The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-26
AND VIRGINIA
OF PRESIDENTS"
0hio'S Presidents, Except Nc
kinIey, Were Elected For
One Term Only.

Of Massachusetts and William Il. Mag
mum of North Carolina. But in 1910
Harrison defeated him when he ran
for second term and Taylor did the
same thing eight years later, when Van
Buren, had again secured the nomina-
ton. When Cleveland was elected to
his first term in 1884 he was governor
of the state of New York. but so close
was the contest between him and
Blaine that the Maine man almost sue
ceeded in keeping him out Of the pres
idency and in the governorship.
Except in the case of William Nc
Kinley, the men whom Ohio furnished
for the presidency were elected to one
term only. William II. Harrison was
the first Ohio man to go to the White
House and Rutherford Il. Hayes the
second, who defeated Samuel ]. Tllden
of New York al,er a memorable bat
tie. James \. Garfield left his Ohio
home in 1881 as president. and he new
er returned to it as a private citizen,
/ for an assassin cut short his career.
/ The next president from Ohio. William
Mckinley, met death in public office,
as had Garfield.
Only seven other states besides
Ohio. New York and Virginia have
been represented in the White House.
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire. LOuisi-
ana and Indiana each have one first
citizen" to point to. The political bat
tie of 1856 gave Pennsylvania her only
president, James Buchanan, who was
a Democrat. Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire was selected in 1854 as n
dark horse" and he was successful
| in the election. defeating General
Scott. Zachary Taylor is Louisiana's
only president, and Benjamin Harri-
son remains the one president whom
Indiana can boast of, but not as a
product of Hoosier politics. President
Harrison had little faith in the ways
of the politicians, who had been large
ly responsible for his defeat Of Cleve-
land, and when Senator Quay called
upon him shortly after his Inaugural
tion with the expectation Of receiving
Harrison's generous thanks for the
success that had attended Quay's eff
forts he was considerably taken aback
when the president congratulated him
that Providence had been with them
throughout the campaign and carried
them safely through.
For her presidents Massachusetts, has
to go back many years and pick out
father and son, John Adams and
John Quincy Adams. When the latter
ran for Office in 1923 he defeated two
southerners, Henry Clay of Kentucky
and Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.
But Jackson came back four years
later and defeated John O.. who was
! seeking reelection. When Jackson ran
for a second term in 1882 and got it
his opponents were Henry Clay, John
Floyd Of Virginia and William Writ
! Of Maryland. Tennessee had two 9TH
er presidents besides Jackson. One
was James K. Polk, who also defeat
ed Clay, and the other was Andrew
Johnson, whose administration of his
powers as chief executive after sue
ceeding Lincoln In office, reflected no
credit on himself or his state. Lincoln
was one Of the two presidents claim
ed by Illinois. and Grant is the other.
Both We're elected to two terms, and
Grant earnestly sought a third term.
/ When the Republicans nominated
Grant in 1868 he was not a Repub-
llcan and never had been. He had
never voted a Republican ticket, nor
did he cast Republican ballot until
he had been eight years a Republican
| president