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Show j PRESIDENTIAL FACTS Hi ! "nrnsn ?. Harding, who Hy took oflico yesterday ns this Hjl twenty-ninth president oC the H United States, i tho first pros H ident to bo clouted to that high H offico on his birthday. Ho was Hij b5 years old November '2, 1920. H! Ho is tho first U. S. senator R elected to tho presidency. h President Harding is tho so- 1 venth president contributed to m tho country by tho state of 1 Ohio. Only Virginia, with a Bf total of eight presidents born Bj within hor borders, outranks M Ohio, in this regard. No prosi- '1 dent has been born west of fl , Ohio. No president has resid- '1 od west of Illinois. 1 President Harding is the so- ffi venth president of Scotch-Irish V pntcrnnl ancestry. Fifteen of J our presidents, over the the S period of 13.'l years, havo been i ,of English decent, three or Scotch, one of AVolsh and two mm of Dutch. 'j Tho average ago of our pro- j sidents at inauguration is 54 J j ears, approximately, while H tho approximate average at fj death has been (!(! years. ( President Harding exeinpli- Hj 1'ies tho rapid rise possible in fi American life better than any Mj of his predecessors. Ho was not ( included in tho 11)14-15 "Who's II Who." H Like many of his prcdcccs- Hi sors also, his parents were not Hj wealthy and ho has risen to the V J highest oflico within tho gift M: i of the American pcoplo through t frugality, industry and thrift, jj of which ho is a warm expon- VJ ent, as evidenced by his recent Kf approval of tho Government's B Thrift and Savings work, rep- tl resented in tho sales of Thrift, Ul Treasury and War Savings tl Stamps and Treasury Savings H I Certificates. |