Show LUCK IN NAMES every native born citizen of the united states 3 35 years of age ot of sound hound mind and not disqualified by crime Is eligible to tile the presidency provided ie s HUB has been 14 cars it a resident within this country the millions of americans possessing these requisite attributes and fica eions will be interested in ili the following curious facts regarding the presidential loftice ro begin at tile beginning that Is with washington gion the t rather of ills cot coi n ry had io 10 letters in his surname and no one ol of ills his successors hns has used up so much of the alphabet sit as lie he did in spelling it ills ilk name la in what might inight be called a I 1 ten strike and he stands not only first in war first in pence peace ind ficht in the hearts of ills his country men but also lit in alphabetical distinction net to washington lit in this respect aci hect stand jefferson and clevi Clev find ilind names of nine lettera let tira each and by a singular co fr cl lence fence cach hall had two terms another point of similarity both caused talk of a third term there have been six alx lx arf elderts each with A ith eight letters in ills name here they are arc nn an buren rill fill more Buch buchanin chanin nu antti garfield and then a gain again harrlson harrison the presidents with seven beven letters to their credit was mas wire madison bickson Jick son lincoln and johnson tile the rive five were the elder and younger adams tiar grint nn all I 1 aliases ila ca chere has been only one nt t with ith lour four polk an analysis an alsIs of the precelina inq list dis dl closes the fact flint tile the eight letter men of misfortune tit in on oni wa way y or another vim van bunn for instance falle al leio e of a re election ahe I 1 he first liar oon who defeated him dad in a few weeks after ilk inauguration I 1 ill allmore more when lie he ran rail lor for the dency lit in 1856 oi 01 tit know kno A nothing ticket carrIedo till one state in ha has been blamed ilic ther justly or not tor for I 1 alln abing bro oil tl if e c civil war aar poor darfield was ted led and tint was beaten by cleve land four our baars tar ngo james monroe one of the four six litter it t pre preel depth wits was lucka luck while in ollice but the closing years of his lite life were clouded by misfortune when lie daid dafid in st louls loula te ie was waa practically ill it a de pendent or hi sup support porton on a taylor tay lor I 1 lite lie second of tile the iilo lettered president died lit in office pierce picric iiii mj be st s t don as an a failure allure and arthuie failed to get the nomination i t t cov eted L ted the presidents tivit thit hid had five fic letters lit in names verc m ere tit two of whom tailed failed lor for re reelection election tiler alo wi 0 betrayed the party which him general irant and ha e 1 I ihan ills brings the record down clown to tour four letter polk no atrin with only three lettic lit in ills him nime has ever become president although at least tn two 0 recel v voles otes lit in the electoral college among them was the great john jay henry I 1 ee was wa a candidate for or the vice preal k dency in fit 1833 but his ticket only got I 1 11 I 1 otes anex an extraordinary tra ordinary fati facility lity has haa attended the men with four letters in fit their nims who have been cindi candidates dates lor ilor the prest dency and vice presidency polk tr Is the only exception and ever even he wan vita beaten more titan than once before he succeeded mcce bucce eded I 1 iret of all comes the bad hut but brilliant burr lit in 1801 burr jefferson jefferso n f for or tile the presidency in tile the electoral coil college age tile the election was as thrown into the house of representatives and burr was beaten winning only the ace presidency tor for which he did not care before that burr had awl e been beaten for the second onice stift a king MB a beten beaten by bj george clint in n for the vice presidency in 1804 and again in 1808 in 1816 fernn he ran for tile the and was whipped h b monroe daniel 1 D hempkins 1 homp kins tie de tested felted james ross in same election and four years ears latter R rush ush rei reL elved only one vote lit in the electoral college henry ilear clays career Is lea a record of ca lainily lie he was tas first beaten for tile the lit in 1824 4 and again in 1832 and a third time lime lit in 1844 j wirt was MM an anther amther ther pr failure fallu re ihen c cime inne cool can who was slaughtered b by taylor in 1848 william R K king 11 ng tor for a wonder vi ats elected vice president on oil the pierce tl att in 1853 1852 john bell was beaten for the presidency in 1860 and to so was joseph lane who ran with fir the vice presidency to this list must mint be added the ran name ie of wh 11 claw reid to ro come down does n to the four letter presidential candidates of if the present time this thin Is in an ill record for thomas Br ackill reed 0 of maine davia bennett billot af new york an J matthew stan ley ey quay of pennsylvania vho aho ito Is in the he hands of 0 ills his friends 01 what will be their fortune for the ex ep Honal good luck of polk or the ill luckoff uck of burrand burr and of nil the others with one syllable surname surn ameet another analysis of aliese an I 1 vlee vice presidential names daniee shows that the candidates having a final in in ir names have been luck bucl among them may be named washington jefferson clinton madison jackson calhoun van buren richard M johnson tile the two buchanan Bui BuL hanan lincoln linco it hainlin andrew johnsen nilson alaon and logan Mc CIlIan ilan however was out of it new york journal |