Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13
DEATHS OF OUR
VICE PRESIDENTS
Six Of Sherman's Predecessors
Died In Office
-FOUR OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER
The First Was George Clinton-Others
Were Elbridse Gerry, William r
King, Henry Wilson, Thomas A
Hendricks and Carrot A. Hobart.

James S. Sherman was the seventh
vice president to die In Office. OF TIL
six deaths already on record four oc
Cured In November. The first wa
George Clinton of New York, VIII,
died April 20, 1912, at the age o
seventy-three. The others were I'll
bridge Gerry of Massachusetts, Nov
%, 1914, at the age of seventy
William II. King of Alabama, April Il
1858, at the age Of sixty-seven; Henri
Wilson of Massachusetts, Nov. 30
1875, at the age Of sixty three; Thoma!
A. Hendricks of Indiana, Nov. -
1885, at the age of slxty-six, and Gar
ret A. Hobart of New Jersey. Nov
81, 1899, at the age Of fifty-five.
William X. King took the oath o.
Office in Cuba, where he had gone oil
account Of i'll health. He never pre-
sided over the senate. Clinton, Gerry
and Wilson died in Washington, ant
Clinton and Gerry were buried in til,
Congressional cemetery. King was
buried In Dallas county, Ala, Hen
bricks In Indianapolis and Hobart in
Paterson, n. j.
Became Presidents.
II Is worth noting that only -four
vice presidents Of the United States
were afterward elected to the presi
dency. They were John Adams
Thomas jefferson, Martin Van Buren,
and Theodore Roosevelt. Five sue
ceeded to the presidency through the
death Of the chief executive. These
were John Tyler, Willard Fillmore,
Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur
and Theodore Roosevelt.
Vice presidents who were renominat
ed or reelected were John Adams, vice
president 1889 and 1892 and president
1796; Thomas jefferson, vice president
17D8 and president 1900; George Clinton,
vice president 1904 and 1903; Daniel ID
Tompkins, vice president 1916. and
1920; John @. Calhoun, vice president
1924 and 1923; Martin Van Buren,. vice
president 1882 and president 1886; X.
N. Johnson, vice president 1886, re-
and defeated 1910; Thomas
A Hendricks, nominated with Tilden
in 1875. elected with Cleveland in
1884.
Prior to the amendment Of the con
stftution in 1904 the candidate for the
receiving the highest vote
was declared president and the one re
ceiving the next highest vote vice pres
ident, there being no direct candidate
for the second place. After that date
the electors voted separately for candi
dates for the two offices.
The Senate Functions.
In the senate the functions exercised
by Mr.. Sherman fall to the office of
president pro tempore Of that body, an
office which happens at the present
time to be vacant. But the president
pro TEN OF the senate does not thereby
become, as was once the case, link
In the chain Of the presidential success
sion. The law governing the success
sion to the presidency was enacted
Jan. 10, 1886, and Its leading section
reads:
Be 1t enacted, ETC., That In case of re-
moval, death, resignation or inability OF
both the president and the vice president
OF the United States the secretary of state
or - secretary of the treasury or .
secretary of war or ," attorney general
or . postmaster general or 80 secre-
tary of the navy or - secretary of the
interior shall act as president until the
disability Of the president or vice presi-
dent is removed or a president shall be
elected.
The law also provides that when
one Of the above cabinet officers sue
ceeds to the presidency he shall call
special session of congress. A proviso
limits the succession to those cabinet
officers who would be eligible to the
under the terms of the con
stitution and who have been appointed
with the advice and consent of the sen
ate.