The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-05
V|CE-PRES|DENTS
WHO ARE FAMOUS
Second Place on Ticket Not Good
Training School for
Presidency.
FEW ATTAIN HIGHER OFFICE
Only Three Have Been Able to
Use Position as Stepping
Stone.
FEW ATTAIN HIGHER OFFICE
tspecia, TO The Times-Dispatch. ]

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Washington. March 4--When
Thomas X. Marshall entered upon the
duties or Vice President to-day he
found that tho forefathers who draft
ed the system of government consti
tuted him reserve. with few duties
to perform and littlo responsibility to
shoulder. unless called upon to fill
vacancy In the presidency.
The manner OF election OF this Off
Ger is similar TO that prescribed for
choosing the President. and his term,
fixed by the Constitution, is for the
same period. In case. however, the
situation should arise that none Of
the candidates voted for has n ma
jority OF the electoral votes. the final
selection OF Nice-Presidcnt Is left
with the Senate. whereas that OF
President must be made By the House
John TYLER. OF Virginia, was the FIRST
Vice President to succeed to the pres
idency by right or his office William
Henry Harrison. having been elected
as ninth President OF the United
States. died on April 4. lS4l. one month
after his inauguration. and two days
later Mr.. Tyler took the oath OF office
as President. lie served out tho term
OF nearly four years
Zachary Taylor's death ION July o,
1850. caused the duties of the Office to
devolve upon Vice-President Willard
Fillmore, or New YORK.
An assasslns bullet elevated An
drew Johnson to the presidency. Abra-
liam Lincoln. the sixteenth Presi-
dent, was shot on the night of April
IA. 1865, and died the following morn
ing. Mr.. Johnson taking the oath Of
Office that Same day. Mr.. Johnson had
n very turbulent administration, and
was the first and thus far the only
occupant OF the White House to face
an Impeachment trial. The vote when
taken lacked a few OF the two thirds
required to convict and Mr.. johnson
served out the term. After his re-
ttrement, he WAS elected 10 serve in
the very body by which ne had been
tried. Iie died while serving In the
Senate.
Chester y. Arthur. OF New York. was
the fourth American to Inherit tho
presidency James A Garfield. the
twentieth President. was shot by an
ASSASSIN July .. 1881. but fingered un-
I'll September 10 OF that year
| The assassination Of President VIII
liam Mckinley placed Theodore RooAe
velt in the White House Mr.. Mckinley
| was shot while attending the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo. n. Y
| September .. 1901. and died on Sep
TENDER IL. Mr.. Roosevelt taking the
oath OF Office that same day In Buff
I falo.
The vice presidency. since the early
! days OF the republic. has not proven
n very successful training school for
/ the presidency. Only three OF the Vice
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. being made O.
| Mr.. Roosevelt, who filled the office be
I fore being elected to it--have at the
/ expiration OF their terms. been elected
/ to the presidency John Adams. who
was Vice President during both terms
( of Washington. was elected third
Z President OF the United Statee. Thomas
| Jefferson served as Vice President un-
der Mr.. Adams. defeated tho latter
when he ran for recollection. and Martin
| Van Buren,. having filed the vice pres
! idency during tho second administra
ton of Andrew Jackson. was elected
TO the presidency at tho expiration OF
Jackson's term.