martin Van Buren was born
in New York December 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 February 8, 1773,
made President March 4, 1841, and
died April 4, the same year, holding
the Office one month.
X John Tyler, HarrisOn's successor,
WAS born in Virginia March %, 1880.
He was elected Vice President on the
ticket with Harrison and finished out
the unexpired term of three years and
eleven months. He died January IL,
1862
XI. James K. Polk was bora in n.
Carolina November 2, 1895, and be
came President in March, 1845. He
held the office four years and died
June 15, 1919.
XII. Zachary Taylor was born in
Virgins November "a. 1884. He was
made President iR March, 1S49, and
died in Office July 9, 1850.
XIII. Millard Fillmore, elected Vice
President on the ticket with President
Taylor, was born in New York Janu-
ry7, 1900. He acted as President
through the unexpired term of Presi-
dent Taylor of four years, and died
March s, 1874.
XIV. franklin Pierce was born in
New Hampshire November %, 1904,
and was made President in March,
1853. He held the Office one term and
died Octoter s, 1869.
XIV James Buchanan was born in
Pennsylvania February %, 1892, and
became President in March, 1857. He
died June !, 1868.
XVI. Abraham Lincoln was born
in Kentucky, February 10, 1920, 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 Pres
ident, filled out the uneXpired term OF
Lincoln of four years. He was born
in North Carolina, December %, 1908,
and died July 81, 1875.
XVIII. Ulyssus S. Grant was born
in Ohio, April q, 1922, and was made
President in March, 1869. He held the
Office eight years and is still alive.
XIX. Rutherford b. Hayes, the
present 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
chair at AZ. Then followed
President Pierce, 40, and Polk and Fill
more so each. The oldest Presidents
were Harrison 6S, Buchanan Sc, and
Taylor GA. All the Presidents lived to
be over 60 with the exception Of Polk,
who died at 81. and Lincoln Sc. Five
lied between 20 and 80, and four be-
tween so and 80, and John Adams 81. |
Three of the Presidents, viz: John Ad-
ANS, Thomas Jefferson and James
Monroe, died on the anniversary OF
our National independence. While on
Iy one President was born in summer
month ten have died in the months of
June and July. The greatest number
Of ex-Preslden,s living at one time
was five, in 1851, but the next year
they were reduced to three by the
ieaths OF Martin Van Buren, and
Tyler. Then followed Lincoln in
1865, Bucha IAN in 1853, Pierce in 1869,
in 1874, and Andrew johnson
N 1875, leaving not single ex Presi-
lent alive. At the present time Gen.
Grant is the only ex-President living.
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