Middletown transcript., 1892-01-07
HOW THE PRESIDENTS DIED.
THEY WERE HEIR TO ALL TikE ILLS
OF THE FLESH, LIKE COMMON
MORTALS.

in rain and sleet storm on Decen-
Der 10, 1899. The cold increased and
was followed by chill which brought
on acute larypgitis. His death occur
red on December IA, 1893. He wai
| 6S years of age.
John Adams.-He died from old
age, having reached his ninety-frs
milestone. Though active mentally
he was nearly blind and unable tc
hold pen steadily enough to write
He passed away on July 4, 1926.
Thomas Jefferson.-He died at the
age of 83, few hours before Adams,
on July 4, 1926. His disease was
chronic diarrhea, superiuduced BY
old age and, his physician said, the
two free use of the waters of the
White Sulphur Springs.
James Madison. He, also, died ol
old age, and peacefully, on June 2s,
1886. His faculties were undimmed
to the last. He was 85.
James Munroe. the time of his
death, which occurred in the seventy.
third year of his age. on July 4. 1881
it was assigned to no other cause than
enfeeblsd health.
John Quincy Adams.-He was
stricken with paralysis on February
81, 1S4S, while addressing the Speak
er Of the House Of Representatives
being at the time member Of Con-
gress. He died in the rotunda OF the
Capitol. He was 81 years Of age.
Andrew Jackson.-He died on
June 5, 1S45, rs years old He suf-
fered from consumption, and finally
dropsy, which made its appearance
about six months before his death.
Martin Van Buren.-He died on
July "a, 1862, from violent attack
of asthma, followed by catarrhal affec.
tions of the throat and lungs. He
was 80 years of age.
William Henry Harrison
cause of his death was pleurisy, the
result Of a cold which be caught on
the day of his Inauguration. This
was accompanied with severe diar-
rhea. which would not yield to medi-
cal treatment. His death occurred
on April 4, 1841, a-month after his
Inauguration. He was 6S years of
age.
John Tyler.-He died on January
II, 1862, at the age of 70. | have
been unable to ascertain the cause of
his death.
James K. Polk.-In the spring of
1849 he was stricken with slight at
tack of cholera while on boat going
up the Mississippi River. Though
temporarily relieved, he had a re-
lapse on his return home, and died on
June Is, 1S49, aged "a years.
Zachary Taylor.-He was the
second President to die in office. He
is said to have partaken immoderate-
ly Of ice water and iced milk, and
then later Of a large quantity Of cher.
ries. The result was an attack Of
cholera morbus. Another authority
attributes his death to severe cold.
The former seems to be more likely.
He was 66 years old.
Millard Fillmore. HE died from
stroke of paralysis on March s, 1874,
in his seventy-fourth year.
franklin Pierce.--His death was
due to abdominal dropsy. and occur
red on October s, 1869, in the sixty
fifth year of his life.
james Buchanan.-His death oe-
Cured on June 1, 1868, and was
caused by rheumatic gout., He was
II years of age.
Abraham Lincoln.-He was shot
by ]. Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre,
Washington, D. G., ON April IA, 1865,
and died the following day aged 56.
Andrew Johnson.-He died from a
stroke Of paralysis, July 81, 1875,
aged 81.
The deaths of Grant. Garfield and
Arthur are recent enough to be re-
membered by all.-American Notes
and Queries.