JAMES K. POLK, PRESIDENT. Secretary of State, James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of Treasury, Robert J. Walker, Mississippi, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of War, William L. Marcy, New York, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of Navy, George Bancroft, Massachusetts, March 10th, 1845; John Y. Mason, September 9th, 1846. Attorney-General, John Y Mason, Virginia, March 5th, 1845; Nathan Clifford, Maine, October 17th, 1846. Postmaster-General, Cave Johnson, Tennessee, March 6th, 1845. ULYSSES S. GRANT, President. XXI. and XXII.; 1869-1877. ZACHARY TAYLOR AND MILLARD FILLMORE, Presidents. May 22d, 1876. Secretary of Navy, Adolph E. Borie, XVI.; 1849-1853. Secretary of State, E. B. Washburne, Illinois, March 5th, 1869; Hamilton Fish, New York, March 11th, 1869. Secretary of Treasury, George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts, March 11th, 1869; William A. Richardson, Massachusetts, March 17th, 1873; Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky, June 2d, 1874; Lot M. Morrill, Maine, June 21st, 1876. Secretary of War, John A. Rawlins, Illinois. March 11th, 1869; William T. Sherman, Ohio, September 9th, 1869; William W. Belknap, Iowa, October 25th, 1869; Alphonso Taft, Ohio, March 8th, 1876; J. D. Cameron, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1869; George M. Robeson, New Jersey, June 25th, 1869. Secretary of Interior, Jacob D. Cox, Ohio, March 5th, 1869; Columbus Delano, Ohio, November 1st, 1870; Zachariah Chandler, Michigan,October 19th, 1875. Attorney-General, E. R. Hoar, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1869; Amos T. Akerman, Georgia, June 234, 1870: George H. Williams, Oregon, December, 14th, 1871; Edwards Pierrepont, New York, April 26th, 1875; Alphonso Taft, Ohio, May 22d, 1876. Postmaster-General, J. A J. Creswell, Maryland, March 5th, 1869; Mar-hall Jewell, Connecticut, August 24th, 1874; James M. Tyner, Indiana, July 12th, 1876. Secretary of State, John M. Clayton, Delaware, March 7th, 1840; Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, July 22d, 1850; Edward Everett, Massachusetts, December 6th, 1852. Secretary of Treasury, W. M. Meredith, Pennsylvania, March 8th, 1849; Thomas Corwin, Ohio, July 23d, 1850. Secretary of War, George W. Crawford, Georgia, March 8th, 1849; Winfield Scott (ad interim), July 23d, 1850; Charles M. Conrad, Louisiana, August 15th, 1850. Secretary of Navy, William B. Preston, Virginia, March 8th, 1849; William A. Graham, North Carolina, July 22d, 1850; J. P. Kennedy, Maryland, July 22d, 1852. Secretary of Interior, Thomas H. Ewing, Ohio, March 8th, 1849; A. H. H. Stuart, Virginia, September 12th, 1850. Attorney General, Reverdy Johnson, Mary. land, March 8th, 1849; John J. Crittenden, Kentucky, Secretary of State, William M. Evarts, New York, July 22d, 1850. Postmaster-General, Jacob Collamer, March 12th, 1877. Secretary of Treasury, John Sher Vermont, March 8th, 1849; Nathan K. Hall, Newman, Ohio, March 8th, 1877. Secretary of War, George York, July 23d, 1850; S. D Hubbard, Connecticut, August 31st, 1852. FRANKLIN PIERCE, President. XVII.; 1853-1857. Secretary of State, William L. Marcy, New York, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Treasury, James Guthrie, Kentucky, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Navy, James C. Dobbin, North Carolina, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Interior, Robert McClelland, Michigan, March 7th, 1853; Jacob Thompson, Mississippi, March 6th, 1856. Attorney-General, Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts, March 7th, 1853. Postmaster-General, James Campbell, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1853. JAMES BUCHANAN, President. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, President. W. McCrary, Iowa, March 12th, 1877; Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota. December 12th, 1879. Secretary of Navy, Richard W. Thompson, Indiana, March 12th, 1877; Nathan Goff, Jr., West Virginia, January 6th, 1881. Secretary of Interior, Carl Schurz. Mis souri, March 12th, 1877. Attorney-General, Charles Devens, Massachusetts, March 12th, 1877. Postmaster-General, David M. Key, Tennessee, March 12th, 1877; Horace Maynard, Tennessee, August 25th, 1880. JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Presidents. XXIV.; 1881-1885. Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, Maine, March 5th, 1881; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, December 12th, 1881. Secretary of Treasury, William H. Windom, Minnesota, March 5th, 1881; Charles J. Folger, New York, October 27th, 1881; Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana, September 24th, 1884; Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, October 28th, 1884. Secretary of War, Robert T. Lincoln, Hunt, Louisiana, March 5th, 1881; William E. Chandler, Illinois, March 5th, 1881. Secretary of Nury, W. H. New Hampshire, April 1st, 1882. Secretary of Interior, S. J. Kirkwood, Iowa, March 5th, 1881; Henry M. Teller, Colorada. Attorney-General, Wayne McVeagh, Pennsyl vania, March 5th, 1881; Benjamin H. Brewster, Pennsyl L. James, New York, March 5th, 1881; Timothy 0. Howe, vania, December 16th. 1881 Postmaster-General, Thomas Wisconsin, December 20th, 1881; Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, Lewis Cass, Michigan, March 6th, 1857; J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1860. Secretary of Treasury, Howell Cobb, Georgia, March 6th, 1857; Philip F. Thomas, Maryland, December 12th, 1860; John A. Dix, New York, Janu ary 11th, 1861. Secretary of War, John B. Floyd, Vir ginia, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, January 18th, 1861. Secretary of Navy, Isaac Toucey, Connecticut, March 6th, 1857. Secretary of Interior Jacob Thompson, continued. Attorney-General, J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1857; E. M. Stan-Indiana, April 3d, 1883; Frank Hatton, Wisconsin, ton, Pennsylvania, December 20th, 1860. PostmasterOctober 14th, 1884. General, Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, March 14th, 1859; Horatio King, Maine, February 12th, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ANDREW JOHNSON, Presidents. XIX. and XX.; 1861-1869. Secretary of State, William H. Seward, New York, March 5th, 1861. Secretary of Treasury, S. P. Chase, Ohio, March 5th, 1861; W. P. Fessenden, Maine, July 1st, 1864; Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, March 7th, 1865. Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1861; Edwin M. Stanton, Pennsylvania, January 15th, 1862; U.S. Grant (ad interim), August 12th, 1867; Edwin M. Stanton (reinstated), January 14th, 1868; J. M. Schofield; Illinois, May 28th, 1868. Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles, Connecticut, March 5th. 1861. Secretary of Interior, Caleb P. Smith, March 5th, 1861; John P. Usher, Indiana, January 8th, 1863; James Harlan, Iowa, May 15th, 1865; O. H. Browning, Illinois July 27th-1866. Attorney-General, Edward Bates, Missouri, March 5th, 1861; Titian J. Coffee, June 224, 1863; James Speed, Kentucky, December 2d, 1864; Henry Stanbery, Ohio, July 23d, 1866; William M. Evarts, New York, July 15th, 1868. Postmaster-General, Montgomery Blair, Maryland, March 5th, 1861; William Dennison, Ohio, September 24th, 1864; Alexander W. Randall, Wisconsin, July 25th, 1836. GROVER CLEVELAND, President. XXV.; 1885-1889. Secretary of State, James A. Bayard, Delaware, March BENJAMIN HARRISON, President. Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, Maine, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Treasury, William Windom, Minne sota, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of War, Redfield Proctor, Vermont, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Navy, Benjamin Tracy, New York, March 5th, 1889. Postmaster-General, John Wanamaker, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Interior, John W. Noble, Missouri, March 5th, 1889. Attorney-General, W. H. H. Miller, Indiana, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Agriculture, Jeremiah Rusk, Wisconsin, March 5th, 1889. Secretary Windom died Jan. 29, 1891, and was succeeded by Charles Foster, Ohio. SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED JULY 4th, 1776. The following list of members of the Continental Congress, who signed the Declaration of Independence (although the names are included in the general list of that Congress, from 1774 to 1778), is given separately for the purpose of showing the places and dates of their birth, and the times of their respective deaths, for convenient reference: NAMES OF THE SIGNERS. Adams, John... Adams, Samuel... Bartlett, Josiah Carroll, Chas of Carrollton.. Harrison, Benjamin. Heyward, Thomas, Jr... Paine, Robert Treat Read, George Rush, Benjamin, M. D. Massachusetts. Braintree, Mass., 19 Oct. 1735. Marblehead, Mass., 1 July 1744... Hopewell, N. J., in 1715. Caroline Co., Va., 17 May 1741.... Princeton, N. J., 1 Oct. 1730. Yester, Scotland, 5 Feb. 1722... Pennsylvania.. R. I. & Prov. Pl Massachusetts. Virginia...... ANTE-WAR DEBTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES. TABLE showing the Debts of the several States before the war (1860-61). DIED. 4 July, 1826. 2 Oct. 1803. 19 May 1795. 10 Oct. 1797. 14 November, 1832. 19 June, 1811. September, 1794. 23 Jan. 1813. 4 Aug 1821. 8 Oct. 1798. April, 1791 1880. March, 1809 11 May, 1804. 1798. 1783. -July, 1779. 19 April, 1813. 23 Jan. 1800. 23 July, 1793. 11 July, 1806. 28 Feb. 1781. 5 Oct. 1787. 23 Feb. 1781. 24 June, 1803. 2 Feb. 1804 28 Nov. 1785. 2 Aug. 1811. 28 Aug. 1798. 15 Nov. 1794. 1 Dec. 1797. 8 June, 1806. CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, The following is a list of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, as well as those who were candidates for each office, since the organization of the Government: (vide pp. 21-25, 62.) 1789-George Washington* and John Adams, two terms, no opposition. 1797-John Adams, opposed by Thomas Jefferson,* who, having the next highest electoral vote, became Vice President. 1801-Thomas Jefferson* and Aaron Burr; beating John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney.* 1845-James K. Polk* and George M. Dallas; beating Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen. 1849-Zachary Taylor* and Millard Fillmore; beating Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren for President, and William O. Butler* and C. F. Adams, for Vice President. 1853-Franklin Pierce and William R. King; beating Winfield Scott and William A. Graham.* 1857-James Buchanan and John C. Breckin more for President, and William L. Dayton and A. 1805-Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton; beating Charles C. Pinckney* and Rufus King. 1809-James Madison* and George Clinton; beat-ridge*; beating John C. Fremont and Millard Filling Charles C. Pinckney.* 1813-Janies Madison* and Eldridge Gerry; beat-J. Donaldson* for Vice President. ing De Witt Clinton. 1817-James Monroe* and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating Rufus King. 1821-James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating John Quincy Adams. 1825-John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun;* beating Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford; there being four candidates for President, and Albert Gallatin for Vice President. 1829-Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun*; beating John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. 1833-Andrew Jackson* and Martin Van Buren; beating Henry Clay, John Floyd,* and William Wirt for President; and William Wilkins, John Sergeant, and Henry Lee* for Vice President. 1837-Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson; beating William H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, and Daniel Webster for President, and John Tyler* for Vice President. 1841-William H. Harrison and John Tyler*; beating Martin Van Buren and Littleton W. Tazewell.* Harrison died one month after his inauguration, and John Tyler* became President for the rest of the term. 1861-Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin; beating John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and J. C. Breckinridge for President. 1865-Abraham Lincoln and ndrew Johnson,* Union candidates; beating G. B. McClellan and G. H. Pendleton. 1869-Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax; beat ing Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, jr. 1873-Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson; beating Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, for President and Vice President. 1877-Rutherford B. Hayes and Wm. A. Wheeler; beating Samuel Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks. 1881-James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur; beating General W. S. Hancock and W. H. English. Arthur succeeded Garfield, after his death from as sassination, Sept. 19, 1881, and David Davis is now Acting Vice President. 1885-Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, who defeated James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. 1889-Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, who defeated Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman. Candidates from Southern States. NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO WHICH EACH STATE HAS BEEN ENTITLED, AT EACH ELECTION, 1789-1880. Maryland Massachusetts Michigan... Minnesota Mississippi. Nevada.... New Hampshire New Jersey....... North Carolina West Virginia... Total 8 8 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 15 12 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8 776 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 10 16 16 16 19 19 22 22 15 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 14 3 3 3 3 10 15 15 15 20 20 25 25 25 28 28 30 30 30 26 26 27 27 27 26 26 29 29 30 12 21 21 21 24 24 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 17 17 15 15 15 10 10 11 11 12 91 135 138 138 176 176 218 221 235 261 261 288 294 294 275 290 296 296 303 314 317 366 369 401 4 5 5 5 8 8 10 10 11 Number of States.... 13 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 30 31 31 33 36 37 37 36 38 † Presided one term of the court; appointment not confirmed by the Senate. The Supreme Court, at its first session in 1790, consisted of a Chief Justice and five Associates. The number of Associate Justices was increased to six in 1807 by the appointment of Thomas Todd; increased to eight in 1837 by the appointments of John Catron and John McKinley; increased to nine in 1863 by the appointment of Stephen J. Field; decreased to eight on the death of John Catron in 1865; decreased to seven on the death of James M. Wayne in 1867; and again increased to eight in 1870, with a view to get the legal tender decision-a policy for such precedents are found in the governments of England and France. TOTAL NUMBER OF TROOPS CALLED INTO SERVICE DURING These do not include the militia that were brought into service during the various invasions of Lee's mies into Maryland and Pennsylvania. 15, 1797-July 5th 2d...November 13, 1797-July (3d... December 3, 1798-March 1st... December 2, 1799-May 2d... November 17, 1880-March 1st... December 7, 1801-May 2d....December 6, 1802-March 1st...October 17, 1803-March 2d...November 5, 1804-March 1st... December 2, 1805-April 2d... December 1, 1806-March 1st...October 26, 1807-April 12d...November 7, 1808-March 1st...May 22, 1809-June 2d... November 27, 1809-May 3d... December 3, 1810-March 1st... November 4, 1811-July 2d... November 2, 1812-March (1st... May (1st... May 1, 1796 3, 1797 10, 1797 (1st... December 3, 1849-September 30, 1850 2d...December 2, 1850-March 3, 1851 32d 16, 1798 1st... December 1, 1851-August 2d... December 6, 1852-March 31, 1852 3, 1853 3, 1799 33d 6th 14, 1800 8th 3, 1801 34th 3, 1802 3, 1803 27, 1804 3, 1805 35th 36th 21, 1806 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 1st... December 5, 1859-June {2d... December 3, 1860...March (1st...July 4, 1861-August 2d... December 2, 1861-July 3d...December 1, 1862-March 1st... December 7, 1863-July 12d...December 5, 1864-March f1st... December 4, 1865-July 12d... December 3, 1866-March 1st... March "...November 21, 1867-December 2, 1867 2d... December 2, 1867-July 4, 1867-March 3, 1867-July 27, 1868 4, 1869 20, 1818 3, 1819 1st...March 4, 1869-April 41st 23, 1869 2d... December 15, 1820 (3d...December 5, 1870-March 6, 1869-July 15, 1870 4, 1871 3, 1821 8, 1822 42d 3, 1823 27, 1824 3, 1825 22, 1826 43d 3, 1827 44th 26, 1828 3, 1831 3d... December 2, 1878-March 4, 1879 16, 1832 1st... March 3, 1833 30, 1834 3d...December 16, 1880 6, 1880-March 4, 1881 1st... December 5, 1881-August 8, 1882 4, 1882-March 4, 1883 48th [ 1st... December 3, 1883-July 2d... December 1, 1884-March 49th J1st... December 7, 1885-August 5, 1886 2d...December 6, 1886-March 4, 1887 50th 51st 1st... December 5, 1887-October 2d... December 3, 1888-March 1st... December 2, 1889-October, 2d... December 1, 1890-March 4, 24, 1813-August 2d... December 6, 1813-April (3d...September 19, 1814-March 1st... December 4, 1815-April 12d...December 2, 1816-March 1, 1817-April 1st... December 2d...November 16, 1818-March 1st... December 6, 1819-May (2d... November 13, 1820-March 1st... December 3, 1821-May {2d... December 2, 1822-March 1st... December 1, 1823-May 120. ...December 6, 1824-March 1st... December 5, 1825-May 2d... December 4, 1826-March 1st... December 3, 1827-May 2d... December 1, 1828-March 1st... December 7, 1829-May 12d... December 6, 18.30-March (1st... December 5, 1831-July 12d... December 3, 1832-March 1st...December 2, 1833-June 12d... December 1, 1834-March [1st..December 7, 1835-July 2d...December 5, 1836-March 1st...September 4, 1837-October 2d... December 4, 1837-July 3d...December 3, 1838-March [1st... December 2, 1839-July 2d... December 7, 1840-March 1st... May 2d... December (3d...December CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES. Number Employed in the several Departments of the Government, July 1st, 1882. |