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Rh President of the United States.—William McKinley, of Ohio, born in Ohio Jan. 29, 1843; served as private in the 23d Ohio volunteer infantry during the Civil War, leaving the service July 26, 1865, as captain and brevet major; admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1867, and practised at his home in Canton; member of the U. S. House of Representatives, 1877-90; elected Governor of Ohio in 1891, and reëlected in 1893; elected President in 1896, and inaugurated March 4, 1897. The President has an annual salary of $50,000.

Vice-President.—Garret A. Hobart, born in New Jersey June 3, 1844; admitted to the bar in 1869; served in Assembly of New Jersey legislature, 1873-76, the latter year being Speaker of the House; served in New Jersey Senate, 1879-82, being president of that body; elected Vice-President in 1896, and inaugurated March 4, 1897. His annual salary is $8000.

Private Secretary to the President.—John Addison Porter, of Connecticut, born April 17, 1856.

Since the adoption of the Constitution the offices of President and Vice-President have been filled as follows (the star indicates those who were elected as Vice-President, but who on the death of the President filled that office):

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.