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iam Henry Harrison (died 4th April) 1841 John Tyler (elected as Vice-President). 1841 James Knox Polk 1845 General Zachary Taylor (died 9th July, 1850) 1849 Millard Fillmore (elected as Vice-President) 1850 General Franklin Pierce 1853 James Buchanan 1857 Abraham Lincoln (assassinated 14th April, 1865) 1861 and 1865 Andrew Johnson (elected as Vice-President) 1865 General Ulysses S. Grant 1869 and 1873 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 General J. Abram Garfield (died 19th September, 1881) 1881 General Chester A. Arthur (elected as V. Pres.) 1881 Grover Cleveland 1885 Benjamin H. Harrison 1889 Grover Cleveland 1893 William McKinley (elected) 1897 (Re-elected) 1901 (Assassinated September 14, 1901) Theodore Roosevelt (elected Vice-President) 1901 (Became President September 14) 1901 Theodore Roosevelt (elected) 1905 Wm. H. Taft 1909 FACTS ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL. Cast by Thomas Lester, Whitechapel, London. Arrived in Philadelphia in August, 1752. First used in statehouse, Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 1752. Twice recast by Pass & Snow, Philadelphia, to repair crack, September, 1752. Muffled and tolled Oct. 5, 1765, on arrival of ship Royal Charlotte with stamps. Muffled and tolled Oct. 31, 1765, when stamp act was put in operation. Summoned meeting to prevent landing of cargo of tea from the ship Polly Dec. 27, 1774. Summoned meeting of patriots April 25, 1775, after battle of Lexington. Proclaimed declaration of independence and the birth of a new nation at great ratification meeting July 8, 1776. First journey from Philadelphia made in September, 1777, to Allentown, Pa., to escape capture by the British; returned June 27, 1778. Proclaimed treaty of peace April 16, 1783. Tolled for the death of Washington Dec. 26, 1799. Rung on the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of independence July 4, 1826. Last used in tolling for the death of John Marshall July 8, 1835, Principal tours: To New Orleans in 1885; Chicago, 1893; Atlanta, 1895; Boston, 1902; St Louis, 1904. HOW THE PRESIDENTS DIED. George Washington's death was the result of a severe cold contracted while riding around his farm in a rain and sleet storm on Dec. 10, 1799. The cold increased and was followed by a chill, which brought on acute laryngitis. He died at the age of 68, on Dec. 14, 1799. John Adams died from old age, having reached h
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