The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
THE PRESIDENTS.
FiC7S REL TIN8 10 THE IfNdNiS
or YHE WHITE HOt'E.
All hut One Robust Men- Their ANerhg"
Az. Thr.. sc,r. and Ten The Earlier
Presid.nt. The Longer Lived All chosen
.. r.. .,.,.. S,rond Terms.

exception lie was never robust, ana >e' ne vas
hy no means an Inv,lid 90 the remainder - the
twenty hy. Presidents or perhaps u ""lin "'
better H. say twenty tour, earring IN mlhd Ia" met
that Grp,rr Clry land counts twice: that Is MS tie
tw.nt, second and The twenty fourth President
there was moi one who did not enjoy robust health
up to and beyond middle hir, and most o. them
continued H. do So ny 10 Il good Old age
II will SURPRISE many 10 know that the average
me-. Of IN. twenty one Presidents who have died
from Washington to hrthur n"luS'Nr, !" lh' allotted
three score and ten, OF To b. NOR "Nn'i' +" years
: months and 10 days. by an ola coincidence
this was almost the exact ag" ul ituth' nora ID
Hayes. who lived 20 y ars, 3 months 'hd 10 days
The Presidents lived longer N tn" early days
than in NOR, recent lines. Tn aycraE ag' Of the
FIRST ten, from Washington I" Tyler incIu''r'
is ~ years, 10 months and 3 days. lhAt Of lhe
eleven, from Polk to Arthur inclusive, Is W years
8 months and Z days. This great difference lS
accounted for in Part BY the clrcumsianc" 'hhti"o
of the eleven Presidents, Lincoln and Garhrld'
wcr' stricken down by an assassin AT III" COM
pmrauvcly early ages u 80 and " r.
sirctively. Both Of them were men 81
unusual health and strength, and had / not been
for their assassination, one Tor both might have
lived in the natural course of events TO at least
the avcrage nge Of tho other Presidents
OF the first ten Presidents. Washington was the
youngest to die, and yet he reached the consid'
cradle age of o.. only three al the eleven Presi'
dents from Polk 10 Arthur attained n greater age
These were Fillmore, Buchanan and Hayes.
John Adams, one uf The sturdIoSt Of all the
Presidents reached IN" most advanced az" lie
lived t. b. 90, md is the only nunag"nanan
among them. turiously enough, the second IN
longevity was Madison, though at III" az" Of u,
shortly after h. was graduated from Princeton
College, hr was in So poor health that h" wrote
to a friend Iniimn,ing thnt h. did notrNpycl a long
OF. healthy ltc Vet Madison grew stronger IN
due Tune. and lived TO the ripe old nec Of 81.
Next in longevity comes Mnd.sol's life long
friend and counsellor, thomas jefferson. who
lived 10 ba 80. John Quincy Adams reached 50
The youngest Of all the Presidents 10 die vas
Garfield, who was cut down in the prime II life
by an NssasSIn's bullet fad he hvrd !llSt two
months more, H. would hav- reached 80
he youngest - The Presidents Ia d. n nAiurnI
death was Polk, who lived TO be- 30 Next 10 him
came Arthur, who died at 90
The ages " all the dead Presidents arranged
Madison. -: Jefferson, So, John quincy Nlans,
SO Van Buren,, y Jackson -, buchanan,
II, Fhlnorc, u; Monroe, 10; Tyler - Hayes
70, William Henry Harrison, ~; Washington,
61, johnson, 81, Taylor, %, Pl"rrr. ~ Grant
E Lincoln, 80. Arthur, 20. Garfield, - II
will BE- seen that no two ui the Presidents, died
At The zane age eNrep, lincoln and \uhnr
The most remarkable coincidence relating
Ia the deaths Of the Presidents - the C'rcuHIslar'f
that John ADAMS and Thongs J~tiferson died
on the same day, July ! 1926, Just nifty years
after the Declaration Of Independence when
jefferson himself had written. and which both
ADAMS and jefferson had done much 10 brin,
to pass. Adams died after having remarked.
Thomas jefferson SILL lives Bat as a matter
Of fact, jefferson had did a few hours before
Five years later, on Independence Day. 1881,
died James Monroe, the originator Of the Monroe
Doctrine.
Washington was the only President 10 pass
his life entirely IN the last century, and Pierce
~as the first 10 be born during the present cen
fury.
Henry HARRISON, who served uuly one month;
Zachary Taylor, who served one year and iour
months; Lincoln, who served one full torn ana
about SIX weeks Of his second term, and Garfield,
who died after he had held the Office SIX months.
of the three Presidents now living, Benjamin
Harrison Is SO, and resides at INDIANAPOLIS, Grover
Cleveland Is 81. and lives at Princeton President
Mckinley il 81,
II is a singular thing that Two Of The States,
Virginia and Ohio, have furnished more Than
hall The Presidents 70 the Nation Irginia,
rlghC ohio q Ave. Massachusetts,, New York
and North Carolina ( two each, and New lamp
shire, Pennsylyanla, .kentuchy, Vermont and
New Jersey Of one each. Thus ten States share
idents of the !, nltsd States. Washington, .Iefrr.
son, Madison, Monroe, William Henry HARRISON,
Giant Usyes. Gsrdrld BENJAMIN HARRISON
ard NcKIniey in ubln. John (dnms and John
Quincy. Adams in Massachusetts,, Van Buren,
SON In North Carolina. Pierce IA New lamp
sb,r. Brrh.n,n IN p,nnsvly,nig Lincoln In
KENTUCKY, Arthur IN Vermont and Cleveland
Jackson was born 50 uesr the border 6rtveen
North md South Carolina TIA, The question Of
his nativity has alu avs been a matter Of dispute.
HIS bloRraphrr, lanes Parton, has, however,
demonstrates Thai the honor belongs TO North
Carolina.
Twelve OF the Presidents, Washington, j, FIR
son. Madison. Monroe. John Adams. John Quincy
Adams, Van Blren. Pierce, Buchanan, itayes,
tariield and MCKINNEY we're chosen fr,m tLrr
naive States TYLER Who >ucce,.ded William
Harry JaryiSon On ,he dca,h 81 NE latter Vas
A resident of his native STATE at Inc time. and -
VA, Fillmore, who succeeded Isylur MILAN
Henry Harrison wns chosen from Ohio. Polk
and jackson from tennessee, TAYLOR from Ken.
mcsy' Lincoln and Grant from illinois, and
BENJAMIN HARRISON from Indiana. johnson
was a citizen Of Tennessee when he surccedrd
Lincoln and Arthur a cluzen Of New York when
n. succeeaed Garfield
buffalo eniovs the distinction Of being the
only city in The country thai has furnished two
Presidents. They are Fillmore and Cleveland
Each Of the Important wars Of tie United StaL,
Ibe War # tie Rsyujuton gave N nshIngtIi,
lie War Of 1872. jackson aud Harrison; Taylor
and Pierce went u the White House on the strength
Of their records during me Mexican War wills
every President choSrn since ths IlyIl Nar ex-
ceut Cleyeland. took pan IN that struggle
W.,hingunn and tirant n.re me creates, sol
der,' thonrh ,Jhck.n and Hsuts'n were d..
tinpul.Ded iIenerals Nonr4 VA, n soldier ~
he ReyuluIon. and was engaged i'm several inn.
por,nnt battles includlnr I pantop. Brordywirn
Gcrmartown and Monmouth Al Ir,n,on he
was wounded in the shnuIder 1vlar mi m :,
months seryt,e AS The hpnI ~ a cryr,'arv If mi
i'm dung tnc War Of isi2 but his men uSre hn,
colied IntS scrlnn Tincnln's military =, renr r,yereJ
Two month. seryice IN The war nr,iust ii. indian
ch,ef Black unnk IN 1890 fr,t As tgYtnin II
miitin and af,srvnrd AZ , uriyate ~ "
During the early part Of de Cyl War Arthur