John Tyler 15 legitimate children and many Of His Slaves

John Tyler definitely holds the record for having fathered the most amount of children of any president. In his two marriages Tyler fathered a staggering 15 legitimate children. There are also unconfirmed stories that he fathered children with many of his slaves too. Oral history among slaves confirms this, however it’s nearly impossible to prove by DNA, since all the children were eventually sold off.

The Last Days of Abraham Lincoln

The Last Days of Abraham Lincoln

 

On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred at 10:15 p.m., during a moment when the audience was laughing as actor Harry Hawk performed on stage. Actor John Wilkes Booth entered the rear of the Presidential Box (shown in the photo to the right) and shot Lincoln from behind before leaping out of the box and down to the stage. In all the confusion, Booth was able to flee from the theater without being accosted or arrested. When the theatre-goers realized what had happened to the President, doctors from the audience immediately rushed to his aid. Lincoln was taken across the street to the home of William Petersen (known today as the Petersen House, shown to the left). Here he remained for the rest of the solemn night, until his death on the morning of April 15 at 7:22 a.m.    Though the assassin had momentarily escaped and was on the run, he was found and killed in less than two weeks after the murderous act was committed. The surviving conspirators who had plotted with Booth to murder the President were arrested, and a trial was held from May 10 through June 29. During the trial, a testimony by William T. Kent on May 16, 1865 stated the following about the murder weapon:

About three minutes after the President was shot, I went into his box. There were two other persons there then, and a surgeon, apparently, asked me for a knife to cut open the President's clothes. I handed him mine, and with it he cut the President's clothes open. I then went out of the theatre and went down to call my roommate. I missed my night key, and thinking that I had dropped my night key in pulling out my knife, I hurried back to the theatre. When I went into the box and was searching around for it on the floor, I knocked my foot against the pistol, and stooping down, I picked it up. I held it up, and cried out, "I have found the pistol!"

Photos of Ford's Theatre building and Ford's Theatre Museum by CNO, photos of the Presidential Box and the Petersen House by DLO.

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President Abraham Lincoln and death Poems

The Death of Lincoln

By William Cullen Bryant

Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare,

Gentle and merciful and just!

Who, in the fear of God, didst bear

The sword of power, a nation’s trust!

In sorrow by thy bier we stand,

Amid the awe that hushes all,

And speak the anguish of a land

That shook with horror at thy fall.

Thy task is done; the bond are free:

We bear thee to an honored grave,

Whose proudest monument shall be

The broken fetters of the slave.

Pure was thy life; its bloody close

Hath placed thee with the sons of light,

Among the noble host of those

Who perished in the cause of Right.

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 Death of Abraham Lincoln!

James D. Gay

’Twas on that sad and mournful night,
Oh! what a fearful shock!
Our country felt when news arrived,
Our President was shot!
The stores were closed, our flag was draped,
Our hearts felt sick and sore,
Such fearful news we ne’er received,
From Washington before
Such fearful news we ne’er received,
From Washington before.

He lay upon his dying bed,
His eyes were growing dim,
When with a faltering step they brought
His weeping son to him.
Weep not my boy, his friends did cry,
But put your trust in Him,
Who takes your father from your side,—Repeat
And from this world of sin.

The glorious news arrived from Grant,
Made his heart swell with joy,
And caused the loyal North to shout!
From Maine to Illinois.
But mark the change throughout the land,
Oh! curse the traitor’s hand,
That moved from earth our brightest hope,—Repeat.
And crushed our Abraham.

On Springfield’s calm and happy shore,
His sacred form shall lie,
And rest in peace from war and strife,
His name shall never die.
There Willie too may rest with him,
Their Spirits met on high,
And choicest flowers deck their graves,
And tears fill every eye.
And choicest flowers deck their graves,
And tears fill every eye

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List of first African-American mayors

1860s

• 1868

First African American elected mayor of a U.S. town: Pierre Caliste Landry,Donaldsonville, Louisiana^[1]

• 1869

First African-American mayor of Maryville, Tennessee: W. B. Scott^[2]

1880s

• 1888

First African-American mayor of a predominately white U.S. town, and of a Western U.S. town: Edward Duplex, Wheatland, California^[3]

1960s

• 1966

First African-American mayor of a U.S. city: Robert C. Henry, Springfield, Ohio(appointed by city commission)

First African American elected mayor of a large U.S. city: Richard G. Hatcher (Gary, Indiana) (Hatcher was elected before Stokes but did not take office until after him)

• 1967

First African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio)

First African American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1975)

• 1968

First African American elected Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey: Matthew G. Carter^[4]

First African American mayor of a Kentucky city: Luska Twyman, Glasgow, Kentucky

First African American elected mayor of a predominantly white southern city: Howard Nathaniel Lee, Chapel Hill, North Carolina^[5]

• 1969

First African American elected mayor of a Mississippi city: Charles Evers, Fayette, Mississippi^[6]

1970s

• 1970

First African American elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Kenneth A. Gibson

First African American elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: James H. McGee

First African American appointed mayor of Wichita, Kansas: A. Price Woodard^[7]

First African-American elected mayor of Salina, Kansas: Robert C. Caldwell^[8]

• 1971

First African American appointed mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1973)

First African American elected mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois: James Williams

• 1972

First African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and first African American mayor of a state capital: James R. Ford

First African-American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Ted Berry

• 1973

First African American elected mayor of Detroit, Michigan: Coleman Young

First African American elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: Clarence Lightner

First African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard Jackson,Atlanta, Georgia^[9]

First African American elected mayor of a major Western city: Tom Bradley, Los Angeles, California

First African American woman mayor of a major satellite city: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California

First African American elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1971)

• 1975

First African American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of Washington, D.C.:Walter Washington (see also: 1967)

• 1977

First African American mayor of Richmond, Virginia: Henry L. Marsh^[10] (Note: elected from within nine City Council members; changed to general election in 2003)

• 1978

First African American elected mayor of Oakland, California: Lionel Wilson

First African American elected mayor of New Orleans: Ernest Nathan Morial

• 1979

First African American elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama: Richard Arrington, Jr.

1980s

• 1981

First African American elected Mayor of Camden, New Jersey: Randy Primas^[11]

First African American elected mayor of Spokane, Washington: James Everett Chase

• 1982

First African American appointed mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: J.O. Patterson, Jr.

• 1983

First African American elected Mayor of Chicago: Harold Washington

First African American elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina: Harvey Gantt

First African American elected Mayor of Flint: James Sharp

• 1984

First African American elected Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey: James L. Usry

First African American elected Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wilson Goode

First African American elected mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia: James W. Holley, III

• 1987

First African American woman elected mayor of a Major City Hartford, Connecticut: Carrie Saxon Perry

First African American appointed mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Clarence H. Burns

• 1988

First African American elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Kurt Schmoke

First African American elected mayor of Hempstead, New York: James A. Garner

• 1989

First African American elected mayor of New York, New York: David Dinkins

First African American elected mayor of New Haven, Connecticut: John C. Daniels

First African American elected mayor of Richmond, California: George Livingston^[12]

First African American elected mayor of Rockford, Illinois: Charles Box

First African American elected mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice

1990s

• 1990

First African American elected Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey: Douglas Palmer

First African American elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina: Leander R. "Lee" Morgan ^[13]

First African American elected Mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice ^[14]

• 1991

First African American elected mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: W. W. Herenton

First African American elected mayor of Denver, Colorado: Wellington Webb

First African American elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri: Emanuel Cleaver

First African American woman elected mayor of Washington, D.C.: Sharon Pratt Kelly

• 1993

First African American elected mayor of St. Louis, Missouri: Freeman Bosley, Jr.

First African American elected mayor of Rochester, New York: William A. Johnson, Jr.

• 1994

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sharon Sayles Belton

• 1995

First African American elected mayor of Dallas, Texas: Ron Kirk

First African American elected mayor of Jeanerette, Louisiana:James "T.K." Alexander Sr.(mayor)

• 1996

First African American elected mayor of San Francisco, California: Willie Brown

• 1997

First African American elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi: Harvey Johnson, Jr.

First African American elected mayor of Houston, Texas: Lee P. Brown

2000s

• 2000

First African American elected mayor of Columbus, Ohio: Michael B. Coleman

First African American elected mayor of Selma, Alabama: James Perkins, Jr.

• 2001

First African-American elected Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Johnny L. Dupree^[15]

First African-American woman mayor of major Southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia: Shirley Franklin^[16]

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Southfield, Michigan: Brenda L. Lawrence

First African American elected Mayor of Heidelberg, Mississippi: Juan Barnett

First African American elected Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina: Marshall Pitts Jr.^[17]

First African American elected Mayor of Tchula, Mississippi who was a woman and a Republican: Yvonne Brown^[18]

• 2002

First African-American woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: Rhine McLin

First African-American elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Jack Ford

First African-American elected mayor of Kingsland, Georgia: Kenneth E. Smith, Sr. (politician)

• 2003

First African-American elected mayor of Palm Springs, California: Ron Oden

First African American elected by citizens as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida: John Marks

First African-American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of San Ramon, California: H. Abram Wilson

• 2004

First African American elected mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Kip Holden

First African American mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marvin Pratt

First African American elected mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Carl A. Redus, Jr.^[19]

• 2005

First African American elected mayor of Buffalo, New York: Byron Brown

First African American elected mayor of Mobile, Alabama: Sam Jones

First African American elected mayor of Asheville, North Carolina: Terry Bellamy

First African American elected mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark Mallory

First African American elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio: Jay Williams

• 2006

First African American elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Cedric Glover

First African American elected mayor of Anderson, South Carolina: Terence Roberts

• 2007

First African American woman and first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Sheila Dixon

First African American elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina: Yvonne Johnson

First African American elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas: Carl Brewer

First African American elected mayor of South Harrison Township, New Jersey: Charles Tyson^[20]

• 2008

First African American elected mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri: Carson Ross

First African American elected mayor of Lancaster, Texas: Marcus Knight

First African American elected mayor of Mansfield, Ohio: Donald Culliver

First African American elected mayor of Sacramento, California: Kevin Johnson

First African American mayor of Festus, Missouri: Earl Cook^[21]

First African-American elected Mayor of Damascus, Georgia : Vivian Pounder

• 2009

First African American elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi: James Young

First African American elected mayor of Freeport, New York: Andrew Hardwick^[22]

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and first African-American woman elected mayor in Utah: Mia Love^[23]

2010s

• 2010

First African-American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Fontana, California: Acquanetta Warren ^[24]

First African American elected mayor of Columbia, South Carolina: Stephen K. Benjamin

• 2011

First African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida: Alvin Brown^[25]

• 2012

First African-American Mayor of Ithaca, New York: Svante Myrick

First African-American Mayor of Antioch, California: Wade Harper^[26]

First African-American Mayor of Garland, North Carolina: Winifred Hill Murphy

First African American and first woman mayor of Orrville, Alabama: Louvenia Diane Lumpkin

• 2014

First African-American Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia: Cornell Harvey

First African-American and first African-American woman mayor of San Antonio, TX: Ivy Taylor^[27]

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