Life of John Q. Adams, and Electoral Vote of Tenth Term. 257 Life of Jackson, and Electoral Votes of Eleventh and Twelfth Terms. * c so to wo g . 260 Life of Van Buren, and Electoral Vote of Thirteenth Term. 264 Life of Harrison, and Electoral Vote of Fourteenth Term. 267 Life of Tyler. . • • e o & & e . 271 Life of Polk, and Electoral Vote of Fifteenth Term. . 273 Life of Taylor, and Electoral Vote of Sixteenth Term. . 276 Juife of Fillmore. e o e o o to e . 279 Life of Pierce, and Electoral Vote of Seventeenth Term. . 281 Life of Buchanan, and Electoral Vote of Eighteenth Term. 284 Life of Lincoln, and Electoral Votes of Nineteenth and - Twentieth Terms. e & * e c . .289 Life of Johnson. g g * $o to to e . 297 Life of Grant, and Electorial Votes of Twenty-first and Twenty-second Terms. . e to e * . 300 Popular vote for Presidents by States since 1824. . . .306 The Military Government Bill. . . . to of o . 311 Supplement to same, and Amendments. * , c o . 313 Amnesty Act of 1872. . . . * e • e . 316 Homestead Laws. . & e © so g e . 317 Important Statistics of States and Territories— (a) Number of Members of Congress of each. o . 318 { ) Date of Act Creating each. * * wo to . 318 d) Time of Holding General Elections. o . . 318 (e) Senators: Number and Term of Office. . te . 318 (f) Representatives: Number and Term of Office. . 319 (g) Time of Meeting of Legislatures. . e e . 319 (h) Governors: Term of Office, and State Capitals. . 319 (i) Wealth, Local Debt, and Taxation. e . 320 (j) Agricultural. . te o o s & o . 321 (k) Public Debt from 1857 to 1875, July 1st, Annually. 322 (l) Public Debt at Close of each Administration, from 1793 to 1872. o & o to * e . 322 m) Statement of Public Lands and Grants. . e . 322 n) Revenues of the Government from 1857 to 1875. . 323 o) Expenditures of the Government from 1857 to 1875. 324 p) Gold Fluctuations from 1862 to 1872. . o . 325 Geneva Arbitration, San Juan Boundary, Fisheries, etc. . 362 Enforcement Act. . . . . go © to to wo . 388 Amendatory Enforcement Act and Supplement. o . 400 Ku-Klux Act. e e * o © e . 413 Salary Act. . * o to e © o © o . 418 Repeal of Salary Act. . o o go go . 420 Grant's Veto Message of The Currency Bill. e to . 421 Dawes's Compromise Redistribution Čoney Bill. . . 425 Bankrupt Act as Amended 1875. ... • . go * . 430 The Act for Resumption of Specie Payment. . e . 486 Geneva and San Juan Awards. © . . . g . . 488 Poland's Gag Law. . to g o © © . 496 Pay of Officers of the United States, Civil and Military. . 506 Schedule of Stamp Duty. . . . e e e (e . . 512 etc., of the Century. . o e C & . 532 CONFEDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL STATES. ON Monday, the 5th of September, 1774, there were assembled at Carpenter's Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, a number of men who had been chosen and appointed by the several colonies in North America to hold a Congress for the purpose of discussing certain grievances imputed against the mother country. This Congress resolved, on the next day, that each colony should have one vote only. On Tuesday, the 2d July, 1776, the Congress resolved, “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States,” etc., etc.; and on Thursday, the 4th July, the whole Declaration of Independence having been agreed upon, it was publicly read to the people. Shortly after, on the 9th September, it was resolved that the words “United Colonies” should be no longer used, and that the “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” should thenceforward be the style and title of the Union. On Saturday, the 15th November, 1777, “Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union of the United States of America” were agreed to by the State delegates, subject to the ratification of the State legislatures severally. Eight of the States ratified these articles on the 9th July, 1778; one on the 21st July; one on the 24th July; one on the 26th November of the same year; one on the 22d February, 1779; and the last one on the 1st March, 1781. Here was a bond of union between thirteen independent States, whose delegates in Congress legislated for the general welfare, and executed certain powers so far as they were permitted by the articles aforesaid. The following are the names of the Presidents of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1788: . Peyton Randolph, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . .5th Sept., 1774. Henry Middleton, South Carolina....... 22d Oct., 1774. Peyton Randolph, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . 10th May, 1775. John Hancock, Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . 24th May, 1776. Henry Laurens, South Carolina. . . . . . . . 1st Nov., 1777. John Jay, New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Dec., 1778. Samuel Huntington, Connecticut. . . . . . . 28th Sept., 1779. Thomas McKean, Delaware. . . . . . . .... 10th July, 1781. John Hanson, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Nov., 1781. Elias Boudinot, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . 4th “ 1782. Thomas Mifflin, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . .3d “ 1783. Richard Henry Lee, Virginia. . . . . . . . . .30th “ 1784. Nathaniel Gorham, Massachusetts. . . . . .6th Jan., 1786. Arthur St. Clair, Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . 2d Feb., 1787. Cyrus Griffin, Virginia. . . . . . . . . © o O C & © e 22d Jan., 1788. The seat of government was established as follows: At Philadelphia, #. commencing September 5, 1774, and May 10, 1775; at Baltimore, Md., December 20, 1776; at Philadelphia, Pa., March 4, 1777; at Lancaster, Pa., September 27, 1777; at York, Pa., September 30, 1777; at Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 1778; at Princeton, N. J., June 30, 1783; at Annapolis, Md., November 26, 1783; at Trenton, N. J., November 1, 1784; and at New York City, N. Y., January 11, 1785. On the 4th March, 1789, the present Constitution, which had been adopted by a convention and ratified by the requisite number of States, went into operation. |