Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1876 — Presidents. [ARTICLE]

Presidents.

The following table, prepared for reference, shows the political sentiments and the date of the inauguration of each President, the length of time he lived after that event, and his age at the time of his death: 1. George Washington, Independent, inaugurated 1789; lived ten years; age sixty-eight. 2. John Adams, Independent, inaugurated 1797; lived twenty-nmo years; age ninety. rafea ipv^aft^ — e .i o J^k,^ >^ llocrat ' * naugn * eighty-three. 4. James Madison, Democrat, inaugurated 1809; lived twenty-seven years; age eighty-five. 5. James Monroe, Democrat, inaugurated 1817; lived eleven years; age seventy-three. 0. John Q. Adams, Whig, inaugurated 1825; lived twenty-three years; age eighty-one. 7. Andrew Jackson, Democrat, inaugurated 1829; lived sixteen years; age seventy-eight. 8. Martin Van Buren, Democrat; inaugurated 1837; lived twenty-five years; age eighty. 9. W. H. Harrison, Whig, inaugurated 1841; lived one month; age sixty-eight 10. John Tyler, V. P., Independent, inaugurated 1841; lived twenty-one years; age seventy-two. 11. James K. Polk, Democrat, inaugulated 1845; lived four years; age filly-four. 12. Zachary Taylor, Whig, inaugurated 1849; livefi sixteen months; age sixtysix. 13. Millard Fillmore, V. P. Independ ent, inaugurated 1850; lived twenty-four years; age seventy four. 14. Franklin Pierce, Democrat, inaugurated 1853; lived sixteen years; age sixty-five--15. James Buchanan, Democrat, inaugurated 1857; lived eleven years; age seventy-seven. 16. Abraham Lincoln, Re augurated 1861; lived four years and one and one-lialf months; age fifty-six. 17. Andrew Johnson, V. P., Independent, inaugurated 1865; lived ten years; age sixty-seven. 18. Gen. Grant, Republican, inaugurated 1869. Tyler and Fillmore were elected VicePreSidents as Whigs, and Johnson us a Republican. Their independence” followed their inauguration as Presidents.