The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-04-04

ms successor, died in Office at ,ho ar.
of sixty-oight, and John Tvlcr VIZ So
succeeded MN, died at the age of sew
enty-two in Richmond in 1862, or
nearly eighteen years after he pnsscd
out of office. James X. Polk died ot
the age of tifty.cight and within one
hundred days after his term had ended
Zachary Taylor died in Office at the age
OF siXty-six at Washington in 1850
after serving about one year and three
months as President.
Millard Fillmore died at the age o
sevcnty-four, and lived about twenty
one years after his term ended. Frank
lin Pierce lived about twelve years
after he went out of office, and died
at the age of slXty-iive, in 1869. James
Buchanan died in 1868, or seven years
after going out of office, at the age of
scventy-sevcn. Abraham Lincoln was
nssassinatcd during bis second term,
at the age of iifty-six years. Andrew
Johnson, Mr.. LincOln's successor, Oicu
IN 1875, just six years after leaving
the Presidency, at the age of sixty
seven. MIR. johnson ut the time of his
ueath was United States Senator from
tennessee. General Grant, who next
came 10 the Presidency, ldicd in 1885,
itllc over eight years after the end
OF his Presidential term, and at the
age OF siXty-thrcc. Hayes passed out
OF office as President in 1851 and died
in 1893, living nearly twelve wears
after his term ended. Garfield was
shot by Gui!cau, and was President
only about slN months, and if alive
to-day would be only seventy years
old. He has been dead very nearly
twenty years. Arthur lived about a
year after he went out of the Prcsi-
dcncy, dying at the age of lifty-six.
And now General Harrison il dead,
just eight years after his Presidential
tenn ended, and at the age Of sixty
eight years.
The youngest man ever chosen Pres
ldcnt was Grant, at forty-cight, and
the oldest one was William Henry
Harrison, who was sixty-eight. ONLY
live Presidents were over sixty years
at The time of the inauguration-,Joh
Adams, sixty-two; Andrew jackson,
slXty-two; w. II. Harrison, sixty-cieht;
Zachary Taylor, siNty-tvc, and James
buchanan, slxty-siX. The average of
lie enjoyed by cX-prc. c.idcnts has been
a little less than ten years after pass
ing out of power, whilst the average
age at which Presidents have entered
upon their Office has been about Gfty-
three years and eight months. Nc.
kinley was just about the age of fifty
three when inauguratcd.
prpSiIppt To .l,,s:,-
ministration of four years had the
unique distinction of signing acts for
the admission of six Stacts into the
Union North and South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Washington and
wyoming. No other President signed
acts admitting so many States. Prcsi-
dent Cleveland, who preceded and
succeeded him, signed only one act
Tor the admission Of a State, that for
the entrance of Utah into the Union
III 1896. 1t may he observed tha, the
six States admitted into the Union in
lSS?-00 during Harrlsons administra.
ton and which now have twelve
United States Senators, had altogether,
according to the United States census
of 1900, less population by 10000,
people than the State of Virginia.
OF tho twcnty-four Presidents Of the
United States onc-half, or twelve, were
born in Virginia aud Ohio, Virginia
being the birthplace of seven and
Ohio of livc--W ashington, Jefferson
Madison, Monroe, William Henry
Harrison, John Tyler and Iachar,
Taylor being born in Virginia, wh,ls,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and
Mckinley were born in Ohio, an,
three, Andrew Jackson, James *.
Polk and Andrew johnson, were born
/ in North Carolina. And SO it hap.
pens that Of the twcnty.four Presidents
three States - Virginia, OHIO and
North Carolina--have the honor OF
being the birthplaccs of fifteen of
them. -Richmond Times.