Evening star., 1951-03-25

roiuS 1neaCer IN LnlS city and
died the next morning at 7:22
o'clock, at SIG Tenth street, oppo-
site the theater. The same morn
ing Mr.. Johnson took the oath of
office in the Kirkwood House at
II o'clock, site now of the
Raleigh Hotel.
President johnson was loyal to
the Union beyond question, and in
two instances. at least, members
OF his family made the supreme
sacrifice. One son, Charles, a
surgeon in the Navy, was killed
by being thrown from a horse in
1868, and Col. Slower, a son-in.
law, commanding the 4th Regi-
ment Of Tennessee Infantry was
later killed in the Battle of Nash
vile, while CALAMITY leading his
command, on the 18th of Decem-
ber, 1864.
| In 1868 President johnson re-
tanned his Office by but one vote,
after impeachment proceedings
had been instituted against him
and after a long trial. Much of
his administration was indeed
stormy and exciting, and con-
tributed to the press some very
interesting reading. Just before
his death he returned to WASH
ington and took his seat in the
Senate. to which he had been
elected.
Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur, as Vice
President succeeded in Office
the martyr President James A.
Garfield. on September 20. 1881,
at his New York residence, 1913
Lexington avenue, before Judge
John R. Brady Of the New York
Supreme Court. On the 22d the
oath was formally administered
again in the Vice Presidents room
in the United States Capitol
Building by Chief Justice Morrison
R. Waite.
Mr.. Arthur was about the most
lavish entertainer who ever occu-
pied the White House, and society
grieved when he did not receive
the nomination for a second term.
He was, like President Coolidge, a
Vermonter by birth, having been
born in Fairfield, Franklin Coun-
ty, October S. 1880. His death
occurred in New York City No
vember 18. 1886. Prior to this
time he erected a stained glass
window to the memory Of Mrs.
Arthur In old st. Johns Church.
His father. William Arthur, was a
clergyman.
| After the death Of President
Mckinley at Buffalo, N. Y.
September IA, 1901, Theodore
Roosevelt became the President at
the residence of Mr.. Wilcox, at
Buffalo, where he took the oath
of Office. In reply to the request
of Elihu Root, the Secretary of
War, that the oath be taken at
once, he said: II shall take the
oath of office in obedience to your
request, sir, and in doing so it
shall be my aim to continue abso-
lutely unbroken the policy Of
President Mckinley. which has
given peace, prosperity and honor
to our beloved country"
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was no
doubt the most spectacular of all
our Presidents. His life and char
acter are so well known to most
every one that they need not be
dwelt upon here.
Mr.. Coolidge also became Presi-
dent through the death of Presi-
dent Harding which occurred at
the Palace Hotel, San Francisco,
Calf, on August 2, 1923. Presi-
dent Coolidge was sworn in by his
father. John c. Coolidge. The
oath was administered at 2:47
am. in the Plymouth Notch farm
house in which he spent his boy
hood days.
| OF the seven Vice Presidents
who have become Presidents
through the death of the execu-
tive while in Office, only Mr..
Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt
were able, subsequently, to run for
the Office and be elected. AL the
others failed. President johnson
even went so far. when he found
he could not be nominated by the
Republicans, as to desert the
party even before he left tho
White House and sought but
failed to receive the Democrats
nomination.
OF course, we must not leave out
of this story the name OF Presi.
dent Harry S. Truman, who sue
ceeded the late Franklin Delano
Roosevelt upon that Presidents
death.