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at Ohio Central College ; journalist since 1884 ; senator in the legislature of Ohio, 1899-1903 ; Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, 1904-1906 ; defeated candidate for Governor, 1910 ; United States Senator from Ohio, 1915-1920.

Vice-President of the United States. — Calvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts, born at Plymouth, Vermont, July 4, 1872 ; graduated at Amherst College, 1895 ; admitted to the Bar, 1897 ; member of the State Senate, 1912-1915 ; President of the Senite, 1914 and 1915. Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-1918 ; Governor, 1919 and 1920.

Since the adoption ot the Constitution the offices of President and Vice- President have been occupied as follows : —

Presidents of the United States.

Name

From State

Term of Service

Born

Died

George "Washington

Virginia.

1789-1797

1732

1799

John Adams

Massachusetts.

1797-1801

1735

1826

Thomas Jefferson

Virginia.

1801-1809

1743

1826

James Madison

Virginia.

1809-1817

1751

1836

James Monroe

Virginia.

1817-1825

1759

1831

John Quincy Adams

Massachusetts.

1825-1829

1767

1848

Andrew Jackson.

Tennessee

1829-1837

1767

1845

Martin Van Buren

New York

1837-1841

1782

1862

William H. Harrison.

Ohio

March- Apl. 1841

1773

1841

John Tyler.

Virginia.

1841-1845

1790

1862

James K. Polk

Tennessee

1845-1849

1795

1849

Zachary Taylor

Louisiana.

1849-1850

1784

1850

Millard Fillmore

New York

1850-1853

1800

1874

Franklin Pierce

New Hampshire

1853-1857

1804

1869

James Buchanan

Pennsylvania.

1857-1861

1791

1868

Abraham Lincoln

Illinois

1861-1865

1809

1865

Andrew Johnson

Tennessee

1865-1869

1808

1875

Ulysses S. Grant

Illinois

1869-1877

1822

1885

Rutherford B. Hayes.

Ohio

1877-1881

1822

1893

James A. Garfield

Ohio

March-Sept. 1881

1831

1881

Chester A. Arthur

New York

1881-1885

1830

1886

Grover Cleveland.

New York

1885-1889

1837

1908

Benjamin Harrison

Indiana.

1889-1893

1833

1901

Grover Cleveland.

New York

1893-1897

1837

1908

William McKinley

Ohio

1897-1901

1844

1901

Theodore Roosevelt

New York

1901-1909

1858

1919

William H. Taft.

Ohio

1909-1913

1857

—

Woodrow Wilson.

New Jersey

1913-1921

1856

—

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Ohio

1921-1924

1865

—

Vioe-Pkesidents of the U

nitei) States.

Name

From State

Term of Service

Born 1735

Died

John Adams

Massachusetts.

1789-1797

1826

Thomas Jefferson.

Virginia.

1797-1801

1743

1826

Aaron Burr.

New York

1801-1805

1756

1836

George Clinton Elbridge Gerry

New York

1805-1812

1739

1812

Massachusetts.

1813-1814

1744

1814

Daniel D. Tompkins

New York

1817-1825

1774

1825

John C. Calhoun.

South Carolina ,

IS 25 -1832

1782

1850