Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1894 — NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS.

Philadelphia Maintains Ker Record for Patriotism In Nomenclature. Of the twenty-three presidents of the United States John Adams has the largest number of namesakes, twen-ty-three in the Philadelphia directory. Janies Buchanan ranks next, twentyone men of nearly a£ many vocations bearing the name of the only Pennsylvania president. There are fifteen Andrew Jacksons and fourteen Andrew Johnsons. The name of the father of h'is country is borne by eight day laborers, one caterer, two waiters, one janitor and one real estate dealer, or thirteen men in all. The grandfather of Benjamin Harison has three namesakes, while one laborer and one upholsterer have the name of Tippecanoe’s grandson. There are four James Monroes and the same number called John Quincy Adams. One hostler, one puddler and a weaver are known as James Madison, and a bartender, a clerk and a superintendent answer to the name of Zachary Taylor. There is llut one Thomas Jefferson, whose occupation Is not given, and the only John Tyler is a weaver. A brakeman and a minister of the gospel are Franklin Pierces, but there is nobody with the name of Presidents Van Buren, Polk, Fillmore, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, or Cleveland, except as a handle to the surname.