Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-12-04

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Running through the list of Presi-
dents of the United States one finds
many facts and incidents of curious
and interesting character. Some of
them we are all familiar with, while
others are not generally known; and
perhaps it is well to string them all to-
gether, aprOpOs of the election of the
twentieth Chief Magistrate. OF the first
seven Presidents, four were from Virgin
Ia, two of the same name from MaSSa-
| chusetts and one from Tennessee.
All but one were 66 years old ON leav-
ing office, having served two, terms, and
one of those who served but one term
would have been 66 years of age at the
end of another.
Three OF the seven died on the Fourth
OF July and two of them on the same
LAY LII the same year. Two of them
were Onthe Subcommittee of three that
drafted the declaration Of Independence;
and these two died on the same day and
year, on the anniversary of the Declara-
ton of Independence and just half a
century from the day of the Declaration.
The names of three of the seven end in
"sOn" and yet none transmitted his name
to son. The initials of the names of
two of the seven are the same; the init
ais of two others are the same; and those
of still two others are the same.
of the first five only one had son,
and that son became President. Eight
Presidents had been in the Senate prior
to their election to the Presidency, but
not one was in the Senate at the time of
his election. Garfield is the first to have
three distinguished honOrs at the same
time; he is a member of the House, has
also been chosen President. Jackson
was Senator in 1925, when nominated
President by the Legislature of Tennes-
see, but Immediately resigned his seat.
Hayes was the only candidate who Sc
cured the Presidency over an opponent
who received majority of the popular
vote. Only six Presidents received
clear majority of the total vote, Jackson,
Harrison, Van Buren,, Pierce, Lincoln
and Grant. But all except Hayes re-
ceived a higher percentage than his
most formidable opponent. The highest
percentage of the popular vote ever CIV
en- candidate was in 1928, when Jack
son was 56.97 per cent. In 1872 Grant
had oo.63 per cent, and in 1864 Lincoln
had 5o.O6 per cent.
jackson received the electoral vote of
fifteen states out of twenty-fOur, both in
1923 and 1882. Van Buren, had Is states
out of rs; Harrison 10 out of 26; Taylor
10 and CasS 10 in 1S4S, of the thirty
states; Pierce carried % of the 81 states
in 1852; Buchanan carried 10 of the 81
states in 1856; Lincoln IL out of 33 states
in 1860, and % out of SO i'm 1864; Grant
received the vote of 26 states out of the
81 states voting in 1868, and 1872 he car
ried 81 of the 81 states. Twenty-One of
the 80 states were counted for Hayes in
1876; Garfield carried 19 states.
Only two Presidents were younger
than Garfield at the time of their cleo
ton, and therej is only difference of
few months in favor of these two. Gar
field was fOTty-nine on the 10 of NOvem-
Der; Grant was forty-eight when elected,
and Pierce fOrty-eight. Six Vice Presi-
dents have'becOme President three to fill
vacancies caused by death. No Vice
President who was called to the Presi-
dency to fill vacancy was ever elected to
I'LL second term. Since the time of
Washington all but two of the Presidents
had been members of Congress. The
were Taylor and Grant. Tyl- |
er. Pierce. Jackson, Johnson, Buchanan
and Harrison had been in both the House |
and Senate; Madison. Polk, Fillmore, Lin
coin and Hayes in the House; Monroe,
John Quincy Adams and Van Buren, in |
the Senate, and John Adams and Jeffer- |
son in the Continental Congress. One
speaker of the House of Representatives
became President-James X. Polk. Two
Presidents had been Secretary of War
Monroe and Grant. Six Secretaries of |
state have been elected to the Presidency
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quin-
cy Adams, Van Buren, and Buchanan.
Harrison was the oldest of the Presidents
at inauguration sixty-eight. The aver
age age of the Presidents when installed |
into office has been fifty-six years.