The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

Presidents Were Born, Their Education
and Professions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. go. Especial Pres
ident Mckinley will be the first me
ever in the White House 1t is a curiou.
fact that no other man with a F" Nc" pref
TO his name has ever even been voted fol-
president in the electoral college, with the
single exception of General Mcclellan
who was an unsuccessful candidate for the
presidency in 1864 Nor has Me ever
been voted for for vice president In the
electoral college
Mckinley will be the first private soldier
In the White House-that is to say. the
first man of military career TO reach the
White House after starting out In the
ranks.
The Mother of Presidents.
With the accession of Mckinley to the
chief magistracy Ohio crowds Virginia I'M
comfortably close for the honor of being
1.-THE mother of presidents. Virginia still
holds the record, with seven of her sons In
the White House. Washington, jefferson,
Madison, Monroe the first Harrison, Tyler
and Taylor were born in Virginia. Ohio
Is next In number, with fye-Grant,
Hayes, Garfield, the second Harrison and
Mckinley. North Carolina is next In or
der with three-Jackson, Polk and John
son. New York Is credited with two-Van
Buren, and Fillmore Massachusetts, has
had the honor twice-the two Adamses.
New Hampshire was the birthplace of
Pierce, Pennsylvania Of Buchanan and
Kentucky of Lincoln, Vermont of Arthur
and New Jersey of Cleyeland
Will Mckinley be the twenty fourth or
the twenty fifth president of the United
States' 1t Is all matter of opinion. The |
term for which he has been elected IL the |
twenty-eighth presidential term. The first |
term began In 1889, and between 1889 and |
1897 is los years, which gives % completed |
terms March 4, 1897. But Mckinley is the |
twenty-fourth man to hold the office of |
president, Washington, jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and
Cleveland having been elected To two terms
each and William Henry Harrison, Taylor,
Lincoln and Garfield having died in office
and been succeeded by vice presidents Mo
kinley Is the twenty first man to be elect
ed president, in the twenty Ell hth term.
But Grover Cleveland was elected TO the
twenty fifth term and again to the twenty
seventh term. Shall he count but once, as
the twenty second president, leaving Mo
Kinley to be the twenty-third, or shall he
be called both the twenty-second and
twenty fourth. which he was in actual line
of accession, leaving Mckinley to be the
twenty fifth?
As to Nationality.
Mckinley adds another president to the
credit of the Scotch-Irish. The English
still lead, however, with II presidents de-
scended from English stock on their ia
Tiers side. Five-Jackson, Polk, Buchan-
an, Arthur and McKinley-were Scotch
Irish. Ihree-Monroe, Grant and Hayes
were Scotch. ne-Jefferson-was Welsh.
One-Nan Buren-was- Dutch All Sthe
Others were English.
Mckinley makes the ninth president to
bear the same Christian name as his father
the two Adamses. Madison, jackson.
Tyler, buchanan, Hayes, Garfield and Nc.
Kinley
James appears to be the favorite presi.
Dental name, It having been borne by five
presidents. John is second, three presi-
dents; Andrew third, two presidents. 1t
Is rather remarkable that there has been
but one George In the White House, only
one Thomas and so far only one William.
will make the second of this last |
Only two families have sent two men to
the presidential chair-the Adamses and :
the Harrisons.
The fathers OF ii of the presidents were
farmers or planters. Those whose fathers I
had other vocations were: Buchanan and I
Hayes, merchants; John Quincy Adams, .
lawyer; the first Harrison, statesman; Ty-
Ter, Jurist johnson, sexton and consta BILE; c
Grant, tanner; Arthur and Cleveland,
clergymen, and Mckinley, iron worker
remarkable fact in the history of our
presidents Is that nearly all of them were
born In the winter or spring The record q
by months is as follows: January, /; Feb. 4
ruary, 81 March, 4 April, 4; May and
June, o; July, |; August, / September
D; October, 3; November, 4; December, g.
Locality and Profession. G
1t Is remarkable fact that four presi- I
tents Of the United States were born in ,
TWO counties of nia-Westmoreland
ma Charles City counties. In fact seven {
Presidents first saw the light of day In a
little section of country through the center +
II virginia. Westmoreland county, In
which were born Washington and Monroe,
S adJoined on the north by King George,
where Madison was born. Twenty miles &
10 the westward is Orange, which was the |;
birthplace of Taylor, and Orange is ad
oined on the west by Albemarle, where
Jefferson was born. Only 35 miles south
" Westmoreland is Charles City county, In
which were born Harrison and Tyler
Mckinley adds another to the long list Q
# lawyer presidents. We have seen that Il
most of the fathers of our presidents were
armers or planters. Not so with their dis.
inguished sons. They were ambitious In
arly life more than half of the presidents, I
II IL, including Mckinley, were lawyers {
)f the remaining / | four-Adams, Gar. ,
leld Arthur and Cleveland-were teachers,
VINO afterward became lawyers Washing
on was surveyor, afterward becoming a '
PLANTER. The first Harrison was a soldier, r
,ut he had retired to a farm when elected
layior and Grant were always soldiers.
'1llmure and johnson were tailors but be. | ]