The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/Volume III

by James Grant Wilson (editor)

Photograph by Houseworth, San Francisco

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Andrew Johnson
⁠By James Phelan	1
Ulysses S. Grant
⁠By Horace Porter	21
Rutherford B. Hayes
⁠By Carl Schurz	107
James A. Garfield
⁠By William Walter Phelps	161
Chester A. Arthur
⁠By William E. Chandler	195
Grover Cleveland
⁠By William E. Russell	239

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT  Photograph by Houseworth, San Francisco

Frontispiece

Facing Page

ANDREW JOHNSON  Photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

4

BIRTHPLACE OF ANDREW JOHNSON, RALEIGH, N. C.

8

FAC-SIMILE OF LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM ANDREW JOHNSON TO DAVID D. PATTERSON

14

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, OCTOBER 8, 1864  Photograph by E. and H. T. Anthony, N. Y.

24

BIRTHPLACE OF U. S. GRANT, POINT PLEASANT, OHIO  Photograph made in 1863 by F. L. Dickinson

28

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM GEN. GRANT TO GEN. S. B. BUCKNER, DEMANDING AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

34

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM U. S. GRANT TO JAMES GRANT WILSON

76

EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GENERAL GRANT  Photograph of the Model, Henry Merwin Shrady, Sculptor

100

RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES  Photograph by Handy, Washington, D. C.

110

SPIEGEL GROVE: FREMONT, OHIO, THE HOME OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

120

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM RUTHERFORD B. HAYES TO JAMES GRANT WILSON

154

JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD  Photograph by Pach Bros., N. Y.

164

FAC-SIMILE OF LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM J. A. GARFIELD TO JAMES H. RHODES

182

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CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR  Photograph by Mora, N. Y.

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HOME OF CHESTER A. ARTHUR, 123 LEXINGTON AVENUE, N. Y. CITY, AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY  Here Mr. Arthur Took the Oath as President, September 20, 1881, and Died November 18, 1886

212

|- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM CHESTER A. ARTHUR TO JAMES GRANT WILSON |align="right" valign="bottom"|226 |- |colspan="2"|

GROVER CLEVELAND  Photograph by Pach Bros., N. Y

242

|- |BIRTHPLACE OF GROVER CLEVELAND, THE PRESBYTERIAN PARSONAGE, CALDWELL, N. J. |align="right" valign="bottom"|248 |- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM GROVER CLEVELAND TO MRS. JAMES GRANT WILSON |align="right" valign="bottom"|254 |- |colspan="2"|

PORTRAITS OF THE LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM 1865 TO 1889

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THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES

1789-1914

BY

JOHN FISKE, CARL SCHURZ, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS, GEORGE BANCROFT, JOHN HAY, AND MANY OTHERS

EDITED BY

JAMES GRANT WILSON

ILLUSTRATED

Volume III

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1914