The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENTS.
Some Incidents During the Reigns OF
Our Chief Executives.

We have had n presidents up t
date. Hitherto presidents re-nOmi
/ mated by their parties have usually
been re-elected. The four exceptions
were John Adams, defeated for r,
election by Thomas Jefferson il
1900, exactly II century ago; Martin
Van Buren,. Grover Cleveland anC
Benjamin Harrison. Mr.. Bryan
success would indeed break many
presidential precedents. He comes
from the Mississippi west, &
section that has never before sup
piled president. He was born il
Illinois. the birthplace OF no presi
dent He would be the youngest
man ever chosen as president.
Our oldest president at the time OF
his Inauguration was William Henry
Harrison (6S). Buchanan was Go,
Taylor 60, John Adams and Jackson
were each 81, and all the others were
III their tfties except Pierce (49),
Grant 40 and Cleveland t4SD
Grant was our Youngest president
on the day of his first Inauguration.
The birthplace OF our presidents
are divided among the states as fol
lows: Six have come from Virginia,
five from Ohio, three from New York.
two each from Massachusetts and
North Carolina and one each from
New Jersey, Kentucky. New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Pennsylvania and
Tennessee.
As 10 the Christian names of our
presidents. there have been four
Jameses, three Johns, two Andrews,
two Williams and one George, Thorn,
a. Martin, Zachary, Willard, Frank
lin, Abraham, Ulysses, Rutherford,
Chester, Grover and Benjamin. Four
teen of them had no middle names
and none of them were named in
honor of any previous presidential
fact which shows how sadly futile it
is to name Il baby boy after presi
dent in the hope that he also may
grow up and get there.
All of our presidents have been
married men at the time of their cleo
ton save three-Nan Buren,, Buchan-
an and Cleveland.
Washington was the first president |
to die and the only one to die in the
century. At his death |
Jefferson, Madison. Monroe. |
the second Adams. Jackson. Van |
Buren,, the first Harrison, Tyler. |
Polk, Taylor and Buchanan were all |
living
Among the curious condolences of |
the presidential office we NAV men |
ton the deaths of John Adams and |
Thomas Jefferson on the same day
July 4, 1896. limo subsequent year
nave two presidents died. Grant |
md Hayes were the only two presi-
Tents born i'll the same year Gar
ield was born in the same year
hat Monroe died. None OF our pres
dents has died out OF the country.
hough Tyler died at Richmond while
Irginia considered herself out OF the
lniOu. Only one president, John
Adams, has had a son elected to the
'tfice, and only one, William Henry
harrison, has had a grandson chosen
o fill it.
Only two ex-presidents are now :
ving-Grover Cleveland and Benja-
ain Harrison. The graves Of their
are as widely separated
: the states that gave them birth
ii OF our departed presidents lived
o a good old age except Garfield and
who We're assassinated. |
.leven of them lived we'll on into the
aventies, while John Adams lived to
e 81, Madison to be 50. Jefferson
3 and Van Buren, 50.
\ curious fact suggestive of the a.,
outh OF our country is that our
iXth president, John Quincy Adams
-ho died in 1918. personally knew ,
very president who preceded him as
ell as two who followed him. and
hight have seea. if he had been cift-
j with foreknowledge and had cared
o take the Journey, all thepresidents
tho have succeeded him To the pres
ar time, including Mr. Mckinley
hicaGo American.
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