Evening star., 1921-07-05

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One former President was later COM
Of tie armies OF the
nation. another was a leader In the
lower house of Congress for a consiorr-
able period, third was elected 10 the
United States Senate. another was
prominent in the congress OF tne NoiI-
fedcrate states and several others
manned active in politics after reliquish-
ing their posts ,-o-
George Washington retired IN l9'
after serving two terms. In 1898. how.
ever. the French, under Napoleon. nau
become so overbearing and insulting 10
the young American republic tnae d
state of war existed. The great
ington was induced to become the COLI
o( the provisional arnis
which was formed to tight the ie..n' M
and he rc-entered public lie lor SC
son. He died the next year-oii
ber IA. 1899. ,,.
When John Adams retired from i iiie
he withdrew from puphC liie
for all time. Adams was a great s.Lio'i 81, ti :,
and his last years were spent win 20
books. He lived for quarter OF
century after leaving the n,.e .ao I'm in'
and saw the day when his son was IN,
augurated President. Strangely, ne oieo
on the flftieth anniversary OF the Decla-
ration of Independence. and on the pre-
cise day when his great political loe'
Thomas Jefferson. passed away.
Founder of University.
1t was on March 4. 1909. that Jefferson
left the White House after forty years
of nubl;c service. jefferson in his de-
cI;nrnp years founded the University OF
Virginia. and he regarded this work as
SO important that On his tomD ne hau
written the following words: here
was buried Thomas Jefferson. author OF
the Declaration of American lndepeh-
dance of the statute of Virginia for
religious freedom and father OF the
University OF Virginia.
lanes Madison retired to his Mont
pelier estate in Virginia in 1871. anu .is
home became n rendezvous lot hltlhi
folk. He emerged into public lie Ior
ING member of the Virginia constitu-
,ionaI convention. He died in 1880 al
eirhty-fiye the oldest age attained by
a President of the United states.
After his retirement in 1923 James
Monroe held two public posts; one
regent of the University OF virginia
q nd the other as delegate to the Nir-.
.,,ri, constitutional convention OF
1929. He was the third PRESIDENT to
die on July 4. the year OF mis- death
beng 1881. ,a.ue
to demonstrate that man can actu
ally come into greater 1ame as
member of Congress than as Presi :
dent Adams was defeated for re-elec-
tion by Andrew Jackson and he re-
tired in 1929. In the following year
he was elected to the national HOUSE
of REPRESENTATIVES, from his Massa'
chuSettS district.
In Congress he became a leaoer. es
necially OF the anti-slavery movement
He died in the public service. drop
pinE dead in the House in lsis.
Andrew Jackson, on his retirement
in 1897. withdrew to the Hermitag
at Nashville. Tenn. He continued te
take an active interest in MS par
but held no public office and died II
1s45, at the age of seventy-eight.
In Politics Many Ienrs.
Martin Van Buren was in polite:
from his earliest years and he re.
Ills retirement from the White House
in 1S4l. Defeated by Harrison IT
1s4e, in 1914 he again sought the
democratic nomination. He mad
majority of the vote on eight ballots
but seeing the impossibility OF mar.
shailing the necessary two-thirds: ne
Withdrew from the contest. In ls4s
he was the presidential nominee OF
the Free Sellers. but he failed 10 ee
a single electoral vote: He dieo II
1852. at the age Of eighty.
Death removed William Henry Har'
rison soon after his Inauguration. ant
he was succeeded by John Tyler. "nt
failed to obtain nomination from AZ: !
marty and left the presidency IN 1892
Tn1er was against disunion in 1856
and he presided over the peace con
ference" in Washington in February
1851 He was elected to the Nlrglnls
secession convention and he there ad
yocated secession as the only loglca
course for the south TO take; ~
served in the provisional ConIeoeral'
Congress and was elected to the per.
nant congress, but he died in 1882
hnfn,a II convened. He was the onl!
former president to support the Con
lanes X. Polk died in the June fol
,ow;ne his relinQuishing or the preSI
dency. in 1s4s. and Zachary Iayior
his successor, died in once.
Candidate of Know-Nothfngs.
M,llard Fillmore failed to win re-
nomjnation at the hands OF tn'
Wings, and in 1853 he left the ,' Mhi5'
House to travel in Europe. M, sa
absent. in 1855, he was s,tinstion noI1, o. o.
the presidency by a comolna.ioii ~
Whites and Know -nothings. pu
MarvIand was the only state he car
ried. He died in 1874.
Franklin Pierce laid down I'M
presidential duties in 1857. and are
three wears of travel in Europe ne re
tired to his New Hampshire hoihe
and died in 1863. :,
pnhlic affairs after he turned M
office over to Lincoln in 1851. ID.
Was the only bachelor President, ane
he lived at his Pennsylvania hom'
until his death in 1865. :,
Abraham Lincoln passed away II
HIS nrime as the result OF the as
sas.;p's bullet while he was President
Andrew johnson left the natfona
capital in 1869. He went BACK U
Tennessee in 1875 anu was elected
United States senator, following severa
defeats for that post. His career ther
was short. as he died the same year
U. S. Grant, after he quite the preSl
dency. made a triumphant tour OF IN
world following the expiration Of hi
term in 1877. His friends attempte'
to renominate him in 1880, but tn
move failed, and Garfield was nomi
mated, Grant then entered the bank
ing business in New York. He ais
wrote his momoirs. The soldie
President died in 1885 at the age
sixty-three. \.
semi-public affairs after leaving
Washington in 1881. He was promi
nent in social work and served a
president of the National Prison AS
sociation. He lived until 1893.
James A. Garfield died in office, an
Chester A. Arthur, who succeeded him
passed away the year after his re
tirement in 1885.
Cleyeland's Professionnl Life.
After his first retirement in 1885
Grover Cleveland went to New Yorl
city and practiced law, and he was s
prominent before the people that tn
democrats made him their nomine
for a third time, and he was re-electe
in 1892. Cleveland's second term ex
pired in 1897. and he retired to Prince
ton, N. J., where he became a truste
of Princeton University and a lee
turer. He also found time to writ