Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-07-22
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FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENTS.
Their Names, Nieknames and ReIa'
tions With the Alphabet.

One said 1t was rather curious that
no presidential candidate and no pres
ident had ever split his name in the
middle. One vice presidential candi-
date did so. And he was named B.
lGratz Brown.
This reminded another that in the
long list of presidents there were only
two instances in which names had
been duplicated-John Adams and
John Quincy Adams, and William Hen
Try Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
But there were two presidents y
lchimed in a veteran, "who had the
same Christian name, and whose fam
lily names began with the same letter
lAndrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson.
The man who started the talk re-
called that there had been three Johns
in the White House. He mentioned
the two Adamses and Tyler.
But James was the favorite Chris
titan name for presidents" was the re-
ply. You may recall that we have
had flve-Madison, Monroe, Polk,
buchanan and Garfield.
But there was only one George. Let
us drink to his memory. He was the
first and last.
"As there was but one George there
has been but one Thomas, and as ! am
a sort Of Democrat at times I propose
a cup to Jefferson" said the ex-judge
in the group.
Have you overlooked the fact that
we had two Williams for presidents?'
Iasked the man who had recalled the
live Jameses. There were William
Henry Harrison and William McKin-
Iley."
THAT reminds me-" quoth another,
that we had but two presidents who
signed both Christian names, John
lQuincy Adams and William Henry
Harrison"
Eighteen Of our presidents had no
middle Christian names. or II they
had they never signed them. Mr..
Cleveland has a middle name, but he
eliminated it early in life," said the
starter Of the gabfest.
"And as we look at them," said an
other, "all of our presidents, save Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt, had English
names"
"You have forgotten that there was
one with a Holland name-Van Buren.
suppose some of you Dutchmen would
claim him." remarked a member Of the
Holland society.
How does the entire list stand, al
phabetically?" asked the curious man.
II looked that up the other day." re-
piled the ready man. Twelve letters
Of the alphabet have not figured IN
the presidency. They are D, E, /, K,
N, o, @, S, U, X, Y and a."
Maybe you can tell US right away
which letter has figured, as you term
1t, oftenest?" asked the man who had
started this branch Of the talk.
Sure" was the prompt reply.
There have been three AS, two G's,
three HIS, three Us, three Ms, two
P's and two rs, B, C, F, L, r, V and
w have been represented once"
How many Of our presidents have
had nicknames?" asked a man who
had come in at that moment.
This required little exercise Of the
gray matter, but the man who had
made the alphabet a study was to the
fore after a brief lull.
II count ten," he said. 1--WE had Old
Abe, Andy Jackson. Andy Johnson,
Ben Harrison. Zack Taylor, Old Buck,
Chet Arthur and Teddy Roosevelt.
Some of these had other nicknames.
Jackson was known as Old Hickory,
the first Harrison as Tippecanoe. Lin
coin was Rail Splitter, Taylor was
Old Rough and Ready and Roosevelt
was frequently called the Cowboy and
the Rough Rider
How many members Of the cabinet
ever became presidents?" asked the
man who ordered the last round.
Six" was the prompt answer Of
the man who had worked the alphabet.
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, ]. @.
Adams, Van Buren and Buchanan.
Each had been secretary of state.
Monroe was secretary Of state and
afterward secretary of war, both in
the administration Of Madison"
There was another cabinet officer
who became president" said the vet
eran. You forgot Jeff Davis. He was
secretary Of war in Pierce's admins
tration. We all know of what he was
president"
BUT nobody said anything. After
they had shaken up the bag once more
an old Hunker said that Tyler's ad-
ministration took the cake for shake
ups In the cabinet. He ran off the
names of four secretaries of state, four
of the treasury, five of war, five Of the
navy and three attorney generals.
The symposium might have been ex-
tended had not a fire engine dashed
by the club house just then, and the
round table went out to see where the
fire was-New York Sun.