Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-10
LOT OF EX.PREsIpENTs.
Some Left the White House to Fill
Other Offices.

what has been called the problem"
What shall we DO with our ex-presi-
dents? The record of our ex-presi-
dents seems to show that to them
personally It was not problem. Some
etired to their estates and lived as
/ entlemen Of leisure, devoting them
Ives to their private busine s, and
receiving nothing but honor at the
hands OF their fellow citizens. Others
re"entered their professions and 9TH
ers continued in public life, says the
Washington Post
Washington was evidently glal TO
retire from public office when his sec
ond term as president ended, to re-
sume the congenial life of a gentle
man farmer at Mount Vernon. There
he resided, occasionally visiting
friends in Georgetown and entertain
ing Hospitality after the fashion Of the
time, and there ne died, on the 18th
of December, 1893, in the sixty-sev-
enth year Of his age.
John Adams returned to "that quiet
home near the roadside In Quincy"
He was appointed presidential elec-
tor, and voted for James Monroe. and
lived to see his son president Of the
United States. he died on the 4th of
July, 1926. Adams last words were:
Thomas Jefferson still survives" AS
matter of fact, Jefferson had just
passed away.
Jefferson went away from the
White House to his estate Of Mont-
cello, and lived there for seventeen
years, until his death, July 4, 1926.
Monroe returned to his home at Oak
Hill, in Loudon county. Va There he
lived seven years. and then went to
New York with one Of his daughters.
He, too, died on the 4th Of July. In
the year 1881, Just five years from
the day that John Adams and Thom-
as Jefferson had expired.
Elected to Congress.
John Quincy Adams retired to his
ancestral home at Quincy. Here he
occupied himself in preparing me-
moir Of his father. and also projected
history of the United States. In
1880 Plymouth district proposed send
ing Mr.. Adams to congress. At first
It was thought that an ex-president
would regard the Office as too great
contrast with his former one. Up
OF this doubt being expressed to him,
Adams replied: mo person could be
degraded by serving the people In
congress. Nor, In my opinion, would
an ex-president of the United States
be degraded by serving as select
man of his town, IL thereto elected"
He took his seat in congress in 1881.
having been elected by the National
Republican, soon to be known as the
Whig party. Fte died February %,
1Sls, two days after stroke of pa
ralysis received while in the house.
Jackson left the White House,
man of seventy, and returned to the
fire estate of the Hermitage. where
he spent several happy years as a
planter. He died June 8, 1s45.
Van Buren, after being defeated for
a second term, made an extensive tour
In Europe. He returned to Linden
wald, his fine estate at Kinderhook,
where he died July "a, 1862.
In Confederate Congress.
Tyler left the executive mansion for
his home at Sherwood Forest, Va. He
came to Washington and presided at
the peace congress in Willard hall,
which was held just before the inaug-
uration Of Abraham Lincoln. he af-
terward became member OF the Con-
federate congress. and died January
IS, 1852.
Polk, Immediately after the expira-
ton of his presidential encumbency,
made a journey to the far south,
where his home. beautiful mansion
OF. Grundys Hill, at Nashville, await
ed him. He succumbed to cholera
June IS, 1S4s.
Two years after the close Of his ad-
ministration, Fillmore visited Europe,
where he was the object Of many
gratifying attentions. He returned
home to receive a nomination for the
presidency by the know Nothing
wing of his party; but James Buch-
anan carried the election. The re-
mainder Of his life was passed In re-
tirement. He died at his home In
Buffalo, March 8, 1874.
Pierce returned to his home at Con-
cord, where he died October s, 1850.
Buchanan retired, amid the storm
of civil strife, to his beautiful home
at Wheatland, an estate about mile
from Lancaster, where he died June
1, 1858.
Served IN the Senate.
Johnson served In the senate after
the close of his presidential term. He
died suddenly while visiting his
youngest daughter at Carters Sta
ton, Tenn, in July, 1875.
Grants famous tour Of the world
was made shortly after the close OF
his second presidential term. He al
terward resided in New York city and
at Long Branch, where he had sum-
mer cottage. In 1880 a determined
effort was made by the Republican
party to nominate him for a third
term. He was unfortunate in busi-
ness transactions, but left modest
fortune for his widow by writing his
memoirs during his lingering and fatal
malady. He died Of cancer OF the
throat, July %, 1885.
Hayes returned to the home OF his
young manhood, in Fremont, Ohio,
still in the prime Of his years. HIS
last notable appearance in Washing
ton was as a plain "comrade" In a
Grand Army parade. He died at FIRE.
mont, January II, 1898.
When Arthur retired from the pres
idency, and returned to New YORK.
he was still in the prime Of life, and
there was every reason to suppose
that many years lay before him. But
in the following year he had severe
attack Of illness, resulting In death,
which occurred In New York city, No
vember IS, 1886.
University Connections.
Cleveland, after the inauguration OF
Mckinley, became connected with
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