Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-15
Our Presidents Which Readers
VIII Do Well to Put
IN Scrap Books.
WHO WERE AND WHO WERE
NOTHtRBERSOF CONGRESS-
Much Other Information Labor
lousiy Coll6ted and Difficult
70 Procure BY Reader

we're taking q civil service examlna
ton and thc question were ask you
Hos many and what presidents oil
the United states have been members
of either house OF conarcns7' could
you answer SO The question "What
presidents have horne the titie OF gen.
.erali" has actually been asked in that
connection The possession Of such
information may not be actually nycoe
s1ry as one Of the qualifications Of
a government clerk but the Hnswcr toI
the question glYes g pretty good index
90 the candidates. general Information.
The nrst president Of the United
States, 0eu. George Washington. was
n member az tho Continental congress
ln t31illI5, when it met in philndci
phia. before actual hOsiilitioa broke
out between the mother country and
The colonies. bUt when things we're
getting warm. After that time hls
services in The hold prucluded lCsls-
lative service.
John Adams. the second president.
was a member of tho Continental CON
gress from i1fi TO i71s. during which
time that body met during two years
80 philadelphia. and one session each
IN Lancaster and York. pa. 10 VIII
Dc remembered that the Continental
congress had moving career, chang
ms from point 90 point % meet the
convenience Of the British. Mr. Adams
was also Vice president ana SO prtai-
dent OF the senate during the nrst
second, third and fourth congresses.
Thomas Jefferson, tho third lfesi-
I.sF
congress from 1875 20 1878 and 1852
1888 Ills FIRST election as president
wua hy the house az representatives
there having been a tle vote between
him and Aaron Burr IN the electoral
college
James Madison. the fourth prosi.
dent. was q member OF the Continental
congress during i190.i7N3 and 1888.
liHs, aud a representative from Nir
slnla IN the nfat. second. third and
fourth congresses.
James Monroe. the nfln president.
was a member Of the Continental con.
/ grCsa in l1Sg-i7eG. and senator from
i Virginia from 1890 90 1884. when be-
| reeigncd 10 become Minister plcnino-
tertiary 90 France.
Jchn Quincy Adams. the sixth proai.
dent. was a senator from Massaoaua.
suta from 1903 90 isNs. when Do b..
signed. iiIa election Is president also
Was hy the house of representatives.
there being three ether candidates in
The electoral cpilcHo-1acRsOn, Clay
and william ~. Crawford and none
receiving a majority. After his prffl-
dontlal term he served nine terms In
the house cf representatives. dying 90
The capital "a ISIS.
Andrew jackson, the seventh pragi.
dent was q member ~ the house ui
representative from Tennessee from
December 8, i5D0, until March 3. 1891
when b. was elected Il Aehal0r. serFina
until 1893. he was again elected %
the senate Ia 1879, rcsigning two years
laiot
Martin Van Buren,. the eighth pres
ldeut. was aenator from New York
from 1921 20 ls2t, when be- resigned
to become governor of his state. ln
isa2 be was collected vice president,
and presided over the SENATE for four
years.
William Henry Harrison. the ninth
president. was q dcleERte IA congress
from iho northwest territory in the
sixth congress, reaignlng ln 1900. He
was elected 10 the fourteenth con.
sfess from uaio 90 an tho yacancy
caused ny the resignation OF John Ne
Lean. and was reelected go the Oh.
tcenth congress. He served 10 tho
senate from 1885 until 1898, when hf
liCsiFnc1.
John Tyler. he tenth president. who
succeeded General Harrison ai his
llcaih. after being enc month "a of
hrt. vas a member Of the house ln
tho iourieenih, nfieeuih and aiHienih
IconfrtsHQe. and a senator from 1921
% 1885, when ho resigned. Ha was
aifo elected s member of the Cenfed
Hrnte congress iu 1861. but died ht.
fore taking his seat
James X Polk. me eleventh pfeai
dent, was "a representative from Ten
ncfeee ia the nineionnfh and succeed
ing congresses t0 and Including thl
tWeit y-hnh, serving ns speaker On the
latter congress. ko % the oniy
laIeakei of the house who has reached
tto presidency.
Willard Fillmore. the thirteenth
I president Was d member ~ the houef
n the tweniy.tuird and in the twenty
lnth Do twenty congresses. ln.
elusive, from New York. and wa
president of TIE senate during tne aiK
teen months that President Zachary
! Iaylor lived after being ipaaEurafad
ffsuk Pierce. The fourteenth pfoHi
dent. was a member 81 The house from
/ hcW Hampshire during tho twenty
third and twenty fourth c0nRfcasef
and q aepaior from 1897 until 1912
when ho resigned
\ James huchanani the fifteenth pres
li0fnt was a member of tne house So
me eighteenth Co twenty nrst con
rostes Inclusive. and a senator from
I 1884 Oh 1876. when no resigned 90 De-
come Folks secretary OK aiaie.
Abraham lincoln. lhe sixteenth
president, Haf "a member of the house
IN tho thif'ieih congress. serving from
1877 So 1912 He Waa o candidate fof
ne sepate ln 1855 bni was defeated by
fitphcn a. Douglas.
Aulf Iohnaur fhe seventeenth
presid was q momher li TIE house
Iin fho roniy.CigAih to hlrysecond
'rHngrDSaea. inclusive. from Ttnnetsfe
and 1taatgf from 1857 until l6d2
y hen appointed military governor "a
Y Ienneaaef he WAS again elected I
lftna or iu isls, bog died the Same
trHr
Rutherford ~ Hayes. iha nineteenth
Gent. Wna q member Of iao house