{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3273", "width": "2486", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Book d\\nGmm -bi^\\ncsmmam oErosm", "height": "3192", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2446", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3207", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "oup\\nPRESIDENTS,\\n:t?.\\nr^3\\nVjiO\\nPRESENTED BY THE\\niNEwYoRK Life ImuRANCE Co,\\nNEWYORK.", "height": "3167", "width": "2431", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3207", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PRESIDENTS op t\u00e2\u0080\u009ee\\nUnited States\\nFROM lyyg TO 1896.\\n..V. U\\nCopyright, 1896, by the Xew-York Life INSURANCE Company. i\\n4jM- I", "height": "3167", "width": "2431", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1732. DIED, 1799.\\nPRESIDENT, 1789 1797.\\n(aGor^e (/9asl7ir\\\\^-|-on\\nIX /AS born in Westmoreland Co., Va. His ancestry\\nwas English. He never entered college. His earliest\\nyears were spent at Mt. Vernon, Va. He spent three\\nyears\u00e2\u0080\u0094 from 1748 to 1751 in the survey of large terri-\\ntories in Va. in 1751 he was appointed Adj. -Gen. of\\nthe Provincial Troops, with rank of Major. In 1754 he\\ncommanded a regiment against the French about this\\ntime he received the rank of Colonel. In 1759 he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha Custis, and retired to his estates.\\nFor some years he was a member of the Virginia Assem-\\nbly, and in 1774 took up the cause of the colonists,\\nbecoming a member of the Continental Congress. In\\n1775 he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Armies.\\nWhen independence was achieved, he retired to his es-\\ntate at Mt. Vernon. He was inaugurated President at\\nNew York, April 30, 1789; re-elected 1792. Died at\\nMt. Vernon. At this time there were no regular life\\ninsurance companies doing business in the United States.", "height": "3207", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": ".^j:\\na", "height": "3167", "width": "2431", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1735.\\nDIED, 1826.\\nPRESIDENT, 1797-1801.\\n^Q^n eAdams\\n\\\\A/AS of Puritan descent. Born at Braintree, Mass.\\nHe taught school for two years, while studying\\nlaw. In 1 770 he was one of the selectmen in the Bos-\\nton Convention to protest against British imposts on tea,\\nglass, tic. In 1 773 h*^ was a member of the Council of\\nState. In 1 774 he was one of the delegates to the first\\nContinental Congress, which met at Philadelphia, and\\nadvocated the Declaration of Independence, and was pro-\\nnounced by Jefferson the ablest champion of independ-\\nence on the floor of the House. In 1 780 he was sent as\\nMinister to Holland. In 1782 he negotiated, with others,\\nthe Treaty of Peace with England. In 1785 he went as\\nthe first Ambassador from the United States to that\\nnation. From 1789 to 1797 was Vice-President under\\nWashington. He became President, 1 797. At this time\\nthere were no regular life insurance companies doing\\nbusiness in the United States.", "height": "3207", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1743. DIED, 1826.\\nPRESIDENT, 1801 \u00e2\u0080\u00941809.\\nfpl7omas ^effei soi^\\n11/ AS born at Shadwell, Va. He studied at William\\nand Marys College, and was a member of the first\\nVirginia Coi ion which met independently of British\\nauthority. The original draft of the Declaration of inde-\\npendence was his work. He was a warm advocate of the\\nabolition of slavery. He was elected Governor of Vir-\\nginia in 1779. Was sent to Paris to regulate treaties of\\ncommerce with several European powers. In 1789 he\\nwas chosen Secretary of State, and served till the close of\\n1793. Three years later he was chosen Vice-President\\nunder Adams. In 1800 there was a tie vote for President\\nbetween Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was selected\\nby the House of Representatives. He was re-elected in\\n1805. Louisiana was acquired by purchase from the\\nFrench during Jefferson s Presidency. By a strange coin-\\ncidence he died July 4, 1826, on the same day and year\\nas Adams. At this time there were no regular life insur-\\nance companies doing business in the United States.", "height": "3207", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "B", "height": "3162", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1751.\\nPRESIDENT 1809\u00e2\u0080\u00941817.\\n^amGS Madison\\n^l/AS born in King George County, Va. He gradu-\\nated at Princeton College, N. J., in 1771, and after-\\nwards studied law and practiced at the bar but gave up\\nthe profession for politics when the struggle of independ-\\nence began. In 1776 he became a member of the Vir-\\nginia Convention; and in 1779 a member of the Fed-\\neral Congress. He was a member of the Convention of\\nVl^l, which met at Philadelphia to form the Constitu-\\ntion. He became a member of U. S. Congress in 1789,\\nand united with the Republicans in opposition to the\\nAdministration. He was an advocate against Federal\\nencroachment on the right of States. In 1808 he was\\nelected President. He endeavored in vain to avert the\\nwar with England, which was declared in 1812, and\\nwhich continued for two years. He was re-elected\\nPresident in 1812, and died at Montpelier, Va. At this\\ntime there was only one life insurance company or-\\ns:anized to do business in the United States.", "height": "3257", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "M\\nm\\no\\n/^t- ^^o^^^W", "height": "3162", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1758.\\nPRESIDENT, 1817 1825.\\n^ames fAonfOQ\\nV\\\\7 AS born in Westmoreland Co., Va. He entered\\nthe army as a volunteer at the age of eighteen,\\nand was present at several battles. He was wounded at\\nthe battle of Trenton. He was educated at William and\\nMarys College, and later studied law. In 1 782 he was\\nelected to the Assembly of Virginia, and in \\\\7S} was\\nelected to the General Congress. In 1 788 he was one of\\nthe Virginia Convention, where he opposed the Constitu-\\ntion, fearing the encroachments of the Federal Govern-\\nment. For two years, from 1794, he was Minister to\\nFrance. He was for three years Governor of Virginia\\n(1799-1802). In I803 he was again sent to France to\\naid in the purchase of Louisiana. He was made Secretary\\nof State in 1811, though just elected Governor of Vir-\\nginia. In 18 16 he was elected President, and was re-\\nelected in 1 820. He promulgated what is known as the\\nMonroe Doctrine, or the policy of non-interference\\nbetween the United States and the nations of the old\\nworld. Up to this time only two companies for insur-\\ning- lives were in existence in the United States.", "height": "3257", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "II", "height": "3162", "width": "2396", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1767. DIED, 1848.\\nPRESIDENT, 1825\u00e2\u0080\u00941829.\\n^ol7n ^uinc^ eAdams\\nAl 7AS born at Braintree, Mass., and was the eldest son\\nof the second President of the United States. He\\nenjoyed rare educational advantages. Accompanying his\\nfather to Paris in 1 77^, he attended school there. Later\\non he pursued his studies at the University of Leyden.\\nHe entered Harvard College in 1786, and graduated from\\nit in 1788. He was admitted to the bar in 1791, and\\nbegan practice in Boston. He was sent as Minister to\\nHolland in 1 794, and in 1 797 as Minister to Berlin. In\\nI803 he was elected United States Senator. He was for\\na time Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard. Having a mis-\\nunderstanding with the Federalists, he became connected\\nwith the Coalition party. In 1809 he was appointed\\nMinister to Russia, and was made Secretary of State in\\n1817. He was elected President in 1824. In I831 he\\nwent to Congress, and served there for seventeen years.\\nWas a firm advocate for abolition of slavery. Only\\ntwo companies in the United States had up to this time\\nbeen organized to write life insurance.", "height": "3257", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "5, ijl ci Ci.nn-ub", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1767. DIED, 1845.\\nPRESIDENT, 1829 1837.\\neAndfeW ^acfeot\\\\\\nA /AS bom in North Carolina, and was of Irish descent.\\nHe had meagre educational advantages. He served\\nin the Revolutionary War, and was once taken prisoner\\nby the British. In 1785 he began the study of the law\\nat Salisbury, North Carolina, and began tirst to practice\\nat Nashville, Tenn., in 1788. In 1796 he was instru-\\nmental in passing the Constitution of Tennessee, and was\\nsent to Congress from that State. He was a Judge of the\\nTennessee Supreme Court from 1798 to 1804. He took\\npart in the War of 1812 with Great Britain, and in 1814\\nwas appointed Major-Gen. of the U. S. Army, command-\\ning the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans.\\nHe also quelled the Seminole Indian outbreak in Florida\\nin 1817. His stubbornness of character won him the\\nnickname of Old Hickory. He was the first Governor\\nof Florida in 1821. He was elected President in 1828,\\nand again elected in I832. Up to this time only six\\ncompanies had ever conducted a life insurance business\\nin the United States.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1782. DIED, 1862.\\nPRESIDENT, 1837\u00e2\u0080\u00941841.\\nMartin Van ISuren\\n\\\\1/AS born at Kinderhook, N. Y. He was educated\\nat the Kinderhook Academy, taking up the study\\nof law, and was admitted to the Bar in I803. At an\\nearly age he became interested in politics, and in 1812\\nhe was elected to the Senate of N. Y. He was appointed\\nAttorney-General of N. Y. in 1815, and in 1816 was re-\\nturned again to the State Senate. He became a U. S.\\nSenator in 1821, and continued to hold that office till\\n1827. In I829 he became Governor of N. Y., but soon\\nafterwards resigned to accept the Secretaryship of State,\\nunder Andrew Jackson. Three years later he became\\nVice-President under Jackson, and in I836 he was elected\\nPresident of the U. S. He was the first to propose the\\nplan of an independent Treasury, which was finally\\nadopted in 1840. It was during his term of oflice that\\nthe commercial crisis of I837 occurred, in which all the\\nbanks suspended specie payments. At this time only\\neight companies had been organized in the United States\\nto conduct a regular life insurance business.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "7 2^1^^ ^-^^^Uc-^^^", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1773. DIED, 1841.\\nPRESIDENT, 1841,\\n(/9illiam ^(nr\\\\; |4arrison\\n\\\\1 7AS the son of Benjamin Harrison, one of the sign-\\ners of Declaration of hidependence. He was born\\nin Virginia, and was educated in Hampden Sidney Col-\\nlege. It was his intention to enter the medical pro-\\nfession, but in 1 791 he joined the army led by Wayne\\nagainst the Indians in the North-West. In this campaign\\nhe acted as ensign. In 1 797 he left the army, and five\\nyears later was made Governor of Indiana. The nick-\\nname of Tippecanoe, which he earned, was on account\\nof his victory over the great Indian Chief, Tecumseh, at a\\nplace called Tippecanoe. In I813 he was made Major-\\nGeneral, and three years later was elected to Congress\\nin 1824 he was elected to the Senate, and later was sent\\nas Ambassador to Colombia. The Whig party nominated\\nhim to the Presidency in I836, but he was defeated. He\\nwas, however, elected to the Presidency in 1840, but\\ndied the following year within a month of his inaugura-\\ntion. In 1841 the Nautilus Insurance Company for\\nmarine, inland navigation, transportation and fire risks\\nwas established in New York City. This organization\\nsubsequently became the New-York Life Insurance\\nCompany.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1790. DIED, 1862.\\nPRESIDENT, 1841 \u00e2\u0080\u00941845.\\n^G^n (pyler\\n\\\\A MS born and educated in Virginia, and at an early age\\npracticed law. At the age of 21 he was elected\\nto the State Legislature of Virginia, and was re-elected\\nfive times in succession. As a strong- advocate of State\\nRights he entered Congress in 1816. In 1825 he occupied\\nthe chair of Governor of Virginia, and was returned to\\nthe U. S. Senate in 1827. He ran with Harrison for Vice-\\nPresident in 1840, was elected, and at the death of Harri-\\nson, on April 2, 1841, he became President. It was\\nduring his administration that Texas was annexed to the\\nUnited States, and at the end of his official term he\\nretired to private life but with the breaking out of the\\nRebellion he sided with the Confederates, and was for a\\ntime a member of their Congress. In 184S the Nauti-\\nlus Insurance Company (afterwards the New-York\\nLife Insurance Company) commenced doing a life in-\\nsurance business.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "n/TL", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1795. DIED, 1849.\\nPRESIDENT, 1845\u00e2\u0080\u00941849.\\n^amGS 1^ pGll^\\nVX/AS born in North Carolina, and graduated from the\\nUniversity of tliat State. He was called to the Bar\\nin 1820, and three years later was elected to the Legis-\\nlature of Tenn. hi 1825 he was a member to the U. S.\\nCongress from that State. Ten 3ears later he was chosen\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives, and was also\\nSpeaker of Congress from 183 7 to I838. The year fol-\\nlowing he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and in\\n1844 was elected President of the United States. It was\\nduring his administration that the final consummation\\nof annexation of Texas to the U. S. was made. In\\n1849 the New-York Life had 2,834 policies in force,\\nrepresenting $5,552,000 of insurance, and assets amount-\\ning to $211,802.52.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "OC-", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1784. DIED, 1850.\\nPRESIDENT, 1849 1850.\\n^acl7ary fpa^lor\\n\\\\A7AS born in Orange Co., Va. In his early child-\\nhood he was taken to Louisville, Ky., where he\\ngrew up working on the home plantation. His edu-\\ncation was of the simplest. He was appointed a Lieu-\\ntenant in the U. S. Infantry in 1808, and two years later\\nwas promoted to a Captaincy. He served as a Colonel\\nin a war against the Indian General, Black Hawk, in\\n1832. He defeated the Seminoles, in Florida, in Decem-\\nber, 1837, thus terminating the war. In the Mexican\\nWar he was sent to protect Texas, and laid siege to Mon-\\nterey. He won the battle of Buena Vista. Was elected\\nPresident in 1848, and died sixteen months after his\\ninauguration. In 1850 the New-York Life Insurance\\nCo. had 3,671 policies in force, representing ^7,816,000\\nof insurance, and assets amounting to ^354,755.24.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "^^.^/^^6- 7^^xC^^L^", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1800. DIED, 1874.\\nPRESIDENT, 1850-1853.\\nMillard pillmorG\\nVyAS born at Summer Hill, in New York State. The\\nonly education he received was at a village school.\\nAt an early age he was apprenticed to a wool-carder, and\\nwhile still a young man entered the law oiilce of Judge\\nWood, who assisted him financially, and also assisted him\\nin his law studies. In 1827 he was called to the Bar, and\\ntwo years later was elected to the New York Legislature.\\nIn I832 he was elected to the United States Congress, and\\nwas subsequently re-elected three different times. In\\n1847 he was Comptroller of the State of New York, and\\none year later was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates. On account of the death of Zachary Taylor, he\\nsucceeded to the Presidency the following year. In 1853\\nthe New-York Life Insurance Company had 3,838\\npolicies in force, representing $10,510,000 of insurance,\\nand assets amounting to $795,910.21.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "4^^", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1804. DIED, 1869.\\nPRESIDENT, 1853\u00e2\u0080\u00941857.\\nPranklin pierce\\nVX/AS a native of New Hampshire. He graduated\\nfrom Bowdoin College, Me., in the year 1824.\\nUnder Levi Woodbury he studied law, and was admitted\\nto the Bar in 1827. He practiced law at Hillsborough,\\nhis native town, and in I833 was elected a Member of\\nCongress, four years later being returned to the United\\nStates Senate. He resigned in 1842 to take up again his\\nlegal profession at Concord, N. H. At the beginning of\\nthe Mexican War he entered the army as a private, and\\nin 1847 was made Brigadier-General. He was elected\\nPresident of the United States in 1852. It was under his\\nadministration that Jefferson Davis was appointed Secre-\\ntary of War. During his term of office several impor-\\ntant commercial treaties were consummated with foreign\\nnations. In 1857 the New-York Life had 4,259 policies\\nin force, representing $12,778,938 of insurance, and\\nassets amounting to $1,361,524.88.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "vr/i/i/Ui", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1791. DIED, 1868.\\nPRESIDENT, 1857 1861.\\n^ames ISucl^anan\\nA^/AS born in Pennsylvania, in Franklin Co. It was\\nat Diclcinson College, Carlisle, that he received his\\neducation. After studying law he was admitted to the\\nBar in 1812. Two years later he entered the Penns\\\\lva-\\nnia Legislature, and in 1820 he was chosen as a Member\\nof Congress. He remained there until I831, when he\\nwas sent as Ambassador to Russia, a position which he\\noccupied for three years, in I833 he was elected U. S.\\nSenator from Pennsylvania, and remained in the Senate\\nuntil 1845, when he was appointed Secretary of State by\\nPresident Pollc. Some years later he retired to private\\nlife, and in 1853 h was appointed U. S. Minister to\\nEngland, in 1856 he was elected Piesident of the United\\nStates. In 1861 the New- York Lif/ had 5,125 policies\\nin force, representing $16,411,259 of insurance, and\\nassets amounting to $2,004,570.14.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "w", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1809. DIED, 1865.\\nPRESIDENT, 1861 \u00e2\u0080\u00941865.\\neAbraljam bir^coln\\n\\\\^7AS born in Hardin Co., Ky. His ancestry were\\nEnglish Quakers. In 1816 his father moved to\\nIndiana. For ten years Lincoln worked on the farm at\\nhome his whole time in school did not exceed one year,\\nbut he was a voracious reader. In I831 he helped to\\nbuild a flat-boat on the Mississippi, on which he worked\\nhis way to New Orleans, where he became a clerk in a\\nNew Salem store. Two years later he became Captain of\\nVolunteers. From I834 to 1840 he was a Member of\\nthe Illinois Legislature, where he was an acknowledged\\nleader in the meantime studying law. Springfield, 111.,\\nwas the first place where he began to practice law, in\\n1846. From 1849 to 1854 he practiced law, and was\\nelected President of the United States in the year 1860;\\nthe following year the War of the Rebellion broke out.\\nOn September 22, 1862, he issued the memorable Eman-\\ncipation Proclamation declaring the abolition of slavery.\\nHe was re-elected President in 1864; was assassinated on\\nApril 14, 1865. In 1865 the New-York Life had 16,077\\npolicies in force, representing M5, 485, 726 of insurance,\\nand assets amounting to M,3 79,007.43-", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "cy/T Ci^t i^tJ", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1808. DIED, 1875.\\nPRESIDENT, 1865-1869.\\neAndreW ^ol^nson\\nVX/AS born at Raleigh, N. C. He served ten years as\\nan apprentice to a tailor, during which time he\\ntaugh^ himself reading and writing. Some years later he\\nwas made Alderman of the village of Greenville, and in\\n1830 was elected Mayor, serving a term of three years.\\nHe was in the Legislature from I835 to I837, and again\\nfrom I839 to 1841. He was elected State Senator of\\nTennessee, and in 1843 was sent to the United States\\nCongress, where he remained for ten years. At the end\\nof this term he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nagain in 1855 he served another term as Governor. He\\nwas United States Senator from 1857 to I863, was Vice-\\nPresident under Lincoln, and at Lincoln s death succeeded\\nto the Presidency. He was impeached by the House in\\nMarch, 1868, but was acquitted, hi I869 the New-York\\nLife had 33,145 policies in force, representing $102,132,-\\n513 of insurance, and assets amounting to $11,798,857.73.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "BORN 1822. DIED, 1885.\\nPRESIDENT, 1869 1877.\\nOl^ssGS (aFanf\\nVA/AS born at Point Pleasant, Ohio. In I839 he en-\\ntered the West Point Military Academy, hi 1843\\nhe was commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant, and served in\\nthe Mexican War, under Gen. Taylor. He was pro-\\nmoted 1st Lieutenant in 1847, and served on the Pacific\\nCoast until 1854, when he resigned and lived on a farm\\nfor four years. Owing- to bad health he gave up farm-\\ning, and went into business in St. Louis. In i860 he\\nwent into his father s store at Galena, 111. When Lincoln\\ncalled for troops in 1861, Grant drilled a company and\\ntook it to Springfield. On June 17th he was made\\nColonel of the 21st 111. Infantry; shortly afterward he\\nwas promoted to Brigadier-General, and in 1864 was\\nmade Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armies.\\nThe rank of General was specially created for him in\\n1866. Two years later, in 1868, he was elected Presi-\\ndent, and again to a second term in 1872. In 1877 the\\nNew-York Life had 45,605 policies in force, represent-\\ning ^127,901,887 of insurance, and assets amounting to\\n$33,573,537.31.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Z^^^.^^. iL^\\nv^Z.,-/^", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1822. DIED, 1893.\\nPRESIDENT, 1877 1881.\\nA A /AS born at Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from\\nKenyon College and from the School of Law at\\nHarvard. In the year 1845 he began to practice at the\\nBar in Lower Sandusky, Ohio, and was City Solicitor of\\nCincinnati from the year 1859 to 1861. At the breaking\\nout of the Civil War he was appointed Major 23d Ohio\\nInfantry, and was shortly afterward promoted to the rank\\nof Lieut.-Colonel. In the campaign of West Virginia he\\ntook a very prominent part, and was severely wounded at\\nthe battle of South Mountain. He was made Brigadier-\\nGeneral in 1864. Was elected to Congress for awhile\\nfrom 1864 to 1866. In 1868 he was elected Governor of\\nOhio, and again in I876. In that year he was Republican\\ncandidate for the Presidency, and after a heated dispute\\nover electoral votes, which were claimed by both parties,\\na Commission, appointed by Congress, gave the disputed\\nvotes to Hayes. He was President of the United States\\nfrom 1877 to 1881. In the year 1881 the New-York\\nLife Insurance Company had 53,927 policies in force,\\nrepresenting ^151,760,824 of insurance. Its assets\\namounted to $44,159,558.09.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Jl. /o /^fc^^yj", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1831. DIED, 1881.\\nPRESIDENT, 1881.\\n^ames c^. @arfield\\nVy AS born at Orange, in the State of Ohio. His edu-\\ncational advantages were meager, being confined to\\na common-school education. Brought up on a farm, he\\nwas obliged to labor early and late, and at one time his\\nemployment consisted in driving a team of mules attached\\nto a canal boat. He found time to study, and by dint of\\nperseverance he graduated at Williams College in the\\nyear 1856. Afterward he studied law and was admitted\\nto the Bar. From 1859 to i860 he was a member of the\\nOhio Senate. In 1861 he entered the army as Colonel\\nof the 42d Ohio Volunteers, and his promotion was\\nrapid. From Brigadier-General he was made Chief-of-\\nStaff in 1863, foi gallantry at Chicamauga. Shortly\\nafterward he was promoted to the rank of Major-General,\\nbut resigned to accept a seat in the 38th Congress. He\\nwas elected to the Senate in 1880, and the same year he\\nwas elected President of the United States. On July 2d,\\n1881, he was assassinated, and died on September 19th,\\nat Elberon, N. J. In the year 1881 the New- YORK Life\\nInsurance Company paid to its policy-holders ^5,091,-\\n820.23, including- $25,000 paid on the life of Pres. Garfield.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "o4_^(i^y ^tyl^", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1830, DIED, 1886.\\nPRESIDENT, 1881 1885.\\n^l79stGr qA. eArtl^ur\\n\\\\A/AS a native of Vermont, being born at Fairfield,\\nFranklin County. His ancestry was Scotch-Irish.\\nHe graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in 1849-\\nSubsequently he studied law and was admitted to the Bar\\nin 1851. He joined the Republican Party shortly after\\nits first jrganization. He served as a staff officer of the\\nState Militia of the State of New York, and in 1861 he\\nwas appointed Inspector-General of the New York State\\nNational Guard and subsequently Quartermaster-General\\nof the State troops. He was Collector for the port of\\nNew York in 1871 and held this position until 1878. In\\n1880 he was elected Vice-President of the United States,\\nand on the death of President Garfield he succeeded to\\nthe presidential office. In 1885 the New- YORK Life\\nInsurance Company had 86,418 policies in force, repre-\\nsenting $259,674,500 of insurance, and its assets amounted\\nto $61,623,472.67.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "CORN, 1837.\\nPRESIDENT, 1885 1839. 1893 1897.\\nSte|Dl7Gn (ai oxJer ^le\\\\)Gland\\nV\\\\/AS born at Caldwell, N. J., in the year I837.\\nWhen quite young his parents removed to Fayette-\\nville, N. Y. He studied at the Clinton Academy, read\\nlaw in Buffalo, v/as admitted to the Bar in 1859. He\\ncontinued to practice law in Buffalo and in I863 he was\\nappointed Assistant-District-Attorney for Erie County,\\nhi 1869 he was made Sheriff of that county, and in 1874\\nwas elected Mayor of Buffalo. In 1882 he was elected\\nGovernor of the State of New York, and two years later,\\nin 1884, was elected President of the United States. He\\nwas nominated again in June, 1888, but was defeated by\\nBenjamin Harrison. He was nominated the third time, in\\n1 892, this time defeating Harrison, and gained a second\\nterm as President of the United States, a position which\\nhe at present occupies, hi I889 the New-York Life\\nInsurance Company had 150,381 policies in force,\\nrepresenting $495,601,970 of insurance, and its assets\\namounted to $97,846,079.43-", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": ",^--2\\n^:rz.^^^\\n-J", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "BORN, 1833.\\nPRESIDENT, 1889 1893.\\nBenjamin ^amsor\\\\\\nA/ AS born at North Bend, O. He was a great-grand-\\nson of Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of\\nthe Declaration of hidependence, and grandson of the\\nninth President of the United States, hi the year 1852\\nhe graduated from the Miami University. He studied\\nlaw in Cincinnati, and in 1854 removed to Indianapolis,\\nInd., where he began a legal practice which subsequently\\nbecame very extensive. He joined the Union Army in\\n1862 and served until the close of the war, retiring to\\nprivate life with the rank of Brevet Brigadier- General.\\nHe was defeated as Republican candidate for Governor of\\nIndiana in the year 1876. Five years later he was elected\\nto the United States Senate, where he served for six years.\\nHe was nominated by the Republican Party for President\\nin 1888 and was elected President. In 1893 the New-\\nYoRK Life Insurance Company had 253,876 policies in\\nforce, representing $779,156,678.00 of insurance, and its\\nassets amounted to SI 38,5 7 1,2 11.59-", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": ",1\\neU^^\\n-r-T-", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "JOHN A. McCALL, President\\nOF THE\\nfleu/-Y*or(( Cife l^surapee ^ompapy.\\nn^HE strongest purely mutual life insurance company in the\\nworld to-day, having a present membership repre^\\nsenting more individuals directly interested in the\\nCompany than there were votes cast for GEORGE\\nWASHINGTON when he was first elected President\\nof the United States.\\nA COMPANY WITHOUT STOCK OF ANY KIND,\\nPurely mutual, no individual having control because of owner-\\nship. The Company is fifty-one years old. No man has ever\\nlost a dollar deposited with it. In its fifty-one years of active\\nbusiness it has never failed to declare a dividend to its policy-\\nholders. Its present policy contract is without restrictions and\\nnon-forfeitable.\\nDEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY, AND YOU CANNOT\\nLOSE IT IF YOU LAPSE YOUR POLICY, IF YOU\\nLIVE TO OLD AGE, OR IF YOU DIE.\\nIN TIMES LIKE THESE, OTHER INVESTMENTS MAY BE A\\nRISK, BUT LIFE INSURANCE IS A REFUGE.", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "The New=York Life Insurance Co.\\ni\\n(IN 313 WORKING DAYS OF EIGHT HOURS EACH)\\nPaid to Its Policy=holders\\n$1.85\\nEVERY SECOND\\n$111.77\\nEVERY MINUTE\\n$6,706.68\\nEVERY HOUR;\\n$53,653.45\\nEVERY DAY\\n$322,952.53\\nEVERY VTEEK\\n$1,399,460.99\\nEVERY MONTH\\nAND\\n$16,793,531.94\\nFROM\\nJanuary i to December 31.", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "LBWy SO", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3162", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n011 414 362 5", "height": "3257", "width": "2263", "jp2-path": "presidentsofunit00newy_0060.jp2"}}