The political history of the United States - or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and (14597827279)

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Title: The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
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Publisher: Philadelphia Chicago : P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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of Congress between the years1883 and 1893, under the census of 1880. Her Legislature must * The first api:)ortionment was made by the Convention which framed the Consti-tution. It gave to N. H. 3 ; Mass. 8; R. I. i; Conn. 5; N. Y. 6; N. J. 4; Pa. 8;Del. I ; Md. 6; Va. lO; N, C. 5 ; S. C. 5; Ga. 3, or 65 in all. The ratio of represen-tation was 30,000. After the census of 1790, the act of 1792 fixed the ratio at 33,-000; the act of 1803 left it at 33,000; the act of 1811 at 35,000; the act of 1822 at40,000; the act of 1832 at 47,700; the act of 1842 at 70,680. Up to this time theapportionment acts only fixed a ratio of representation. The number of memberswas ascertained by dividing this ratio into the total population. But the act of 1852fixed instead the number of members of the House at 233, leaving the ratio to beascertained by dividing 233 into the population of 1850. This made the ratio93,423. And so the ratio after i860 was 127,381; after 1870, 131,425; and afteriSSo, as above.
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196 196 POLITICAL HISTORY OF divide the State into thirty-four Congressional districts, each ofwhich is to contain as nearly as may be 154,325 inhabitants.To get at the electoral vote of each State you must add the twoSenators to the number of Representatives in the House. If aCongressional election takes place in a State before it has madeits apportionment, and said State shall be entitled to one or moremembers of Congress than it had under the previous apportion-ment, the additional member or members may, for the timebeing, be elected on the general State ticket as Members ofCongress at Large. The States formerly voted for Congressmen at their annualState elections, no matter when they came off Now, under anact of Congress (March 3, 1875) prescribing a uniform timefor holding Congressional elections, they are all required tohold them on the * Tuesday next after the first Monday in No-vember, of every second year, and all will do so as soon as theycan amend their Constitutions to tha