Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-12
0UR PRESIDENTS,
> Compilation Of Interesting Facta
Concerning Thorn.
BY JOHN MEAGHER.

William Henry Harrison and Zachar
Taylor from disease, and Abraham
lincoln and James A. Garfield b
assassination. They were succeede
Y John Tyler, Mi lard Fillmore, Al
-rew johnson and Chester A. Arthu,
making in all twenty-four men VIII
have filled the Presidential office.
Eight Presidents, George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson, James Mad
son, James Monroe, Andrew jackson
Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant an
Grover Cleveland, have been twic
elected, each, excepting Grover Cleve
land, as his own immediate successor
George Washington was the onl,
PRESIDENT elected without opposition
thomas Jefferson End John Adams tn
only Presidents elected by the Hous
OF Representatives; Rutherford b
Hayes the only President whose it'll
to the office rested upon the decision
OF an Electoral Commission, ant
Grover Cleveland the only Presiden
elected to second term after havinl
once been defeated by popular vote
The paternal ancestors of Washing
ton, Adams, Madison, John Quinc,
Adams, William Henry Harrison, JohI
Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Willard Fill
more, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lin
coin, Andrew Johnson, James A. Gar.
field and Grover Cleveland were Eng.
fish; those Of Thomas Jefferson were
Welsh; those of James Monroe, U. S
Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes were
Scotch; those Of Andrew jackson
James X. Polk, James Buchanan
Chester A. Arthur and William Nc.
kinley were Scotch-Irish, and those
of Martin Van Buren, were Dutch.
The names Of the fathers and
maiden names of the mothers of the
Presidents are as follows: Augustine
Washington and Mary Ball, John
Adams apd Susanna Boylston. Peter
Jefferson and Jane Randolph, James
Madison and Nelly Conway, Spencer
Monroe and Eliza Jones, John Adams
and Abigail omith, Andrew Jackson
and Elizabeth Hutchinson, Abraham
Van Buren, and Maria Hoes, BENJAMIN
Harrison and Elizabeth Bassett, John
Tyler and Mary Armistead, Samuel
Polk and Jane Knox, Richard Taylor
and Sarah Strother, Nathaniel Fill
more and Phoebe Anlard, BENJAMIN
Pierce and Anna Kendrick, James
Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer, Thorn.
as Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, Jacob
johnson and Mary McDonough, Jesse
Root Grant and Harriet Simpson,
Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birch.
ard, Abram Garfield and Eliza Ballou,
William Arthur and Malvina Stone.
John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth
Irwin, Richard ralley Cleveland and
Anna Neal, William Mckinley and
Nancy Campbell Allison.
The given names of Adams, Madi.
son, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Buch.
anan and Mckinley were the same as
those of their fathers; those of John
Quincy Adams and Rutherford B.
Hayes were also the same as those OF
their fathers with the addition of a
middle name. The middle names of
James Knox Polk, Rutherford Birch.
ard Hayes and Ulysses Simpson Grant
were the same as the maiden names
OF their mothers. Grant was chris.
tened Hiram Ulysses and Cleveland
Stephen Grover. The former, while
at West Point, Is salu to have drop.
ped Hiram because it made his initials
spell IL. U. g. Through an error or
lnadvertance he was entered on the
books as U. s. Grant, and
ever afterwards thus wrote his name
Cleveland appears to have dropped
stephen from his name quite early.
signing 1t simply Grover Cleveland
Millard Fillmore was named for his
Phoebe Willard, and Benia.
min Harrison for his grandfather
whose given name was BENJAMIN,
lanes was the given name Of no lev
han five Presidents, and John Of
hree. The two Andrews-Andrew
ackson and Andrew Johnson-were
rom the same state--Tennessee.
washington, jefferson, Madison,
lonroe, Harrison, Tyler and Taylor
'ere natives of Virginia. and all ex-
ept Harrison, who was citizen of
hio, and Taylor, who was citizen
I Louisiana, were elected from that
tate. John and John Quincy Adams ,
'ere natives Of, and were elected from,
Massachusetts, Andrew Jackson,
ames X. Polk and Andrew johnson ,
ere natives of North Carolina. They ,
II became citizens Of Tennessee and ,
srved from that State, Martin Van :
uren and Willard Fillmore were ma
YES OF New York and were elected :
'om that state. Franklin Pierce was !
native OF, and was elected from, )
ew Hampshire. James Buchanan !
as elected from his native state of !,
ennsylvania. Abraham Lincoln, q +
alive of Kentucky and U. S. Grant, n
alive of Ohio, we're elected from i
linois. Rutherford B. Hayes, James q
. Garfield and William Mckinley, all :
atives of Ohio, were elected from 9
lat State. Chester A. Arthur, n ma :, :,
We OF Vermont, became a citizen of
ew York. Benjamin Harrison was "
Urn in Ohio and elected from Indi- |,
Ia. Grover Cleveland, who was cleo. a.
d from New York, claims New Jer- :,
y, where he now lives, as his native !.
ate. n y,
Fourteen Presidents we're college !,
'aduates, U. S. Grant being the only :,
lie to graduate from the Military 4,
,ademy at West Point. Washington, A
ckson, Van Buren,, Taylor, Fillmore, r.
ncoln and Johnson did not have a q
llege education. Mckinley attend. 7,
college for q short time. but did ~