Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-27
SUCCEEDING TO THE PRESIDENCY.

Since the day on which Washington
took the oath of office and entered upon
his duties as president of the United
States, on the Both of April, 1859, until
nova period of more than ninety three
years-only three vice presidents have
succeeded to the presidency, John Tyler
in 1s41, Willard Fillmore in 1850, and
Andrew johnson in 1865. The official
under which each qualified
have peculiar interest at this time, and
as comparatively few people now living
can recall them, they are given to the
readers of the Sun precisely as they APP
pear in the written minutes of the pro-
ceedings of the senate of the United
States. The minutes are as follows:
TUESDAY, April 6, 1S4l.
Immediately after the disease of the presi-
dent, Mr.. Webster, DR., chief clerk in the de-
paitment of state, accompanied by Mr.. Beall
an officer of the senate, set out for the resi-
dence of the wee president, in Virginia, bear
ing him the following letter:
WASHINGTON, April 4, 1S41.
To John Tyler, Vice President of the United
States:
SIR: It has become our most painful duty
to inform you that William Henry Harrison,
late President of the United States, has depart
ed this life.
The distressing event took place this day,
at the presidents mansion, in this day, at
thirty minutes before in the morning.
We lose no time in despatching the chief
clerks in the state department, as special
messenger, to bear you these mela ncholy
tidings,
We have the honor. to be, with the highest
regard, obedIent servants,
DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN BELL, Secretary of War.
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General.
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
CITY OF WAsHIEGToN, D. c., Wednesday,
April Z, 1881.
BY the extraordinary despatch used in
sending the official intelligence to the
vice president at Williamsburg, and SIM
liar despatch by him in repairing to the
seat of government, John Tyler, now
president of the United States, arrived in
this city yesterday morning at O'Clock,
and took lodgings at Browns hotel.
At Il o'clock all the heads of depart
ments except the secretary of the navy
(who has not yet returned to the city
from his visit to his family, waited upon
him to pay him their official and personal
respects They were received with all
the politeness and kindness which char
acterizes the new president. He signitied
his deep feeling of the public calamity
sustained by the death of President Har
rison, and expressed his profound sensi-
bility to the heavy responsibility
so suddenly devolved opon himself.
He spoke of the present state of things
with great concern and seriousness, and
made known his wishes that the several
heads of departments would continue to
fill the places which they now occupy,
and his confidence that they would afford
all the aid in their power to enable him
to carry on the administration OF the
government successfully.
The president then took and subscribed
the following oath of office:
do solemnly swear that l will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United
preserve, protect, and defend the constitution
of the United States. JOHN TYLER.
April 6, 1S4l-
TAYLOR'S DEATH.
The record of Zachary Taylor's death
and the succession of Willard Fillmore is
as follows:
Zachary Taylor, President of the United
States, having deceased ON Tuesday, the
9th day of July, 1850, and congress being
then III session:
In THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 1850
The following communication received
h1rt no Of "a NO
To the Senate of the United States:
In consequence of the lamented death of
Zachary Taylor, late president of the United
States, l shall no longer occupy the chair of
the senate; and / have thought that formal
communication to the senate, to that effect,
through your secretary, might enable you the
more promptly to proceed to the choice of
presiding officer. WILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850.
The following message was received
from the president of the United States
by Mr.. Fisher:
Fellow Citizens of the Senate ana House OF
Representatives:
l have to perform the melancholy duty
of announcing to you that it has pleased Al
mighty God to remove from this life Zachary
Taylor, late President of the United States.
He deceased last evening, at the hour of half
past 10 o'clock, in the midst of his family
and surrounded by affectionate friends, calmly
and in the full possession of all his faculties.
Among his last words were these, which he
uttered with emphatic distinctness: 81 have
always done my duty-I am ready to die-my
only regret is for the friends leave behind me.
Having announced to you, fellow citizens,
this most affecting bereavement, and assuring
you that it has penetrated no heart with deep
er grief than mine, it remains for me to say
that propose this day, at II O'Clock, in the
hall of the house of representatives, in the
presence of both houses of congress, to take
the oath prescribed by the constitution, to en-
able me to enter on the execution of the office
which this event has devolved on me.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850.
A similar message having been COM
municated to the house of representatives
and the necessary arrangements made
between the two houses:
At u o'clock meridian.
The President of the United States, the
heads Of the departments, the chief judge
of the circuit court of the District of
Columbia, and the senate of the United
States, having entered the hall of the
house of representatives
The oath of Office was administered to
the president by the Honorable William
Cranch, chief justice of the circuit court
of the United States for the District of
Columbia.
DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
The death of President Lincoln and the
taking of the oath by Andrew Johnson
arc thus recorded:
WASHINGTON, D. c., April Is, 1865
SIR: Abraham Lincoln, president of the
United States, was shot by an assassin last
evening at Ford's theater, in this city, and
died at the hour of % minutes after Z o'clock
this morning.
shot, an assassin entered the chamber of Hon.
VIM. H. Seward, secretary of state, and stab
bed him in several places-in the throat, neck
and face--severely, if not mortally, wounding