Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

II John Coolidge carries out his re-
ported intention to engage in the rail-
road business as a profession, he Will
swell the list of living sons of Presi-
dents who have Stunned politics to en-
brace the more certain futures offered
by the law, arts and letters and the IN
dustrial or commercial fields.
or the N sons of Presidents stu
living only have ever held punllc
Office. while of the remaining 10 the
law has attracted most. Two are neaos
of colleges: two are In the shipping in
dustrv. one is an architect. another a
Judge, one owns and operates hotel
bearing the name of the ~. S. Grant
Hotel" and two others are in retire
ment after serving in the Regular Army
and as pioneer In the mining industry
Among the seven who have followed
in the political footsteps OF their
fathers. one, James Rudolph Garfield,
now a LAWYER of Cleveland, Ohio. at
tanned the eminence Of q cabinet post,
having served as Secretary OF the In
terror under the Roosevelt admiIlistra-
ton. This distinction came To him
after he first served In the Ohio state
Senate, and in Federal assignments as
member of the United States Civil
Service Commission and as commits
sioner of corporations in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Roosevelt Cabinet Assistant.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr came close
to a cabinet post. having served as AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy in the
Harding and Coolidge regimes until ne
resigned to become candidate for the
Republican governorship OF New YORK
in 1924.
A small part In the conduct of the
Federal Government was also esSayed
by another Presidents son, Ulysses 5.
Grant, ir., who served as secretary to
his father during the last year and a
half of the Grant administration.
Politically active In State affairs won
membership in the Indiana House and
Senate for Russell Benjamin Harrison,
son of Benjamin Harrison, the twenty
third President. who is nov a prac-
tlcing lawyer i'm indianapolis. SINH
larly Robert Taft son of Chief Justice
william Howard Taft, served as Repub-
lican floor leader In the Ohio House
of Representatives His brother.
Charles r. Taft. ID Is now serving az
prosecuting attorney for Hamilton
County. Ohio. but recently was defeated
for denomination for that post In not
political primary, in which the TWO
RATS were found to be In different
wings of the Republican party
Tylers Son Was Judge.
David Gardiner Tyler. son of the
tenth President of the United States.
also was politically active In his native
state of Virginia serving at one time
ms a Judge there His brother. DR.. Lyon
TYLER a noted educator and author, IN
the late eighties served as member
of the Virginia House Of Delegates.
Four sons OF President James A. Gar
field are stiil living. while three of the
Roosevelt family are carrying on the
illustrious name of their parent, TWO
Tafts and two Grants survive, Wniie
the other Presidents sons include Col
Webb c. Hayes, retired Army ofilcer
living in Ohio, and Richard Folsom
Cleveland, lawyer residing IN Boston.
The living sons of Presidents were the
invited guests at the Gridiron dinner
held here on December g. 1923. when
All responded except the Tylers and
Grants. Calvin Coolidge, son OF Pres
ident Coolidge, and Robert Todd Linz
coin, son of Abraham Lincoln, have
since died
Exclusive OF those who have been
politically prominent. the Presidents
son, who perhaps Is best known. Is Dr.
Harry A. Garfield. president Of Williams
College, who has iust closed the eighth
annual Institute of Politics at Williams
town. Mass. The nearest approach TO
political service that DR.. Garfield has
performed was perhaps during the
World War, when he was called to
Washington by President Wilson and
made United States fuel administrator.
THE other Gartieds include Abfam
garfield an architect in Cleveland
James r.. Garfield, former Secretary OF
the Interior, now practicing law IN
Cleveland, and irwin Mcdowell Garfield
of Boston,
Rooseveits In Industrial Life.
The three Roosevelts have taken their
places In the industrial life OF the
Nation. with Theodore. jr, known as
Young Teddy" being active In New
York financial circles. and Kermit and
Archibald being associates in executive
capacities with the Roosevelt Steamship
Co and the Kerr Steamship Co, operat-
ing two large fleets of American flag
vessels in the South American trade,
The Rooseveits and the Tafts are
hest remembered rs White House chill
dren. both Charles r, and Robert going
to Central High School here during the
term of their father In the presidency,
and the RooSevelts going To Force
school during the strenuous period OF
their fathers administration. The
Taits and the Roosevelts also served
In the World War. Kermit Roosevelt
first served with the British before the
entrance OF the United states In the
war, Theodore, ir,, commanded the
oeth Infantry and was wounded, ana
thatr brother Quentin was killed in an
airplane engagement In the service,
Charles p. Taft also won widespread
notice while serving as president OF the
International Y, Nj. g. A., being the
Youngest man ever To attain this dis
tlnetlon. Though both TAFT boys are
members of the Same law Arm In Gin
cinnati their political alignments are
not the same. Charles has been iden'l-
fled with the citizens committee, a re-
form organization In Hamilton County,
and was elected prosecuting attorney