The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
THE PRESIDENTS.
An Historical Review Facts New
and Old.

ana OlO.
Buffa-o Express.
1t is doubtful if more deep-seated,
widespread. and intense interest in a
presidential campaign has ever been
felt or manifested than in the contest
which has just closed The hearty
and enthusiastic hard cider campaign
of 1910. resulting in the triumph Of
General Harrison ("Old Tippecanoe")
over Martin Van Buren, Little
"Matty Van"), and the more notable
and better remembered campaign of
1860, when Abraham Lincoln Father
Abraham-Uncle Abe-Honest Old
Abe-The Rail-Splitter of the (West
became the choice of the people as
their chief in dark and troubious days
of doubt and uncertainty that fore
Swallowed the storm of secession and
treason, so soon TO burst in its fury
upon the land-thcugh both were
campaigns of remal kable interest and
historical impor;ance-are yet sur
passed by the one now closing, both
in intensity of feeling and partisan
bitterness.
The close of President Arthur's
term of office on the 4th of March
next will complete the twenty-fourth
presidential term of four years each
since the adoption OF the federal con-
stition. During this period of ninety
six years t~enty-one different persons
have occupied that high office. Of
these seventeen were elected and four
succeeded to Its honors from the vice
presidency upon the death of president.
OF the seventeen elected, two-viz !:
Thomas Jefferson (for his first term
and John Quincy Adams-were elect
ed by the house of representatives in
accordance with the constitution, the
electoral colleges in these two instances
having failed to make a choice, and
one-viz: Rutherford B. Hayes-was
declared elected upon the ascertained
result as declared by an electoral
commission specially created TO adjudi-
cate the disputed and memorable
election of 1876. Seven presidents
were reelected to second term--viz :
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, jackson, Lincoln and Grant
-aad ten to but a single term-viz.,
John Adams, his son, John Quincy
Adams, Van RureD, Harrison, Polk
Taylor, Pierce. Buchanan, Hayes and
Garfield. The contingent presidents
have been John Tyler, Millard Fill
more, Andrew johnson and Chester
A Arthur. they succeeding TO the
presidency upon the death of Harri-
son, L ylor, Lincoln and Garfield,
respectively. But two ex-presidenis
are now living-General Ulysses S.
Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes.
When % is inaugurated March
q next, Chester A. Arthur will make
the third should neither be removed
bv death before that time. During
the eight years of Grants presidency,
beginning March 4, 1869, ex-Presi-
dents Pierce, Fillmore and johnson
died in the order named. General
Grant was, therefore, upon his retire
ment from the white house, in 1877,
the only living ex- president, this being
the only instance of the kind since
President Washington retired to pri-
vate life in 1890.
Washington's first Inauguration
took place in the city of New York ;
bis second in Philadelphia, where
John Adams was inaugurated. JEFF
ferson was the first president inaugur-
ated at Washington, where all sub
sequent iuauguratioDs have taken
place-with the possible exception of
that of President Arthur. The vice
president being in New YORK City at
the time of the presidents death, the
oath of Office was administered to him
at his residence In that city by Judge
Brady.
General Grant was the youngest
of the presidents when inaugurated,
being AZ; Pierce and Garfield were
40; Polk and Fillmore, so; Tyler,
81; Lincoln, 81; Van Buren, and
Taylor, 80; Washington and John
SON. 81; Jefferson, Madison and John
Quincy Adams, So; Monroe, So !;
John Adams and Jackson, 81; Buch-
anan, sc; Harrison, IS.
Garfield died the youngest, not
having reached his fiftieth birthday.
Polk was 81 at his death; Lincoln,
Sc; Pierce, 65; Taylor, sc; Wash
ington and johnson, 81; Harrison,
IS; Tyler and Monroe. 70; Fillmore,
"A; Buchanan, II; jackson, rs;
Van Buren,, 80; John Quincy
Adams, 81 +; Jefferson, So; Madison,
S5; John Adams, 81.
Nine states of the Union have thus
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