may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election, and who have paid a state or county tax assessed upon them within two years next preceding such election, and also to every citizen who may be by law exempted from taxation, and who may be, in all other respects, qualified as above mentioned. CONNECTICUT. Must have gained a settlement in the state six months, done military duty, paid a state tax, and taken the prescribed oaths. RHODE ISLAND. Three months' residence, and own a freehold of one hundred and thirty-one dollars. NEW YORK. Right of suffrage extends to all males of twentyone years of age, inhabitants of the state for the last year, and residents of the county for the last six months. A colored man must hold a freehold of fifty dollars, have paid thereon taxes, and been five years a citizen. NEW JERSEY. The language of the constitution on this point is, that all persons of full age shall have a right to vote, who are worth fifty pounds, proclamation money, clear estate in the same, and have resided in the county in which they claim to vote, for twelve months immediately preceding the election. By a special act of the legislature, every white male inhabitant, of lawful age, and who has paid a tax, is considered worth fifty pounds, and therefore entitled to vote. PENNSYLVANIA. A citizen of the state two years, and paid a state and county tax. Persons qualified, between the ages of twenty-one and two, may vote, although they have paid no taxes. DELAWARE. The right of suffrage the same as in Pennsyl vania. MARYLAND. One year in the state, and six months in the county, preceding the election at which he offers to vote. VIRGINIA. Right of suffrage extends to every white male citizen of the commonwealth, of the age of twenty-one years, or who has a joint interest to the amount of twenty-five dollars, and having been a housekeeper one year, and been assessed with a part of the revenue of the commonwealth, within the preceding year, and actually paid the same. NORTH CAROLINA. A citizen of the state one year, who has paid taxes, may vote for members of the house of commons, but must own fifty acres of land to vote for senators. SOUTH CAROLINA. Right of suffrage is granted to every free white male citizen, of the age of twenty-one years, resident two years, a freeholder of fifty acres of land, or has paid a tax the preceding year, of three shillings sterling, towards the support of government. GEORGIA. The right of suffrage extends to all citizens who have attained the age of twenty-one years, and six months' residence in the county where he offers his vote, and must have paid all taxes imposed on him. ALABAMA. A citizen of the United States, one year in the state, and three months' residence in the county where he offers his vote. LOUISIANA. Residence in the county where he offers his vote one year, and having paid taxes within the last six months. TENNESSEE. A citizen of the United States, and six months' residence in the county where he offers his vote. KENTUCKY. The right of suffrage extends to every free male white citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the state two years, or in the county where he votes, one year next preceding. OHIO. Right of suffrage extends to white male inhabitants, above twenty-one years, who have resided in the state one year immediately preceding the election, and who have paid a state or county tax. INDIANA. Right of suffrage is granted to all male citizens of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who have resided in the state a year immediately preceding an election. ILLINOIS. Residence in the state six months, but can only vote in the county where he actually resides. MISSOURI. A citizen of the United States, and one year's residence in the state next preceding the election, and three months in the county. Chronological List of the Cabinet Officers of each Administration. Edmund Randolph,.. Virginia, ..Sept. 26, 1789. ..Jan. 2, 1794.Secretaries of State. Timothy Pickering,.....Pennsylvania,...Dec. 10, 1795. Timothy Pickering,.....Pennsylvania, ..Jan. 2, 1795. Oliver Wolcott,. Henry Knox, James McHenry, Samuel Osgood, Secretaries of the Treasury. Secretaries of War. Timothy Pickering,. ...Pennsylvania,...Nov. 7, 1791. Postmasters General. ..Maryland, ...Jan. 27, 1796. ..Feb. 25, 1795. Charles Lee, ........... .Virginia,.... ..Dec. 10, 1795. Joseph Habersham,.....Georgia, Edmund Randolph,. ..Virginia,. William Bradford,.. ...Pennsylvania,...Jan. 27, 1794. Attorneys General. Second Administration ;-1797 to 1801;-4 years. JOHN ADAMS, Thomas Jefferson, Massachusetts, ..March 4, 1797. President. Timothy Pickering, ....Pennsylvania,..(cont'd in office.) Oliver Wolcott,..... Roger Griswold,.. Benjamin Stoddert,. .Connecticut, ..(cont'd in office.) ..Maryland, Third Administration ; .May 21, 1798.) Secretaries of State. Secretaries of the Secretaries of War. Secretaries of the President. Vice-Presidents. 1801 to 1809; -8 years. THOMAS JEFFERSON,....Virginia,. Levi Lincoln, John Breckenridge,. Virginia,.............. March 5, 1801. ..Jan. 26, 1802. ..Massachusetts,.. March 5, 1801. Secretary of State. ..Kentucky, ..Dec. 23, 1805. Attorneys General. Cæsar A. Rodney,....... Delaware, ...... Fourth Administration; - 1809 to 1817;-8 years. James Monroe,. ..N. Y., 1809, (died April 20, 1812.) Vice-Presidents. Maryland, Appointed. .Virginia,.. .......Nov. 25, 1811.Secretaries of State. George W. Campbell,...Tennessee, John Armstrong,... ..Feb. 9, 1814. Benj. W. Crownins hield, Massachusetts,..Dec. 19, 1814. .Connecticut, ....(cont'd in office.) Secretaries of the Treasury. Secretaries of War. Secretaries of the Navy. Postmasters General. ..Maryland, ...Dec. 11, 1811. Attorneys General. Richard Rush,..........Pennsylvania,... Feb. 10, 1814. Daniel D. Tompkins,... New York,.. Appointed. Massachusetts, . .March 4, 1817. President. Secretary of State Isaac Shelby,. 9, 1823. Secretaries of War. Secretaries of the Sixth Administration;-1825 to 1829;JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,...Massachusetts,..March 4, 1825. John C. Calhoun,..................South Carolina,..March 4, 1825. Appointed. Henry Clay,..... .Kentucky, .March 8, 1825. 4 years. President. Secretary of State. Sec. of the Navy. 1829 to 1837; Seventh Administration; Martin Van Buren, .....New York,... Samuel D. Ingham,.....Pennsylvania,. Louis McLane, ..Delaware, John Forsyth, ..Georgia, Louis McLane, ....Delaware, William J. Duane, ..Pennsylvania,. 8 years. President. Secretaries of State New Hampshire, Benj. F. Butler, (acting,) New York,. John Branch,... Levi Woodbury,.. ..New Hampshire,. Mahlon Dickerson,......New Jersey, John McLean,..........Ohio,.. William T. Barry, ..Kentucky, Amos Kendall, .Kentucky, Secretaries of the Secretaries of War. Secretaries of the Postmasters General, Eighth Administration ;- 1837 to 1841;-4 years. MARTIN VAN BUREN,...New York,. .....March 4, 1837. John Forsyth, ..Georgia, ..March 4, 1837. Levi Woodbury,.. ..New Hampshire, (cont'd in office.) President. Secretary of State. Ninth Administration; - 1841. WILLIAM H. HARRISON,. Ohio,...........March 4, 1841. 4 4 Record of Events connected with the History of the United States. 1492. Columbus, on the 12th of October, landed at San Salvador, one of the Bahama Islands. He was the first European who set foot in the New World. 1493. He discovered St. Domingo, Jamaica, and other islands in the vicinity. 1497. North America was discovered by John Cabot and his son, who sailed from England on an exploring expedition. 1498. Columbus discovered South America. 1607. Jamestown, in Virginia, was founded. 1609. New York was discovered by Henry Hudson. 1613. The Dutch erected a fort near Albany, and established a few trading houses at New York, then New Amsterdam, Manhattan Island. 1620. The Mayflower arrived at Plymouth; her crew commenced the first settlement in Massachusetts. This year the Dutch first introduced slaves into Virginia. 1634. A settlement was made in Maryland by Lord Baltimore. 1635. The first settlement was made in Connecticut. 1664. New York, then New Amsterdam, was surrendered by the Dutch into the hands of the English. 1680. Carolina began to be permanently settled. 1681. A settlement was made in Pennsylvania by William Penn. 1720. Difficulties arose between the representatives of the people and the governor of New England. 1721. Carolina was divided into North and South Carolina. 1733. The first settlement was made in Georgia. At this period the whole coast between New Brunswick and Florida became settled with colonies, under the government of Great Britain. 1748. Delegates from seven of the colonies met at Albany to hold a conference with the Indians. 1755. Braddock was defeated by the Indians. George Washington was his aid, and took command after Braddock and others in command were slain. 1764. The British Parliament enacted a law imposing a duty on certain articles of merchandise. The colonies denied the right, asserting that they had domestic governments, which they alone supported. 1765. The stamp act was passed by Great Britain. This led to a quarrel between the colonies and the mother country. a 1770. An affray took place between the British and Americans, in King Street, Boston, (now State Street,) in which four persons were killed, and others wounded. 1773. The tea, sent from England, was thrown from the ships into the sea, in Boston harbor. Soon after, large bodies of troops were sent to subject the people. |