Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

b rice-Presidents of the United
BATES Died ana Were Buried.
Nhlngton correspondent, writing
Leader, says: Five vice.
kis have died in Office, and in each
N deceased has hecn over sixty
n age George Clinton, the vice
b with Madison, who died in 50,
Bears Old. Elbridge Gerry, who
kyce.preSidcnt at the next election,
Esl4 at the age of 20; William II.
~ president with Frank Pierce,
n 81, in 1858, and Vice-President
wilson, who died here in 1875,
fears old at that time. Three of
have died in Novem-
n the other two in April, and,
10 say, the da' es OF their deaths are
kat the same time of the month.
ktllnton died April 20, and viii
Wing on April II, Henry Wilson
the ODD of November, Elbridge
bn the 23d of November, and
n A. Hendricks on the 18th of No
z The first yiCe-prcsidcntial death
n Of George Clinton. 1t took
ffe at Washington, and his d ath
X lrt occasion of the great de-
h entering the high offices of the
Rmt He had been the yice-presi-
nearly eight years, serving one
2ader Madison and one under
\ Jefferson. He was as much, if
N, noted in the politics of the time
Ne'Pfestdeut II ndricks Is in those
N Beginning life as a sailor in a
n, he had been Il brigadier-general
evolution, "A member of the pro-
congress, and for eighteen years
Efol New York. He died in Wash
"A Me goth and was buried here in
grssional cemetery on the 2lst of
NJ In 1912 such a thing as keep
WISE Tor weeks was unknown IN
rIly, and both Gerry and Clinton
Pred the next day after their
Inc time Clinton died Washing
n contained under ten thousand
hnd the funeral could not have
kery grand one. The body was
us way 20 the grave from the
W capitol, and here a rest Of half
WAS taken. Thence it marched
martial parade. a company
II preceded the hearse, and the
.oearers who carried the coffin
hearse TO the grave were all rev.
y soldiers. The senate attended
y aud on their return to the capi-
resolved that the vlce-presldent's
we senate chamber be shrouded
uarmg the session of congress
emnled, and that each senator
'eAr mourning IN the shape OF n
Tslape on the arm for thirty days.
pohd yice-presldentlal death oc-
~ years later, and Madison's adj
taon showed the curious coinci-
'Wo yicc-presidcnts dying during
.palce. Mr. Gerry had presided
Sla'e on the day preceding his
y nc ate breakfast at Mrs. VIII
lss0lng-house that morning as
!lhg he felt well, but had a slight
" Of the chest. After breakfast
OUT to do some business at one
,Filment departments. He had
snort distance when he became
y, ana took a carriage TO return.
carriage reached his boarding
va found to be insensible, and
.aEen from il be expired without
sigh. This was between 10
Noek IN the morning. The SIN
aulourned, but the house cod
essions though it adjourned for
~ next day Tne funeral took
0elock, and from the Intelli-
uAt date see that the Rev.
pn,vWn Pronounced the funeral
curry was buried like Clinton,
f1essional cemetery, and though
= was one Of TIE greatest Of
u'zen statesmen 10 this Capt..
NJ seen his monument, or know
!, ~ here. He was 8 graduate
VYhege, a delegate % the con-
'asless, a signer OF the declare
ele o. the makers OF our cOAsti-
,atA ne refused 70 sign it. lie
y sstefal tunes IN consfts., once
massachusetts,, aud !. $50 min
s'alce before he wasVelected I
|stis.' ald his whole carAar had {
n stirring one, Dung his I
81 congress he narro1 Nv es- (
Ne British BY hiding in a