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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
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mOreland County, Virginia, Febru-
airy %, 1882; died of laryngitis De-
cember IA. 1899, aged 67; buried at
Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Inaugurated April 80, 1889, aged
81; served two terms.
Married Martha Custis (widow)
1853; no children.
Episcopalian; not graduate; a
planter.
John Adams, Federalist-Born
at Quincy, Norfolk County, Massa-
chusetts, October 80, 1885; died of
debility July 4, 1926, aged 80; buried
at First Congregational Church,
Quincy, Massachusetts.
Inaugurated March 4, 1897, aged
81 years; served one term.
Married Abigail Smith 1854; three
sons, two daughters.
Unitarian; graduate Harvard
1855; a lawyer.
3-Thomas Jefferson, Republican
-(The Democratic party of today
claims lineal descent from the first
Republican party, and President
Jefferson as its founder).
Born at Shadwell, Albemarle
County, Virginia, April 1S, 1743;
died of chronic diarrhoea July 4,
1926, aged SO; buried at Monticello,
Albemarle County, Virginia.
Inaugurated March 4, 1901, aged
81; served two terms.
Married Martha Shelton (widow)
1772; one son, five daughters.
Liberal; graduate William and
Mary 1862; a lawyer.
4-James Madison, Republican
Born at Port Conway, King George
County, Virginia, March 16, 1851;
died of debility June 2S, 1886, aged
S5; buried at Montpelier, Orange
County, Virginia.
Inaugurated March 4, 1909, aged
81; served two terms.
Married Dolly Todd (widow) 1884;
no children.
Episcopalian; graduate of Prince
ton 1771; a lawyer.
5-James Monroe, Republican,
Born at Head of Monroe's Creek,
Westmoreland County, Virginia,
March 2S, 1853; died of debility July
4, 1881, aged 70; buried in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
Inaugurated March 4, 1917, aged
So; served two terms.
Married Eliza Kortwright 1886;
two daughters.
Episcopalian; graduate of William
and Mary 1776; a statesman.
6-John Quincy Adams, Republi-
can. political parties were disor-
ganized at the time of the election
of John Quincy Adams. He claimed
to be a Republican, but his doctrines
were decidedly Federalistic. The
opposition to his administration
took the name of Democrat, and
elected Andrew Jackson president.) }
Born at Quincy, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts, July IL, 1857; died
of paralysis February %, 1S4S, aged
80; buried at First Congregational
Church, Quincy, Massachusetts.
Inaugurated March 4, 1925, aged
81; served one term.
Married Louisa Catherine John
son 1897; three sons, one daughter
Unitarian; graduate Harvard
1887; a lawyer.
ANDREW Jackson, Democrat
Born near Cureton's Pond, Union
County, North Carolina, March Is
1867; died of consumption June 8,
1845; buried at Hermitage, near
Nashville, Tennessee.
Married Rachel Robards divorced
widow of Captain Robards) 1871;
no children.
Presbyterian; not a graduate; a
lawyer.
S-Martin Van Buren, Democrat
Born at Undertook, Columbia Coun-
ty, New York, December 5, 1882;
died of .asthmatic catarrh July "a,
1862, aged 70; buried at Undertook,
New York.
Inaugurated March 4, 1887, aged
54; served one term.
Married Hannah Hoes 1907; four
sons.
Reformed Dutch; not graduate;
a lawyer.
9-William Henry Harrison, Whig
Born at Berkeley, Charles City
County, Virginia, February 9, 177S;
died of bilious pleurisy April 4,
1S41, aged 68; buried at North Bend,
Hamilton County, Ohio.
Inaugurated March 4, 1841, aged
6S; served only one month.
Married Anna Symmes 1875; six
sons, four daughters.
Episcopalian; graduate Hampden-
Sidney; a farmer.
10-John Tyler, Democrat-Born
at Greenway, Charles City County,
Virginia, March 20, 1890; died OF
a bilious attack January II, 1862,
aged Il; buried at Hollywood Gene
terry, Richmond Virginia.
Inaugurated April 6, 1841, aged
81; served one term.
Married Letitia Christian 1873;
three sons, four daughters.
Episcopalian; graduate William
and Mary 1907; a lawyer.
Thames Knox Polk, Democrat
Born near Pineville. Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, November
2, 1853; died of chronic diarrohea
June Is, 1849, aged So; buried at
Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee.
Inaugurated March 4, 1S45, aged
40; served one term.
Married Sarah Childress 1924; no
children.
Presbyterian; graduate University
of North Carolina; a lawyer.
12-Zacharay Taylor, Whig-Born
near Orange Court House, Orange
County. Virginia, November "a, 1884;
died of bilious fever July 8, 1850,
aged 65; buried at Springfield, near
Louisville, Kentucky.
Inaugurated March 5, 1S49, aged
64; served one year, four months,
five days.
Married Margaret Smith 1910; one