[Footnote 3: Sweden and Norway form a F.H.M.]
In giving qualifications, N means native, and P means a property qualification.
Greece has only one chamber in its legislature. Consult the Statesman's
Year-Book, or an encyclopedia.
TABLE OF RULERS or PRINCIPAL NATIONS, 1897.
YEAR OF DATE OF
GOVERNMENTS RULERS TITLE BIRTH ACCESSION
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Argentina Jose E. Uriburu President Jan 22, '95
Austria Hungary Franz Joset I Emperor 1830 Dec 2 '48
Belgium Leopold II King 1835 Dec 10 '65
Bolivia General Alonzo President Aug — '96
Brazil Prudente de Moraes President 1841 Nov 15 '94
Bulgaria Ferdinand I Prince 1861 July 7 '87
Chili Fed. Errazuriz President 1850 Sept 18 '96
China Tsai Tien Emperor 1872 Jan 12 '75
Colombia (US of) M.A. Caro President Sept 18 '94
Denmark Christian IX King 1818 Nov 15 '63
Ecuador Gen Eloy Alfaro President 1843 ———- '97
France François F. Faure President 1841 Jan 17 '95
Germany Wilhelm II Emperor 1859 June 15 '88
Baden Friedrich I Grand Duke 1826 Apr 24 '52
Bavaria Otto I King 1848 June 13 '86
Hesse Ernst Louis V Grand Duke 1868 Mar 13 '92
Mecklenburg
Schwerm Friedrich Franz III Grand Duke 1831 Apr 15 '83
Mecklenburg
Strelitz Friedrich Wilhelm Grand Duke 1819 Sept 6 '60
Oldenburg Nicholas F. Peter Grand Duke 1827 Feb 27 '33
Prussia Wilhelm II King 1859 June 15 '88
Saxony Albert King 1828 Oct 29 '73
Wurttemberg Wilhelm II King 1848 Oct 6 '91
Great Britain and
Ireland Victoria I Queen 1819 June 20 '37
British India Earl of Elgan Viceroy 1849 ———- '94
Canada Dominion
of Earl of Aberdeen Gov Gen 1847 Sept — '93
Greece Georgios I King 1845 June 5 '63
Guatemala Gen. J.M.R. Burios President 1853 Mar 15 '92
Haiti Gen. Tiresias A.S. President ———- '96
Sam
Hawaiian Islands Sanford B. Dole President 1844 July 4 '94
Honduras Dr. P. Bonilla President Jan 1 '95
Italy Humbert I King 1844 Jan 9 '78
Japan Mutsu Hito Emperor 1852 Feb 13 '67
Korea Yi Hi King 1851 ———- '64
Mexico Porfirio Diaz President 1830 ———- '84
Montenegro Nicholas I Prince 1841 Aug 14 '60
Morocco Abdul Azziz Sultan 1878 June 7 '94
Netherlands Wilhelmina Queen 1880 Nov 23 '90
Nicaragua Gen. Santos Zelaya President 1853 Feb 1 '94
Paraguay Gen. Fgusquiza President Nov 25 '94
Persia Mozaffer ed Din Shah 1853 May 1 '96
Peru Nicolas de Pierola President Aug 12 '95
Portugal Carlos I King 1863 Oct 19 '89
Rome (Pontificate
of) Leo XIII Pope 1810 Feb 20 '78
Romania Carol I King 1839 Mar 26 '81
Russia Nicholas II Emperor 1868 Nov 1 '94
Santo Domingo Ulises Heureaux President —— '86
Servia Alexander I King 1876 Mar 6 '89
Siam Chulalongkorn I King 1853 Oct 1 '68
South African
Rep'blic S.J. Paul Kruger President 1825 May 12 '93
Spain Alfonso XIII King 1886 May 17 '86
Sweden and Norway Oscar II King 1829 Sept 18 '72
Switzerland Adrien Lachenal President Jan 1 '96
Turkey Abdul Hamid II Sultan 1842 Aug 31, '76
Egypt Abbas II Khedive 1874 Jan 7 '92
United States William McKinley President 1843 Mar 4 '97
Uruguay Idiarte Borda President 1844 Mar 1 '94
Venezuela Joaquin Crespo President 1841 Mar 5, '94
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
+===+==================+===============+=====+=========+======+======+ | |Name |Birthplace |Year |Paternal |Resi- |Year | | | | | |Ancestry |dence |Inaug.| +===+==================+===============+=====+=========+======+======+ |1 |George Washington |Westmoreland |1732 |English |Va. |1789 | | | | Co., Va. | | | | | |2 |John Adams |Quincey, Mass. |1735 |English |Mass. |1797 | |3 |Thomas Jefferson |Shadwell, Va. |1743 |Welsh |Va. |1801 | |4 |James Madison |Port Conway, |1751 |English |Va. |1809 | | | | Va. | | | | | |5 |James Monroe |Westmoreland |1758 |Scotch |Va. |1817 | | | | Co., Va. | | | | | |6 |John Quincy Adams |Quincey, Mass. |1767 |English |Mass. |1825 | |7 |Andrew Jackson |Union Co., N.C.|1767 |Scotch- |Tenn. |1829 | | | | | | Irish | | | |8 |Martin Van Buren |Kinderhook, |1782 |Dutch |N.Y. |1837 | | | | N.Y. | | | | | |9 |William H. |Berkeley, Va. |1773 |English |O. |1841 | | | Harrison | | | | | | |10 |John Tyler |Greenway, Va. |1790 |English |Va. |1841 | |11 |James K. Polk |Mecklenburg |1795 |Scotch- |Tenn. |1845 | | | | Co., N.C. | | Irish | | | |12 |Zachary Taylor |Orange Co., Va.|1784 |English |La. |1849 | |13 |Millard Fillmore |Summer Hill, |1800 |English |N.Y. |1850 | | | | N.Y. | | | | | |14 |Franklin Pierce |Hillsboro, N.H.|1804 |English |N.H. |1853 | |15 |James Buchanan |Cove Gam, Pa. |1791 |Scotch- |Pa. |1857 | | | | | | Irish | | | |16 |Abraham Lincoln |Larue Co., Ky. |1809 |English |Ill. |1861 | |17 |Andrew Johnson |Raleigh, N.C. |1808 |English |Tenn. |1865 | |18 |Ulysses S. Grant |Point Pleasant,|1822 |Scotch |D.C. |1869 | | | | O. | | | | | |19 |Rutherford B. |Delaware, O. |1822 |Scotch |O. |1877 | | | Hayes | | | | | | |20 |James A. Garfield |Cuyahoga Co., |1831 |English |O. |1881 | | | | O. | | | | | |21 |Chester A. Arthur |Fairfield, Vt. |1830 |Scotch- |N.Y. |1881 | | | | | | Irish | | | |22 |Grover Cleveland |Caldwell, N.J. |1837 |English |N.Y. |1883 | |23 |Benjamin Harrison |North Bend, O. |1833 |English |Ind. |1889 | |24 |Grover Cleveland |Caldwell, N.J. |1837 |English |N.Y. |1893 | |25 |William McKinley |Niles, O. |1843 |Scotch- |O. |1897 | | | | | | Irish | | | +===+==================+===============+=====+=========+======+======+
VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
+===+===============+==================+=====+=========+======+=======+ | |Name |Birthplace |Year |Paternal |Resi- |Inaug. | | | | | |Ancestry |dence | | +===+===============+==================+=====+=========+======+=======+ |1 |John Adams |Quincey, Mass. |1735 |English |Mass. |1789 | |2 |Thomas |Shadwell, Va. |1743 |Welsh |Va. |1797 | | | Jefferson | | | | | | |3 |Aaron Burr |Newark, N.J. |1756 |English |N.Y. |1801 | |4 |George Clinton |Ulster Co., N.Y. |1739 |English |N.Y. |1805 | |5 |Elbridge Gerry |Marblehead, Mass. |1744 |English |Mass. |1813 | |6 |Daniel D. |Scarsdale, N.Y. |1774 |English |N.Y. |1817 | | | Tompkins | | | | | | |7 |John C. |Abbeville, S.C. |1782 |Scotch- |S.C. |1825 | | | Calhoun | | | Irish | | | |8 |Martin Van |Kinderhook, N.Y. |1782 |Dutch |N.Y. |1833 | | | Buren | | | | | | |9 |Richard M. |Louisville, Ky. |1780 |English |Ky. |1837 | | | Johnson | | | | | | |10 |John Tyler |Greenway, Va. |1790 |English |Va. |1841 | |11 |George M. |Philadelphia, Pa. |1792 |English |Pa. |1845 | | | Dallas | | | | | | |12 |Millard |Summer Hill, N.Y. |1800 |English |N.Y. |1849 | | | Fillmore | | | | | | |13 |William R. |Sampson Co., N.C. |1786 |English |Ala. |1853 | | | King | | | | | | |14 |John C. |Lexington, Ky. |1821 |Scotch |Ky. |1857 | | | Breckinridge | | | | | | |15 |Hannibal |Paris, Me. |1809 |English |Me. |1861 | | | Hamlin | | | | | | |16 |Andrew Johnson |Raleigh, N.C. |1808 |English |Tenn. |1865 | |17 |Schuyler |New York City |1823 |English |Ind. |1869 | | | Colfax | | | | | | |18 |Henry Wilson |Farmington, N.H. |1822 |English |Mass. |1873 | |19 |William A. |Malone, N.Y. |1819 |English |N.Y. |1877 | | | Wheeler | | | | | | |20 |Chester A. |Fairfield, Vt. |1830 |Scotch- |N.Y. |1881 | | | Arthur | | | Irish | | | |21 |Thomas A. |Muskingum Co., O. |1819 |Scotch- |Ind. |1885 | | | Hendricks | | | Irish | | | |22 |Levi P. Morton |Shoreham, Vt. |1824 |Scotch |N.Y. |1889 | |23 |Adlai E. |Christian Co., Ky.|1835 |Scotch- |Ill. |1893 | | | Stevenson | | | Irish | | | |24 |Garret A. |Long Branch, N.J. |1844 |English |N.J. |1897 | | | Hobart | | | | | | +===+===============+==================+=====+=========+======+=======+
PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. CONGRESS YEARS NAME STATE BORN DIED ================================================================= 1, 2 1789-92 John Langdon N H 1739 1819 2 1792 Richard H Lee Va 1732 1794 2, 3 1792 94 John Langdon N H 1739 1819 3 1794 95 Ralph Izard S C 1742 1804 3, 4 1795 96 Henry Tazewell Va 1753 1799 4 1796 97 Samuel Livermore N H 1732 1803 4, 5 1797 William Bingham Pa 1751 1804 5 1797 William Bradford R I 1729 1808 5 1797 98 Jacob Read S C 1752 1816 5 1798 Theo Sedgwick Mass 1746 1813 5 1798 99 John Laurence N Y 1750 1810 5 1799 James Ross Pa 1762 1847 6 1799-1800 Samuel Livermore N H 1732 1803 6 1800 Uriah Tracy Ct 1755 1807 6 1800-1801 John E Howard Md 1752 1827 6 1801 James Hillhouse Ct 1754 1832 7 1801 02 Abraham Baldwin Ga 1754 1807 7 1802-03 Stephen R Bradley Vt 1754 1830 8 1803 04 John Brown Ky 1757 1837 8 1804-05 Jesse Franklin N C 1758 1823 8 1805 Joseph Anderson Tenn 1757 1837 9, 10 1805-08 Samuel Smith Md 1752 1823 10 1808-09 Stephen R Bradley Vt 1754 1837 10, 11 1809 John Milledge Ga 1757 1839 11 1809-10 Andrew Gregg Pa 1755 1835 11 1810 11 John Gaillard S C 1826 11, 12 1811-12 John Pope Ky 1770 1845 12, 13 1812 13 Wm H. Crawford Ga 1772 1834 13 1813 14 Jos B Varnum Mass 1750 1821 13-15 1814-18 John Gaillard S C 1826 15 16 1818 19 James Barbour Va 1775 1842 16 19 1820-26 John Gaillard S C 1826 19, 20 1826 28 Nathaniel Macon N C 1757 1837 20 22 1828-32 Samuel Smith Md 1752 1839 22 1832 L W Tazewell Va 1774 1863 22, 23 1832-34 Hugh L White Tenn 1773 1840 23 1834 35 Geo Poindexter Miss 1779 1853 24 1835 35 John Tyler Va 1790 1862 24-26 1836 41 William R King Ala 1786 1853 26, 27 1841 42 Samuel L Southard N J 1787 1842 27 29 1842 46 W P Mangum N C 1792 1861 29, 30 1846-49 D R Atchison Mo 1807 1886 31, 32 1850 52 William R King Ala 1786 1853 32 33 1852 54 D R Atchison Mo 1807 1886 33 34 1854-57 Jesse D Bright Ind 1812 1875 34 1857 James M Mason Va 1798 1871 35, 36 1857 61 Benj Fitzpatrick Ala 1802 1869 36 38 1861-64 Solomon Foot Vt 1802 1866 38 1864-65 Daniel Clark N H 1809 1891 39 1865-67 Lafayette S. Foster Ct 1806 1880 40 1867-69 Benj F Wade Ohio 1800 1878 41, 42 1869-73 Henry B Anthony R I 1815 1884 43 1873-75 M H Carpenter Wis 1824 1881 44, 45 1875 79 Thomas W Ferry Mich 1827 1896 46 1879-81 A G Thurman Ohio 1813 1895 47 1881 Thomas F Bayard Del 1828 47 1881-83 David David Ill 1815 1886 48 1883 85 Geo F Edmunds Vt 1818 49 1885 87 John Sherman Ohio 1823 1900 49-51 1887 91 John J Ingalls Kan 1833 52 1891-93 C F Manderson Neb 1837 53 1893-95 Isham G Harris Tenn 1818 …. 54, 55 1895-99 William P Frye Me 1831 ….