The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-10-04
FAcTs ABOUT PREsIDENTs
Some Remarkable Information and Com
parsons Concerning Our Chief
Executives.
kansas City star.l


turally draws attention to some Of the
facts of a personal nature about the
. chief magistrates.
The great predominance of a single
Christian name is at once apparent.
Theodore Roosevelt has no middle
initial. Neither had George Washing
ton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew
Jackson, Martin Van Buren,, John
Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Willard Fill
more, Franklin Pierce, James Buchan-
an, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew John
son, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Har-
rlson or William Mckinley. 1t is true
that Mr.. Cleveland was named Stephen
Grover, but his first name had disap-
peared before he became president.
Presidents with middle name were
John Quincy Adams, William Henry
Harrison, James Knox Polk, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Rutherford Birchard
Aayes, James Abram Garfield and
Chester Alan Arthur. Eighteen of the
p, or y per cent, have had only one
name. This is remarkable IN view of
the fact that the great majority OF
children start out with at least two
names.
President Roosevelt has been twice
married and has six children. Only
one chief executive, Buchanan, lived
bachelor, and only three others had no
children. Tyler had fourteen. Will
liam Henry Harrison had six sons and
four daughters. President Hayes
ranks next with eight children; JEFF
ferson had six-all girls; John Adams,
Andrew johnson and Garfield had five;
J. Q. Adams, Van Buren,, Taylor, Lin
coin and Grant four; Jackson, Pierce
and Benjamin Harrison three; Monroe,
Fillmore, Arthur and Mckinley two;
Washington, Madison and Polk none.
Mr.. Cleveland has four. Of the 100
children of presidents 90 have been
boys and 40 girls. The only child born
to a ruling president in the white
house is Esther Cleveland, although
nine other children have been born in
the mansion.
In marrying a second time President
John Tyler, Willard Fillmore and Ben
jamin Harrison. President Tyler's
wife died while he was In Office aud he
remarked before the end Of his term.
The second marriage did not take place
in the white house. Mr. Roosevelt is
not the first president to attend the
Dutch Reformed church. Martin Van
Buren, was a member of that denomi-
nation. The Episcopalian presidents
we're Washington, Madison, Monroe,
Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce and Arthur. The MethOdists
have been represented at the white
bouse by Grant, Hayes and Mckinley
johnson was not a church member,
but his affiliations we're with this de-
nomination, as were Lincoln's. Jack
son, Polk, Buchanan, Cleveland aud
Harrison were Presbyterians. Both
the Adamses were Congregationalists,
Garfield belonged to the Disciples Of
| Christ and Jefferson was q liberal.
President Roosevelt is the youngest
man to assume the Office and William
Henry Harrison was the oldest. Arthur
took the oath in New York and ROOse-
veIt in Buffalo. Elihu Root was pres
ent on both occasions. William r.
King took the oath as vice president
while in Cuba on account of his health.
Virginia and Ohio have been the ma
tive states Of more than have the pre-
sidents. Virginia was the birthplace
Of eight, Ohio Of five, New York OF
three, Massachusetts, and North Caro-
lima OF two and New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Pennsylvania, Ken lucky and
New Jersey OF one each. Eleven Of the
. presidents were of southern natl
vity. Buffalo has furnished two pre-
sidents-Fnlmore and Cleveland-and
New York city Roosevelt and Arthur.
The tallest president is believed to
have been Lincoln, who was six feet
four The shortest vas probably Ben
jamin Harrison. John Adams lived to
be 9Owhile Garfield died at 20. Thomas
Jefferson reached So and J. Q. Adams
so. Madison, ike Roosevelt was 8
siekiy child, yet he lived to be s..
or the "a men who have served as
president 90 have died 3 natural death
aud one is stin living Their average
length Of life has been between II and
y years. There has been q falling of
OF several years in the length Of life
since Fillmore.
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