Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-25
By Colonel J A, Watrous, U. S, A., retired.
SOMETHING ABOUT PRESIDENTS
AND GOVERNORS.

SOMETHING ABOUT PRESIDENTS
AND GOVERNORS.
Counting planters as farmers, the
fathers az fourteen OF our presidents
We're farmers-those of WASHINGTON.
John Adams, Jefferson. Madison. Mon,
roe, Jackson, Van Buren,, Polk, Taylor,
Fillmore, Pierce, Lincoln, Garaeld,
Benjamin Harrison,
Farmer boys, look up,
/ -Four different presidents have come
to Wisconsin for 4 postmaster general
as follows; President Johnson. VINO
chose the war governor Alexander
W. Randall; President Arthur, who Sc.
lectod Timothy o. Howe who had
served eighteen years as United
States senator; President Cleveland,
who appointed Colonel w. +. Villas,
later senator, and President Roose.
welt, who named Henry c. Payne.
/
President Lincoln would have OF.
ferod to make the late Chief Justice
E. G. Ryan OF Wisconsin hts attorney
general had he not learned that Judge
| Ryan would decline, Another Wisoon,
sin man, Senator John c, Spooner, has
declined three offers to enter prosl.
dents cabinet.
The only presidents whose wives
have accompanied their husbands to
Wisconsin were Hayes, Cleveland and
Mckinley,
! Tho fathers of two of the prosl,
dents were country merchants-Bu
chanan and Hayos--and one city
merchant, Roosevelt Two had minis,
tyrs for fathors-Arthur and Glove.
lard. The father Of one was tanner,
Grant, and another church sexton,
Johnson
While New York has been necea
sary to elect most of the presidents,
only two natives OF the state. Van
Buren and Roosevelt, have been oho
sen, Ohio has advanced Ave of her
sons Grant, Hayes, Garfield Henia
min Harrison and Mckinley Virginia
leads, with seven, Washington, Joffor
son, Madison, Monroe, William Henry
Harrison, John Tyler and Zachary
Taylor.
When Wisconsin was hurrylng sol.
ders through Milwaukee early In 1861
the present president had just learned
TO walk and was wearing dresses.
Colonel Roosevel's first visit to
Milwaukee as federal officer was
during President Cleveland's first
term when he came as n civil service
commissioner to look into a postonleo
difficulty There were no decorations
then,
There arc many things to be thank.
full FOR Mono Of our presidents has
been la.da dahs.
No secretary OF the treasury. the
navy, the interior or agriculture; no
postmaster general or attorney genor
al, has been president. and only one
secretary Of war General Grant. who
was in charge OF the war ONCE for a
time in 1867 Secretaries Of state
have Jared better Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, John Quincy Adams Van Blu
rem and Buchanan were secretaries OF
state. Secretaries of state who had u
strong desire TO be president were
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster. John G
Calhoun, Lewis Cass, w. II. Seward
f. b. Washburne James c. Blaine
Thomas r. Bayard, Walter q, Gresh.
am and John Sherman Clay, Casa
ana Blaine received nomination;
Clay by the wings Cass by the demo.
Gratis, Blaine by the republicans,
Four vice presidents have been
elected president--Adams, Jefferson.
Van Buren, and Roosevelt Five vice
presidents have succeeded to the pres.
ldency because Of the presidents
death Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Ar.
thur and Roosevelt.
If the president ever undertakes 10
inspect all OF the large families In
Wisconsin he may wish he had not SO
gtrenuousiy advocated large families.
James o. Davidson Is our second d
governor. Dewey was the FIRST, for
the state, General Henry Dodge was
for. the territory. There were two rs
LEONARD J. Farwel and Lucius Fair
child Two were B's-William A.
Barstow and Coles Bashford. OF SIS
there were three--Edward Solomon,
William r. Smith and Edward SEQ.
field or Ms there was but one. and
no, Judge Arthur Macarthur, served
only FIVE days There were three L's
James r. Lewis. Harrison Ludlng.
ton and Robert NJ In Toilette Two
were H's-Louls r. Harvey and VIII.
lam Dempgter Hoard There were