Show X 0 7 11 pe w z 1 0 y X m V I 1 V A 0 7 m alit 1 17 4 X 4 I 1 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON P F one suddenly demanded that you nanie name the fourteenth president of the united states could you do it or if they sold said who was wag president just before millard fillmore fellmore and who just after him halml could you answer promptly if you were one of those persons persona who as a n schoolboy or girl had to learn the presidents in rhyme perhaps you could dont you remember it that long string of couplets which listed the presidents tsAn in order and to which some one added another couplet whenever a now new chief was elected if you here it lq a first stands the lofty washington that noble great immortal one ona the elder adams next wo we see and jefferson cornea comes number three the fourth to a madison you know the fifth on the tha list monroe the sixth an adams comes again and jackson jackan seventh in the train van auren eighth upon the line and harrlson counts number nine the tenth Is tyler in tits his turn and polk the eleventh as we learn the twelfth Is taylor that appears the thirteenth fillmore fills his years bearg then pierce comes fourteenth into view buchanan Is the fifteenth due now lincoln comes two terms to nil fill dut but god overrules oer rules the peoples will and johnson fills the appointed time cut short chort by an assassins crime next grant assumes the lofty sent seat theman the man who never knew defeat two terms to him then than ilayev succeeds and quietly the nation leads garneld comes next the peoples choice but soon ascends a mourning voice prom every hamlet bamlet in the land A brutal wretch with murderous hand strikes down the count rys chosen chief and anxious millions mourn in grief arthurs term was then begun which made the number twenty one then came the man alan of destiny gionest and strong in policy grover cleveland whose first term made the politicians squirm dut but when election day rolled round harrlson harrison was more popular fund found A mn of intellectual mold in action cautious manner cold so bo when his single term was waa over there followed tour four years more of 0 grover then the well beloved A mort efficient pilot proved A crazed assa assassin min laid him low again the nation voiced its woe to fill the interrupted term our teddy followed staunch and firm A fighting statesman forceful true and brilliant as a scholar too lie Ife taught the nation strenuous life yet kept tt it from internal strife next tatt raft the jurist reached the boal four quiet years he held control then woodrow wilson princeton man E eight ight fateful years of rule began beean for under him our armies bravo brave went forth a whole worlds peace to cave a ve the tha war was waa won but at what cost th the nation soon eoon this loader lost in peace was avia hardings term begun but death claimed him ere it was done then calvin coolidge calm and cool gave to our states a cautious rule but what couplet will be added next will it be something like this now herbert hoover of belgian beldam fame adds adde to the list the thirtieth name or will it read something like this and now the roll call here ends with champion alfred smith the answer will be written on nor november ember 0 6 but whichever it Is some new llev items will be added to the record of what may be called interesting facts about our presidents first or oc all consider the historical firsts which will rewritten be written into the annals of the nation no matter cheth er the ahe next occupant of the white house Is herbert 0 hoover or alfred E N smith it hoover ta Is elected president he will be the first bearing bearin ir the name of her bert the first who was a native of iowa the first born west of the the first who waa a citizen 0 of california the first elected from the trans west the first arat who was wai a quaker in religion tho the first secretary of commerce to tc be elevated to tho the presidency the first farat mining engineer to occupy the white house if smith if 11 elected president he will bo be the ferat bearing the name of alired alfred the brat who was a catholic in religion the first market man to becci become chief executive although hoover if elected will bring more firsts as shown above smi th if elected will be a bet better ier example of history repeating itself hoover aoe as cabinet member becoming president will be the tenth to do that jefferson madison monroe john jhn quincy adams martin van buren and james Ku chanan all served as secretary of state before they became becam e president and monroe grant crant and taft served terms as secretory secretary of war so ko the promotion from the cabinet to the white house will be no Flo overa overs only example of following precedent should smith be elected lie he will be the fourth president born in new york and elected from that state martin ann buren millard fillmore and theodore roosevelt Boo sevelt being the other three he eie will be the sixth president elected from the empire state however since chester A arthur and 0 grover rover cleveland though born bom in vermont and new jersey respectively ively were residents of new york when elected smith will also be the second president to have been a now new york sheriff cleveland being the first if smith Is elected it will be the third time that a governor of new york tins has gone from the executive mansion in albany to the white house the other two were van buren and roosevelt if smith Is elected it will place new york on almost an even basis with virginia and ohio ns as a training ground for presidents depts the old dominion still rightfully retains her title of mother of presidents with seven men born on her soil soft who became president they were washington jefferson madison monroe harrlson tyler and wilson although harrlson harrison and allson were elected from ohio and new jersey respectively chios record ta Is six sit native sons bons elected to the presidency they were grant crant who was elected from illinois however hayes garfield mckinley taft and harding since the religious issue h has as been so prominent in the present campaign it Is interesting to note the variety of religions which have been represented in the white louse house there have been eight different sects secta and whichever way the election goes this year a ninth Is s due to be added eight presidents have been episco pa lians seven presbyterians rians four methodists three unitarians two of the reformed dutch falth faith one baptist one a member of the disciples president coolidge Is a congregation aalst thomas jefferson was classed as ft a liberal and a noted blo biographer grapher declares that he was a believer in christianity although not a sectarian while resident president johnson was not a church member ho he was a christian believer and his wife was a metho dist res resulting alting in him being accredited to that faith the presidents who were episco were washington Mad madison lson monroe harrison tyler taylor pierce and arthur those claimed as presbyterians rians were jackson polk buchanan Buc hanun lincoln cleveland harri son and wilson the methodists were johnson grant hayes and Me mckonley Rinley john quincy adams fillmore and taft were unitarians van karen buren and roosevelt were of the reformed Ke formed dutch faith harding was a baptist and garfield a disciple seventeen of the presidents were of english ancestry six of scotch iris two were mostly scotch and two of 0 descent one chiefly welsh and another scotch and dutch fifteen presidents were sons of farmers and planters four were esons ana of lawyers three qt ot merchants three of clergymen and one each of a doctor a constable a tanner and ancron in iron maker eight presidents as well as the present nominees nominee t were born of families not blessed with worldly goods others were born in varied circumstances mostly middle class although born of poor parents washington became one of the rich landowners of tits his day while none of the others attained riches it if fate should decree the election of herbert hoover whose wealth Is estimated at several million dollars lie he will probably enter the white house as the richest president ever to assume there have been twenty presidents who went to college some of them by their own efforts mr air hoover Is also a college roan man but governor smith went through the school of experience fifteen presidents were soldiers in one or more of the wars in which america has participated I 1 neither of the two p resent present nominees saw military service both of the candidates this year adar are a little over the av averaged avera e gei age of their predecessors on inauguration which was fifty four years and four months hoover la Is fifty six and smith 13 19 fifty five the average age of presidents at their death was sixty eight years and seven months roosevelt wai wa t at forty two the youngest president to assume office grant cleveland pierce polk and garfield were presidents before they were fifty william henry harrison Harrl sion was the being sixty eight garfield died youngest forty nine nin e the victim of an assassins bullet john i adams lived the longest to ninety three presidents lincoln garfield and mckinley mckenley have been assassinated 31 jackson ackson was fired at while in office and roosevelt loosevelt Boo sevelt was wounded by a crank during the campaign in which he was a candidate for a third term ten of the presidents have been elected twice they are washington jefferson madison monroe jackson lincoln grant cleveland mckinley and wilson eight served eight complete years year all of the above except lincoln and mckinley the victims of assassins bullets william henry harrison had the shortest period of service as president dying after one month in the white house four who served as president were never elected being vice presidents who served out the terms of their presidents who had bad died they were tyler fillmore johnson and arthur two vice presidents however who were elevated to the presidency were afterward elected in their own right they were roosevelt and coolidge cleveland was a two term president whose record was unique he served one term 1885 1883 IM 1889 was defeated by benjamin harrison arrison II jn in 1888 but was elected again in 1892 bind and served from 1803 to 1897 all presidents were married when elected with the exception of duchan buchan an tyler fillmore benjamin harrlson roosevelt atad abd wilson married twice tyler had the most children seven by each marriage washington madison jackson polk and harding were childless john adams wag was the father of a president ident and william henry harrison the grandfather ol of one |