The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-03-04

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Ready" He WIS hUrr7nlH ;h1o the
! White House. hut lived only sixteen
months 10 enjoy the h'uor.
Rc%ii,>. the younger Adams two other
mcn were IS when they were elected
| observation-disclosures Madison and .lam,r'
| NoHru.. Mnt;s,s, WAS Of English and
Mu1roc Of Scotch origin. Both were
| Nir@nilns aE" hurh VIZ. lhc SONS of
wr-to-to rla"t'r&
WASHINGTON AND JOHNSON.
Two men were President at the age of
-. BD'iI w. of l,u%,'Hh ancestry. One
az th"n was h first Executive of the
! United States. lnd the other wHS An
drew .Ir,lnspu. Neither were college
! ~" Il. Int their environments. were vast
! ~ diSsimiIar. Washington inherited 81
competency from his teacher; .IohnSou'S
| hirthriGht was bitter poverty, the father
/ hcing Il sexton. Washington chose no
/ - lrSSion. although he qualified himself
@& Il Surveyor. Johnson hard not even
/ learned to read when he was married.
"Nd his wife taught him to read and
write; he had acquired the talor's trade.
. N'&.hiugtUn'S pathway to fame was
| mad" rugged 10y he stress of political
( uphCIvHl: J0.lnSon'S climb to the summit
wHS like the progress of IL blinded fate.
I Washington served seven years ten
mtlthS and fout DAYS; johnson COM
plrted Abraham LiLcoln's second TEN.
Two men btcame President at the age
Of 55-Martin Van Buren, and Benjamin
! HARRISON Van Burcn'S father was a
farmer. rs the father of Benjamin Har-
I l'S0n. Van Buren, did not 90 to college;
Harrison WIS Il graduate of Miami Uni
vcr$ity. Both studied law and both rose
to great cmiucncc in the profession.
I Each served :; single term.
Rutherford Butchard Hayes was
elected ut the mge of "a. He was Of
sturdy Scotch ancestry his father being
Il prosperous merchant in Il thriving
Ohio vilI.ge The son became I'll lawyer
and occupied the White House only one
term.
, VICTIMS OF ASSASSINATION.
One CHIEF Executive only-WiIham
Mckinley-w;l> ~ mt the time OF hi,
election. He wetsl of Scotch-Irin anccs-
try. He Went into the army during the
Civil War and served some time on the
Ntaff of Colonel Rutherford b. Hayes.
He studied law after the close Of the
war. Mr.. Mckinley was President four
years, ak months and ten days. his sec
ond term being brought to II close by as
-g>sImtiCa.
| Abraham Lincoln had reached the age
Of - years when he was made presi-
dent. OF English extraction, his father
IL poor Kentucky farmer Lincoln was
not sent to college. Notwithstanding
| 'LNt draw back. IL managed to acquire
cducation sutii cient to enable him to de-
vclup into one of the ablest lawyers of
his time. He was President four years.
one month and eleven days
SUCCEEDED MEN WHO DIED IN
OFFICE.
Two men-.Tohn Tyler and Chester \.
Arthur-wcrc Presidents at the age of
81. Tyler WAS Il Virginian of English
stock, and Arthur, Of Sc0tchlrSh AN
ceStry WIS Il native of the Green Noun
tain State. The Tylers, father and son.
were lawyers. and John was educated
ut William and Mary. Arthur, whose
father was Il clergyman. waS educated
lat Union College. Tyler was elected
Nicc-l resident on the ticket with Will
liam Henry Harrison. At the lattcr'~
death Tyler succeeded. Arthur's accc:|-
sion to the Presidency was due to the
assassination of President Garfield.
Willard Fillmore and James Knox
Polk were ~ when they were called
upon to accept the nations loftiest gift.
Both men were the sons Of farmers
Polk being Il North CaroEnjan, of
Scotch IRISH extraction, and Fillmore Il
| Nay NnI.l-nr AZ EuplIStb Eill-