The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-25
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Average Age of the Presidents

From the Seattle Times.
 Sentiment common to the human race leads to an inquiry like this: At what age should men be rendered in- eligible to the presidency of the United States"
 Since age seems to have but very little to do with the ups and downs of human life-and sets no. limit to success in the business world-it might be answered that there is no limit to the age of a candidate for the presidency
 Patrick Henry declared that he knew Of no lamp by which to guide his fu- ture footsteps than the lamp of expe- r1ence. So we might refer to the ages Of Presidents when they entered that high office with propriety
 Washington. was only 57 years old but he served as President eight years making him 65 when he retired
 John Adams was 61, serving but one term and therefore retiring at the same as Washington.
 Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison entered the White House at 57 and retired at 65 as each served eight years. James Monroe was 5S but he served eight years, retiring at 66.
 The second Adams was 57, but served only one term.
 General Jackson was 61 and therefore So when he retired, having served eight years.
 Van Buren was 54 when elected and 56 when he retired.
 The elder Harrison was 6s-but he lived but month in the White House
 James K. Polk was 49, but he served | but four years. General Taylor. who had won his spurs in the Mexican war. was 64, but he served but one year and four months
 Fillmore. who completed the Taylor term was but 50 years of age-and
 Franklin Pierce was but AS, retiring at 52
 James Buchanan was 52--but he died at 69.
 Abraham Lincoln was 52-but he died at the hand of an assassin after 40 months of service. Andrew Johnson, who served out the last term of Lincoln, was but 56 when inaugurated. General Grant was but 46 when elected in 1868 and but 54 when he re- tired at the end of eight years, being the youngest President but one the na- ton ever chose.
 General Hayes was 54 and served but
 one term. General Garfield was 49, but served six and half months having been as- sa assinated by Guiteau on the second day of July, after his inauguration on March 4. dying on September 19. fol- lowing.
 General Arthur was 50 years old and simply filled the unexpired, term of Garfield
 Grover Cleveland was 47 years old when first elected. but 59 years old at the end of his second term, one term having intervened. William Mckinley was A years of age land served one full term and six months of A second when he was assassinated at Buffalo. l Roosevelt was 42 years of age when l he entered the presidency to fill the sec ond term of three and half years of Mckinley: but 45 years old when elect ed as President to succeed himself. | Judge Taft was 51 years of age and 55 when he retired. I Woodrow Wilson was 56 years of age and if he lives to fill out his term or office he will be SO when that term shall have closed. l Thus it will be observed that the av-
 craze age of the 2S Presidents is right
 around 5S years when they took office
 but even this precedent could easily be changed.
 Joseph Cannon. former speaker of the House. is 7S years of age, yet he was as vigorous one year ago last March when l he retired from Congress as he ever was and is now candidate for re-e1ec- i, tion which would make him past s0 wears of age at the end of his term if i he shall be successful