The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-02-07


Jack and Ruth cuddled close to their
uncle in the back seat Of Daddy's auto
mobile which was spinning along at a
merry clip, "I told you last week shout
a funny dinner party given by the
Democrats in Washington not long ago
at which many Of the men spoke who
want to run for president on the D.m
ocratic ticket next November. won't
have time to tell you your story to-
night so I am going to tell you now
about the kind Of man I think ought
to be our next president."
"Who is hei' asked Jack.
No, Jack, I didn't say 1 would tell
you who 7 think should be our n ut
presden, but tie and of . msn Lc
must be. So listen closely. In the FIRST
place, for the past seven years our
country has been run by bunch of
men who had at their head q man who
never had served either in the house
of Representatives. at Washingt~l r.
the senate. I mean Of course Woodrow
Wilson. Net having served in either
Of thos. inns ortapf bodies Of cur gov.
eminent he was less able to understand
how the men who are in them fss. and
how he shoull deal with them. Be.
cause he oever sat IN either the pouse
or tho Semitic he could not kn.w as
much abou: oar government as be
should. do not n, N. that We cannot
have go0f presidents unless thay have
been representatives or senators but
want to make you understand that
when president has had that exper-
fence he is better able to run the gov
eminent. He knows more about it and
can deal with congress in a much bet
ter way.'
Have We ever had president who
had been senator or representative 20
asked JaAk.
Yes, Jack, many of them. As You
know, the senate and the house are
known as our legislative bodies. Be-
fore and during the revolution in 1776
when our country was freed from Great
Britain and for a while afterward
there was one legislative body and it
was called the Continental Congress.
Our first three presidents, George
Washington, John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson, were members of this body
before being elected president. Tho
fourth president, James Madison, was
a member of the house Of representa-
tives before being elected.
James Monroe was senator from
Virginia from 1890 to 1894. He was
first elected president in 1917. John
Quincy Adams served in the senate
from Massachusetts from 1902 to 1909,
He also served in the house and was
elected president in 1925. Andrew
Jackson served one year in the senate
from 1897 to 1898, and again from
1898 to 1925. He was first elected
president in 1928. He too, served in
the house. Martin vanBuren was SEN
ator from New York from 1929 to 1928.
He was elected vice-president in 1889
and president in 1885. William Henry
Harrison served in the senate from
Ohio from 1925 to 1899 and was elect.
cd president in 1910. He served in the
house. John Tyler was senator from
Virginia from 1927 to 1896. In 1910
he was elected vice-president on the
ticket with Harrison and became presi
dent when Harrison died month at.
ter his Inauguration. He had served
in the house. Franklin Pierce, who
was elected president in 1889, served
in the senate from Now Hampshirc
from 1887 to 1872, and also in the
house. Abraham Lincoln served one
term in congress and eight years in the
Illinois legislature. Andrew johnson
served in the house and in the senate
from Tennessee from 1857 to 1862 III
1854 he WIS elected vice-presidant on
the ticket with Lincoln and became
president after Lincoln g assassination.
He was again elected senator in 1878,
being the trly president to be elected
to the senate after his term in .le
White House. James A. Garfield tc.v.
ed n the house AMI he was also electad
to the senate from Ohio but was elect.
ed president in 1880 before it was time
for him 70 take his seat in the senate.
benjamin Harrison was senator from
Indiana f.om 1881 to 1887. AMI was
elected president in 1888. William Nc.
Kinley was never in the senate but &c
served IN the house.
II didn't know there were SO ma..,"
exclaimed Jack.