Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-06-13
The Presidents.

ssilleeGt are ignorant Of, Or have no
ready means 81 knowing, the several
oates when cur Presidents filed the
Executive chair Of the nation. A few
bri,f facts are herewith gwen relative
TO iale Presidents, which readers can
keep foF future reference By cutting
out Ills article ard pssiing II in scrap
book or In some other convenient
place:
/. George Washington, the first Pres
idcnt under the Federal Constitution,
was born in Virginia, FEB. %, 1872
He was inaugurated as President April
80, 1889, holding the Office two terms,
and died Dec. II, 1888.
TT. John Adams was born IN Massa-
chusetts, Oct. 10, 1873. was made Pres
identoi 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, 1901, and held the Office
two terms or eight years. His death
occurred on the same day and within a
few hours Of John Adams--JuIy 4.
1926.
Nv. James Madison was born in Vir-
GINA March %, 1855, made President
March, 1909, continued IN the Office
eight years, and died June %, 1896.
v. james Monroe was iuaugurated
March, 1917, and held Office eight years.
He was born in Virginia, April Is,
1853, and died July T. 1891.
vi. John Quincy Adams was born
in Massachusetts,, July II, 1867, was
made President March 4, 1925, and re-
tired in four years. lie died in WASH
ington While at his post Of duty, Feb.
%, 1913.
VII. Andrew Jackson was born in
South Carolina, March, IS, 1867, and
was made President in March, 1929,
holding the position two terms. He
died June 8, 1845.
VIII. Martin Van Buren, was born
IN New York, Dec. 5, 1882, snd was
made President in March, 1887, held
ing the Office four years. He died July
"a, 1862.
TX. William Henry Harrison was
born in Virginia, Feb. o, 1878, made
President March 4, 1871, and died April
4, the same year, holding the Office one
month.
X. John Tyler, Harnson's successor.
was born in Virginia, March 90, 1890.
He was elected Vice-President on the
ticket with Harri son and finished out
the unexpired TARA of three years and
eleven months. He died Jan IL, 1862.
XI. James K. Polk was born IN North
Carolina, Nov. 2. 1895, and became
President in March, 1845. He held
the Office four years and died June 10,
1S49.
XII. Zachary Taylor was born in
Virginia Nov. "a, 1884. He was made
President in March, 1s49, and died in
Office July, 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. 8, 1874
XIV. Franklin Fierce was born in
New Hampshire Nov. %, 1903, and
was made President in March, 1853
He held the Office one term and died
Oct. 3, 1869.
XIV. james Buchanan, was born in
Pennsylvania. Feb. %, 1871, and be-
came President in March, 1857. He
died June /, 1868.
XIV. Abraham Lincoln was born in
Kentucky, Feb. 10, 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 Theatre, at
Washington, April IA, 1865, by John
Wilkes Booth, and died the next day.
XVII. Andrew johnson, VIce-Pres-
ident filed out the unexpired term of
Lincoln of four years. He was born in
North Cnrolina, Dec. 30, 1908, and
died july 81, 1875.
XVIII. Ulysses s. Grant was born
in Ohio, April 81, 1922, and was made
President in March, 1869. He held
eAhe Office eight years and is still alive.
XIX. Rutherford b. Hayes, the pres
ent incumbent of the Executive char,
was born in Vermont. He was made
President Of the nation March 5, 1877.
II will be seen that President Grant
was the youngest President filing the
Executive char at fOrty-seven. Then
followed President Pierce, Corty-nine,
and Polk and Fillmore fifty each. Then
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 fiity-four and Llncoln City
six. Five died between seventy and
eighty, four between eighty and nine
", and John Adams, ninety-one. Three
OF the Presidents, viz: John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe,
died on the anniversary OF our national
independence. While only one Presi-
dent was born in summer month ten
have died in the months of June and
July. The greatest number of EXPIRES
idents living at one time was 1--WE in
1861, but the next year they were re-
duced to three by the deaths Of Martin
Van Buren, and Tyler. Then followed
Lincoln in 1865; Buchanan in 1858,
Pierce in 1869, Fillmore in 1874 and
johnson in 1878, leaving not a single
expresident alive. At the present time
Gen. Grant is the only ex-pFesident
living.-7rcy Times.