The Presidents of the United States. 137 spondence with the families of the ex-Presidents. (Compiled for THE WORLD ALMANAC from published memoirs, newspaper records, and personal correTHE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES-Their biogRAPHIES IN BRIEF, will be found on second following pagc.) The references 8 Van Buren..|December 5, 1782.. 11.. Polk. 20.. Garfield. 21.. Arthur. Theodore Roosevelt Alphonso Taft Joseph R. Wilson Clergyman VOCATION. BIRTH. (Place). College. Yr. Grad.‡ Near Bridges Creek, Westmoreland Co., Va Surveyor. Planter. None Teacher.. Lawyer.. Harvard. 1755 Lawyer.. Lawyer. William and Mary 1762 Port Conway, King George County, Va Lawyer. Lawyer. Princeton. 1771 Lawyer... St'sman* William and Mary. 1776 Lawyer.. Near Cureton's Pond, Union County, N. C.. Lawyer.. In Early Life. Lawyer. Lawyer.. Lawyer.. Harvard. . 1787 When Elected. Point Pleasant, Clermont County, O Soldier. Soldier West Point 1843 Lawyer. Lawyer.. Kenyon 1842 Teacher Lawyer... Williams. 1856 Teacher Lawyer.. Union.. 1848 Teacher Lawyer. None. Lawyer.. Lawyer.. Miami University. 1853 Lawyer... Lawyer.. 22, 24.. Cleveland... March 18. 1837... Caldwell, Essex County. Ñ. J. . Publicist. Lawyer.. Teacher Pub.ofclal None. Harvard. No. PRESIDENT. The Centre of Population. THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES-Continued. Cause of Death. 21..Arthur. Bright's Disease. 22,24.. Cleveland... Debility. 23.. B. Harrison. Pneumonia 25. McKinley.. Assassination. 139 Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Y. NOTES TO THE TABLES OF THE PRESIDENTS, * Monroe abandoned the profession of law when a young man, and was afterward, and until his election, always holding public office. † Jackson called himself a South Carolinian, and his biographer, Kendall, recorded his birthplace in Lancaster Co.. S. C.; but Parton has published documentary evidence to show that Jackson was born in Union Co., N. C., less than a quarter mile from the South Carolina line. ‡ Or of departure from college. & Widows. Their maiden names are in parentheses. She was the divorced wife. of Captain Robards. (a) The Democratic party of to-day claims lineal descent from the first Republican party, and President Jefferson as its founder. (b) Political parties were disorganized 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 Democrats, and elected Jackson President. (c) Randall, the biographer of Jefferson, declares that he was a believer in Christianity, although not a sectarian. (d) While President Johnson was not a church-member, he was a Christian believer. His wife was a Methodist. Adams was in Washington's first inauguration was in New York, and his second in Philadelphia. augurated in Philadelphia, and Jefferson and the Presidents following elected by the people, in the city of Washington. Arthur took the Presidential oath of office first in New York City. John Adams and Jefferson died on the same day, the Fourth of July, 1826, and Monroe died on the Fourth of July five years later. John Quincy Adams was a Representative and Andrew Johnson a Senator in Congress after the expiration of their Presidential terms, and both died while holding those offices. Tyler was a Representative in the Confederate Congress from Virginia, and died in office. Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley were assassinated while in office. Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14, 1865, from a pistol shot fired by John Wilkes Booth, who was killed near Fredericksburg, Va., April 26, 1865, by Sergeant Boston Corbett. Garfield was shot in the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, Washington, D. C., July 2, 1881, and died at Elberon, Loug Branch, N. J., September 19, 1881. The assassin was Charles Jules Guiteau, who was hanged at Washington, D. C., June 30, 1882. McKinley was shot twice September 6, 1901, while in the Temple of Music of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., and died from his wounds at the home of John G. Milburn, Buffalo, September 14, 1901. The assassin was Louis Czolgosz, who was electrocuted at Auburn State Prison, New York, October 29, 1901. Jackson was shot at in the Capitol at Washington, D. C., January 29, 1835, by a house painter named Richard Lawrence, escaping because the pistol of the assassin missed fire. Ex-President Roosevelt was shot and wounded by John Schrank, an insane man, at Milwaukee, Wis., October 14, 1912. Cleveland after taking the oath as President, kissed the open Bible, his lips touching Psalm cxii.. verses 5-10, inclusive. Garfield's first act after taking the oath was to kiss his mother. The sixth President was the son of the second President, and the twenty-third President was the grandson of the ninth President. William Henry Harrison was the eighth and Benjamin Harrison the tenth in descent from Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Lincoln was the first President wearing a full beard. Grant the first wearing a mustache. Buchanan and Cleveland were bachelors when they entered the White House as Presidents, but Cleveland surrendered during his first term. Washington, Monroe, Pierce and Hayes were born on Friday. J. Q. Adams, Pierce and Garfield were inaugurated on Friday. Tyler, Polk and Pierce died on Friday. Lincoln was assassinated on Friday. Both were There were remarkable coincidences in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. born in Kentucky: Lincoln in 1809, Davis in 1808. Both removed from their native state in childhood, Lincoln to the Northwest, Davis to the Southwest. Lincoln was a Captain of Volunteers and Davis a Second Lleutenant of Regulars in the Black Hawk war of 1832. They began their political careers the same year, 1844. Lincoln being a Presidential Elector for Clay, and Davis for Polk. They were elected to Congress about the same time, 1845 and 1846. They were called to preside over their respective governments the same year and within a few days; Davis, February 8, 1861: Lincoln, March 4, 1861. Washington, Monroe, and Jackson were soldiers in the Revolutionary war; Jackson, W. H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Buchanan in the war of 1812-15; Lincoln in the Black Hawk war: Taylor, Pierce, and Grant in the Mexican war; Grant, Hayes, Garfield. Arthur, B. Harrison, and McKinley in the Civil War, and Roosevelt was in the war with Spain. Adams and Jefferson were signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Washington and Madison of the Constitution. Grant was christened Hiram Ulysses and Cleveland, Stephen Grover. W. H. Harrison was the oldest man elected to the Presidency, and Roosevelt the youngest, Grant being the next youngest by six months. Cleveland was the only President married in the White House, and his second daughter the only President's child born therein. Monroe's daughter (Mrs. Gouverneur), Tyler's daughter (Mrs. Waller), Grant's daughter (Mrs. Sartoris), Roosevelt's daughter (Mrs. Longworth) and Wilson's daughters, Jessie (Mrs. Sayre) and Eleanor (Mrs. McAdoo) were the only children of Presidents married therein. Wives of Tyler, Benjamin Harrison, and Wilson died in the White House. W. H. Harrison was father of the largest family, six sons and four daughters. Eight Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, W. H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson were Virginians by birth. Six Presidents: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B. Harrison, MeKinley, and Taft, were Ohioans by birth. 140 Presidential Elections-Continued. SUMMARY OF ELECTORAL VOTE, 1856-1916. 1789. Previous to 1804, each elector voted for two candidates for President. The one who received the largest number of votes was declared President, and the one who_received the next largest number of votes was declared Vice-President. The electoral votes for the first President of the United States were: George Washington, 69; John Adams, of Massachusetts, 34; John Jay, of New York, 9; R. H. Harrison, of Maryland, 6; John Rutledge, of South Carolina, 6; John Hancock, of Massachusetts, 4; George Clinton, of New York, 3; Samuel Huntingdon, of Connecticut, 2; John Milton, of Georgia, 2; James Armstrong, of Georgia; Benjamin Lincoln, of Massachusetts, and Edward Telfair, of Georgia, 1 vote each Vacancies (votes not cast), 4. George Washington was chosen President and John Adams Vice-President. 1792. George Washington, Federalist, received 132 votes; John Adams, Federalist, 77; George Clinton, of New York, Republican 50 Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, Republican, 4: Aaron Burr, of New York, Republican, 1 vote. Vacancies, 3. George Washington was chosen President and John Adams Vice-President. 1796. John Adams. Federalist, 71; Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 68: Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist. 59; Aaron Burr, of New York, Republican, 30; Samuel Adams. of Massachusetts, Republican, 15; Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut. Independent. 11: George Clinton, of New York, Republican, 7; John Jay, of New York, Federalist, 5: James Iredell, of North Carolina, Federalist, 3: George Washington, of Virginia; John Henry, of Maryland, and S. Johnson, of North Carolina, all Federalists, 2 votes each; Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist, 1 vote. John Adams was chosen President and Thomas Jefferson Vice-F resident. 1800. Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 73; Aaron Burr, Republican, 73; John Adams, Federalist, 65: Charles C. Pinckney, Federalist, 64; John Jay, Federalist, 1 vote. The re being a tie vote for Jefferson and Burr, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. Jefferson received the votes of ten States, which, being the largest vote cast for a candidate, elected him President. Burr received the votes of four States, which, being the next largest vote, elected him Vice-President. There were 2 blank votes. 1804. The Constitution of the United States having been amended, the electors at this election voted fo. a P esident and a Vice-President, instead of for two candidates for President. The result was as follows: For President, Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 162; Charles C. Pinckney, Federalist, 14. For Vice-President, George Clinton, Republican, 162; Rufus King, of New York, Federalist, 14. Jefferson was chosen President and Clinton Vice-President. 1808. For President, James Madison, of Virginia, Republican, 122; Charles C. Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist, 47; George Clinton, of New York, Republican, 6. For Vice-President. George Clinton, Republican, 113; Rufus King, of New York, Federalist, 47; John Langdon, of New Hampshire, 9; James Madison, 3; James Monroe, 3. Vacancy, 1. Madison was chosen President and Clinton Vice-President. 1812. For President, James Madison, Republican, 128; De Witt Clinton, of New York, Federalist, 89. For Vice-President, Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, 131; Jared Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, Federalist, 86. Vacancy, 1. Madison was chosen President and Gerry Vice-President. 1816. For President, James Monroe, of Virginia, Republican, 183; Rufus King. of New York, Federalist, 34. For Vice-President. Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, Republican, 183; John Eager Howard, of Maryland, Federalist, 22; James Ross, of Pennsylvania, 5; John Marshall, of Virginia, 4; Robert G. Harper, of Maryland, 3. Vacancies, 4. Monroe was chosen President and Tompkins Vice-President. 1820. For President, James Monroe, of Virginia, Republican 231; John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts, Republican, 1. For Vice-President, Daniel D. Tompkins, Republican, 218; Richard Stockton, of New Jersey, 8; Daniel Rodney, of Delaware, 4; Robert G. Harper, of Maryland, and Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, I vote each. Vacancies, 3. James Monroe was chosen President and Daniel D. Tompkins Vice-President 1824. For President, Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, Republican, 99; John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Republican 84; Henry Clay, of Kentucky. Republican, 37; William H. Crawford, of Georgia. Republican, 41. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Republican, 182; Nathan Sanford, of New York, Republican, 30: Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina Republican, 24; Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, Republican, 13; Martin Van Buren, of New York, Republican, 9; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Republican, 2: Calhoun was chosen Vice-President. 1828. For President, Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, Democrat, 178; John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, National Republican, 83. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Democrat 171: Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, National Republican, 83: William Smith, of South Carolina Democrat, 7. 1832. For President, Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, Democrat. 219; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, National Republican, 49; John Floyd, of Georgia. Independent, 11: William Wirt, of Maryland. AntiMason, 7. For Vice-President, Martin Van Buren, of New York, Democrat, 189; John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, National Republican, 49; Henry Lee, of Massachusetts, Independent, 11; Amos Elmaker, of Pennsylvania, Anti-Mason, 7; William Wilkins, of Pennsylvania Democrat, 30. 1836. For President, Martin Van Buren, of New York, Democrat, 170; Wm. Henry Harrison, of Ohio, Whig, 73; Hugh L. White, of Tennessee, Whig, 26; Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Whig, 14: Wm P. Mangum, of North Carolina. Whig, 11. For Vice-President, Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, Democrat, 147; F. Granger, of New York, Whig, 77: John Tyler, of Virginia, Whig, 47; Wm. Smith, of Alabama Democrat, 23. 1840. For President, William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, Whig, 234; Martin Van Buren, of New York, Democrat, 60. For Vice-President, John Tyler, of Virginia, Whig, 234; Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky Democrat, 48; Littleton W. Tazewell, of Virginia, Democrat, 11; James K. Polk, of Tennessee. Democrat. I. 1844. For President, J. K. Polk, of Tennessee, Democrat 170: H. Clay, of Kentucky, Whig. 10. For "Vice-President, G. M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Democrat, 170; T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. Wnig. 105. 1848. For President, Zach. Taylor, of Louisiana, Whig, 163; Lewis Cass. of Michigan, Democrat 127. For Vice-President. Millard Fillmore, of New York, Whig. 163; Wm. O Butler. of Kentucky, Democrat. 127. 1852. For President, Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, Democrat, 254; Winfield Scott, of New Jersey, Whig. 42. For Vice-President, William R. King of Alabama, Democrat, 254; William A. Grahani, of North Carolina, Whig, 42. |