The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-07
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE
THINGS THAT WILL DOUBTLESS
SURPRISE A NUMBER
OF READERS.
STATES FURNISHING PRESIDENTS
Occupation Of Those Who Have Been
Chosen Chief Executive OF the Ma
ton and the PredomInance Of the
Legal Fraternity.

People who believe that turn
about is fair play" could find lot of
justification for hoping Tor the nomi-
nation OF G. democratic candidate for
president who could carry the country
this fall. :.
Based purely on the numerical d.
vision of presidential elections in the
past, it's the democrats turn. Incl
deEtally the division of honors be-
tween the democrats and republicans
parties Cor the corresponding parties
that preceded them) could hardly
have been more exactly even had it
been made by mathematics instead
of politics.
The republican party tor It's prede-
cessors) has elected IL of its mem
bers president.
The democratic party Cor its pred
ecessors has elected 10 of it's men,
bers president.
The republican party has carried
10 national elections.
The democratic party has carried
Is national elections.
The republican party mas dominat-
ed the executive department Of the
government for a total Of Ga years.
The democratic party has dominat-
ed the executive department of the
government for total Of 60 years.
If a democratic president Is elect
ed this fall, the two big parties will
split almost squarely even on presi-
Dental honors from the founding Of
the government until 1916, a period of
1913 years
If Woodrow Wilson, Of New Jersey;
Champ Clark, of Missouri; William j.
Bryan, of Nebraska, or Oscar w. IN
derwood, of Alabama gets the demo-
cratic nomination for president and is
elected a new state will have joined
the family that boasts the proud IT,
tie Of Mother of Presidents" The
same will be true If Albert B. Cum
mis- gets the republican nomination
and IS elected. If Taft, Roosevelt,
Hughes or Harmon is the next presi-
deLt, no new state will be able to
claim son in the White House.
Cut of the whole army Of states
only ten have presented the country
with presidents. No president has
ever come west of the Mississippi.
Except Virginia and Tennessee no
Southern state except Louisiana has
furnished a president. Ohio, Virgin
la and New York have supplied the
greatest number-five each. New
England has furnished but one.
The ten states and their presidents
are:
New York-van Buren,, Fillmore,
Arthur, Cleveland, Roosevelt.
Ohio-W H. Harrison, Hayes. Gar
field, Mckinley. Taft
Virginia - Washington, Jefferson,
Badison, Monroe, Tyler.
Massachusetts, Adams, John
Quincy Adams.
Tennessee-Jackson, Polk, John
son.
Illinois-Lincoln, Grant.
MISUNDERSTANDING Harrison.
Observation-Disclosures.
Louisiara-Taylor.
New Hampshire-Pierce.
1t must cheer President Taft might.
lily these days to look over the list
Of presidents of the United states
and note the business, occupations
or professions from which the coun.
try has selected the chief executives.
Such personnel would likewise
be refreshing to LaFollette, Cummins
and Hughes, among the republican
aspirants, and to Wilson, Clark, Har.
mon and Bryan, among the democrat.
ic asrirants.
Nineteen Of the rs presidents have
been lawyers. In the list Of candi.
dates for standard bearer In both par
ties this year, only Roosevelt and Os-
car Underwood, the Alabama aspi.
rant, should feel any encouragement
in estimating their chances on the
basis of what has gone before.
These are the nineteen lawyer
presidents: John Adams, Jefferson,
Madison, John Quincy Adams, Jack.
soE, Van Buren,, Tyler, Polk, Fill.
more, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln,
Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland,
Benjamin Harrison, Mckinley, Taft
The vocation of the other seven
presidents at the time Of election
was:
Washington, planter.
Monroe, public official.
Eorrison. farmer.