Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-25

shortly before, refusing 10 remain for the IN
auguration ceremonies. He was very sore
toward Jefferson and they remained al
swords points for several years. but finally
became friends again and both died on the
same day, July l. 1926, and within an hour
or two Of the same time.
John Adams lived long enough, however
to havethe extreme satisfaction OF seeing
| his son, John Quincy Adams, inaugurated
as the sixth President Of the United States.
The campaign in which John @. Adams
was elected was the first one of real exciting
interest, at least as far as the general pub
lie were concerned Each candidate had a
strong following. and they went at each
other hammer and tongS," making the fire
| hy. Jackson, Adams opponent, was de-
| nounced as Il hackwoods "Yahoo," Adams
was held up a. al; aristocrat, Crawford and
Calhoun as "fre-talers," and Clay as moth
| ing more than AZ orator in particular and
| backwoodsman III general.
1t was in this campaign that political
| speeches were known as stump speeches. :
| The election resulted iE 81 electoral votes
| for Adams, 50 for Jackson, Al for Crawford,
| 81 for Clay, Calhoun having Withdrawn IN
favor of Crawford. There being no choice
the election was thrown into the House,
where Clay had influence enough to beat
Jackson and elect Adams This action
made Jackson hosts OF friends and ruined
the prospects of "Young Harry of the
West" He was made Secretary of State
by Adams. but Jackson was afierward
elected President by an overwhelming ma
iority. Clay was defeated twice for The
nomination afterward, and finally for EXC
tion in 1914, which virtually caused his
death.
Washington's first inauguration toek
place in the city of New York ); his second
in Philadelphia, where John Adams was al
so inaugurated. Jefferson was the first Presi-
dent inaugurated at Washington, where all
subsequent iuaugurations have taken place
with the possible exception of that of
President Arthur The Vice President be-
ing in New York City at the time of Gar
fields death, the oath of Office was admins.
tered to him at his residence in that city by
Judge Brady.
General Grant was the youngest of the
Presidents when inaugurated, being Al.
No aspirant to Presidential honors whose
name begins with G has been successful
heretofore. The fact is more noticeable,
perhaps, when we remember that such men
as George Clinton, Dewitt Clinton, William
Ii. Crawford, John G. Calhoun, Lewis Cass:
Henry Clay and Salmon p. Chase have at
different times either been candidates for
the Presidency or their names seriously
considered by their countrymen for that
high Office.
Another tradition that has frequently been
mentioned is that no candidate has ever Jet en-
tered the White House from the Senate. OF the
sixteen elected Presidents but seven occupied
seats in the Senate before their election, and of
the contingent or accidental Presidents but two.
Andrew Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee
both previous to his election to tho Presidency
and after !hc expiration of his term of office; re
calling the fact that John Quincy Adams served
in the House of Representatives after having been
President. These two notable instances are the
only ores in our history where the ex-Presidents
have re-entcrcd public life.
Nine States OF the Union have thus far furnish
cd all the Presidents, aud from ten States have
come al the Vice-Presdents. The following
gives the names OF the States that have sup
piled the Presidents and the number of years each
ha had this honor.
Virginia, 36 years; Massachusetts, 5; Tonnes
See 49, New York, 1Ol2: Ohio, 4l2; Louisiana,
]: New Hampshire, t Pennsylvania, 4 81; Illinois,
IL rota-17S9 to 1885, So.