Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-18

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cleveland was sheriff and assistant district attor-
| ney.
History does not bear ont the general belief
| that a seat in the cabinet position at a for
eign court ends a mans Presidential ambition,
| for Jefferson. Madison Monroe, Quincy Adams,
| Van Buren, and Buchanan each served as Sec
rotary of state. All of them except Madison
! and Van Buren, represented the nation abroad
as ministers. General Grant was secretary of
| War. Seven Vice-Presidents reached the
| higher Office. They were John Adams, Jeffer-
son and Van Buren,, who were elected to it; and
| Tyler. Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur. who sue
| ceeded the four Presidents who died in office.
viz: General Harrison. General Taylor, Lin
| coin and General Garfield.
| Only three Presidents occupied Office after
vacating the presidential chair-John Quincy
Adams, who afterward spent seventeen years in
| Congress; Monroe. who became justice of the
| peace, and Johnson, who was elected United
! States Senator in 1875.
! The Speakership of Congress has not proven
conducive to the Presidency. Only one man
| who presided over the House has reached the
! chief magistracy, and that was James X. Polk.
Two of Americas most brilliant sons, Henry
| Clay and James G. Blaine, are cases in point.
| Both were sent to the legislature when young.
and they became the speakers of their respect
/ i've houses. They were elevated to Congress.
| and each became Speaker of the House. Both
served in the Senate and in the cabinet as Sec
| EeUiTv OF Stdte. lney were also unsuccessful
| candidates for President Each was defeated
| by a comparatively unknown man, Clay by
| Polk and Blaine by Cleveland.
Virginia has furnished no less than seven
Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
! Monroe, "Old TippecanOe" Harrison, Zachary
Taylor, and John Tyler. Harrison was a resi-
dent of Ohio and Taylor Of Louisiana when
| elected.
The two Adamses, John Adams and his son.
John Quincy Adams. were both natives of Mas
saehusetts. Franklin Pierce was born i'll New
Hampshire, and Gen. Arthur was a native of
Vermont Thus New England has had four
representatives in the White House.
Five OF the men elevated to the Office were
either natives or residents of Ohio and soldiers.
viz: "Old Tippecanoe" Harrison Gems Grant.
Hayes and Garfield and Gen. Benjamin Harri-
son. All but Gen. W. H. Harrison Ga Virginian
by BIRTH were born in Ohio. Grant became a
resident of Illinois, and Benjamin Harrison is
| an adopted son of Indiana. Hayes had a sing
| uiar experience in his political career. He was
elected governor of Ohio three times. defeat
| ing each time a democrat of national reputa-
tion-Allen G. Thurman, Geo. II. Pendleton
and "Old Bilr' Allen. The first two named
were unsuccessful candidates for Vice-Pres-
dent. 1t was Thurman who admitted Hayes to
! the bar.
New York has furnished four Presidents-van
| Buren,, Fillmore. Arthur, and Cleveland. The
| first two were natives of the state. Arthur was
a NermOnter and Cleveland a native of New
and Cleveland were residents of Buffalo.
Illinois never sent native of the state to the
White House. but two of the most illusrious
residents-Lincoin. the emancipation, and
Gen. Grant-were citizens of the state when
they were raised to the Chief Magistracy
1t is singular fact that the three citizens of
Tennessee who occupied the White House
Jackson, Polk. and Johnson-were natives of
North Carolina. The first two named lived in
or near Nashville
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Buren,, Taylor. Fillmore, Lincoln, Johnson and
Cleveland were not college men. Except Van
Buren, and Cleveland, who were educated in
SMALL academies. the others received only the
commonest kind of an education. Johnson
could neither read nor write until his wife
| taught him those accomplishments Both the
Adamses father and son. were Harvard college
graduates. john Quincy Adams was professor
! at Harvard. Madison graduated from Prince
ton college. and jefferson, Monroe and Tyler
received their sheepskins at William and Mary
college. Virginia.
Old Gen. Harrison graduated from the Hamp-
den-Sidney college, Polk from the North Caro-
| lima university, Pierce from Bowdoin college,
| Buchanan at Dickinson college, and Grant at
| West Point. Williams college was Garfield s
| alma mater. Hayes was trained at Kenyon col
lege, Arthur at Union college, and Harrison at
Miami university.
| No less than eleven Presidents had military
| titles won on the battle field. Washington and
n,
Vim. II. Harrison, Taylor, and Garfield. major
generals: Pierce, Hayes, and Benjamin Har-
rlson, brigadier-generals. Monroe was major
and Lincoln captain. Washington, Monroe
and Jackson took part in the Revolution; Jack
| son, Harrison. and Taylor in the war of 1912;
Taylor, Pierce, and Grant went through the
| Mexican war; Lincoln fought in the Black
| Hawk war. and Grant, Hayes Garfield. and
| Benjamin Harrison in the war of the rebellion
| All the Presidents except Jackson, Taylor,
Arfh nr 1lor,6 ii De-, -.
son served in theiy state legislatures All of
| them except Taylor, Grant, Arthur, Cleveland
and the new President were congressman.
Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren,. Harrison.
Tyler. Polk, johnson, Hayes and Cleveland
were governors OF their respective states for
one or more terms Both Harrisons, the
younger Adams. Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren,
| Tyler, Pierce, buchanan, johnson and Garfield
were United States Senator's. Garfield was
elected, but he never served, having been
elected President shortly afterward. jackson
never spoke in the Senate.
Seven OF them were cabinet officials: Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams
Van Buren, and Buchanan served as Secretaries
OF State. and Gen. Grant Secretary of War
for five months. Both the Adamses, Jefferson
Monroe. Tippecanoe Harrison and Buchanan
were ministers to foreign countries.
Only one President was a sheriff; that was
Cleveland Only one an alderman. Johnson
Both johnson and Cleveland were MAYORS
'eueidl oIallt was the youngest freslutnt. Al,
and 'Old Tippecanoe" the oldest, 6S. Monroe,
Grant and Arthur were residents of New York
| city when they died
In business life Washington was surveyor;
jackson worked in harness shop, sold cotton
| and mules; Taylor farmer: Fillmore n CLOTH
| makers apprentice; Lincoln. boatlnan and
woodchopper; johnson, tailor; Grant, a tan
ner; Garfield, canaler; John Adams, Arthur
| and Cleveland, teachers
Several Presidents had nicknames. jackson
was ''Old Hickory" W. H. Harrison, "Old
Ilppecanoe;" Taylor, Rough and Ready
Buchanan was called "Old Buck Lincoln,
Little Ben"