Political Affairs. THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. The Presidential succession is fixed by chapter 4 of the acts of the Forty-ninth Congress, first session. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice-President, then the Secretary of State shall act as President until the disability of the President or VicePresident is removed or a President is elected. If there be no Secretary of State, then the Secretary of the Treasury will act, and the remainder of the order of succession is: The Secretary of War, Attorney-General, Postmaster-General, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Interior. The acting President must, upon taking office, convene Congress, if not at the time in session, in extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice. This act applies only to such cabinet officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate and are eligible under the Constitution to the Presidency. Inau gurat Name. Year. Paternal Resi- ed. Politics.* Place and Time Birthplace. of Death. George Washington, Westmoreland Co., Va.1732 English... Va...1789 57 F.. Mt. Vernon, Va.... 1799 67 John Adams... .Quincy, Mass... 1735 English... Mass 1797 62 F..Quincy, Mass.. 1826 90 Thomas Jefferson....Shadwell, Va.. .1743 Welsh.....Va...1801 58 R..Monticello, Va..... 1826 83James Madison. .Port Conway, Va.......1751 English...Va...1809 58 R..Montpelier, Va..... 1836 85 James Monroe. Westmoreland Co., Va. 1758 Scotch. ..Va...1817 59 R.. New York City.... 1831 73 John Quincy Adams.Quincy, Mass., .1767 English... Mass 1825 58 R.. Washington, D. C.. 1848 80 Andrew Jackson ....Union Co., N. C. .1767 Sco.-Irish. Tenn1829 62 D.. Hermitage, Tenn.. 1845 78 Martin Van Buren...Kinderhook, N. Y......1782 Dutch .N. Y.1837 55 D.. Lindenwold, N. Y.. 1862 79 Greenway, Va.. 1874 74 1869 64 .1773 English...O....1841 68 W. Washington, D. C.. 1841 68 1790 English... Va...1841 51 D.. Richmond, Va...... 1862 72 C.1795 Sco.-Irish. Tenn1845 50 D.. Nashville, Tenn.... 1849 53 .1784 English...La...1849 65 W. Washington, D. C.. 1850 65 .1800 English...N. Y.1850 50 W. Buffalo, N. Y. 1804 English...N. H.1853 49 D.. Concord, N. H.... 1791 Sco.-Irish. Pa...1857 66 D.. Wheatland, Pa..... 1868 77 1809 English...Ill...1861 52 R.. Washington, D. C.. 1865 56 1808 English...Tenn1865 57 R..Carter's Depot,Ten. 1875 66 1822 Scotch....D. C.1869 47 R.. Mt. McGregor, N.Y. 1885 63 .1822 Scotch....O....1877 54 R.. Fremont, O.... 1893 70 1831 English...O....1881 49 R.. Long Branch, N. J. 1881 49 1830 Sco.-Irish. N. Y.1881 51 R.. New York City..... 1886 56 1837 English...N. Y.1885 48 D... 1833 English... Ind..1889 55 R... 1837 English...N, Y.1893 56 D..... 1843 Sco.-Irish.O....1897 54 R.......... .... CHIEF JUSTICES AND JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT. (Chief Justices in Italics.) -Service -Service Name. Term. Yrs. Born. Died. John McKinley, Ala....1837-1852 15 1780 1853 Peter V. Daniel, Va.....1841-1860 19 1785 1860 Samuel Nelson, N. Y....1845-1872 27 Levi Woodbury, N. H..1845-1851 Robert C. Grier, Pa.....1846-1870 23 Benj. R. Curtis, Mass...1851-1857 6 John A. Campbell, Ala..1853-1861 Nathan Clifford, Maine. 1858-1881 Noah H. Swayne, Ohio. 1861-1881 Samuel F. Miller, Iowa.1862-1890 28 David Davis, Ill.........1862-1877 15 Stephen J. Field, Cal....1863-.. Salmon P. Chase, Ohio..1864-1873 William Strong, Pa.....1870-1880 10 Joseph P. Bradley, N. J.1870-1892 22 Ward Hunt, N. Y.......1872-1882 10 Morrison R. Waite, O...1874-1888 14 John M. Harlan, Ky....1877-.. William B. Woods, Ga..1880-1887 Stanley Matthews, Ohio.1881-1889 Horace Gray, Mass......1881-.... Sam'l Blatchford, N. Y..1882-1893 1792 1873 6 1789 1851 1794 1870 1809 1874 8 1811 1889 23 1803 1881 1884 1816 1890 2 John McLean, Ohio... .1829-1861 32 Henry Baldwin, Pa.. 1830-1844 16 James M. Wayne, Ga....1835-1867 32 Roger B. Taney, Md....1836-1864 28 Philip P. Barbour, Va..1836-1841 5 John Catron, Tenn.....1837-1865 28 1786 SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1865 Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Miss.1888-1893 Melville W. Fuller, Ill...1888-.. David J. Brewer, Kan...1889Henry B. Brown, Mich.. 1890George Shiras, Jr., Pa..1892Howell E.Jackson, Tenn 1893-1895 Edward D. White, La...1893-... 5 1825 1890 1833 1855-57 Nathaniel P. Banks, Mass.1816 1857-59 James L. Orr, S. C. 1859-61 Wm. Pennington, N. J. 1777 1852 1861-63 Galusha A. Grow, Pa. 1784 1854 38-40 1863-69 Schuyler Colfax, Ind. 1783 1841 41-43 1869-75 James G. Blaine, Me. 1777 1852 44 1875-76 Michael C. Kerr, Ind. 1784 1854 1876-81 Samuel J. Randall, Pa. 1784 1857 1881-83 John W. Kiefer, Ohio. 1797 1869 1883-89 John G. Carlisle, Ky. 1795 1849 51 1889-91 Thomas B. Reed, Me. 1809 1887 52, 53 1891-95 Charles F. Crisp, Ga. The Electoral Apportionment Act of 1891 distributed the electoral vote among the several States as follows: *Subject to correction. Total Socialist-Labor vote (Maloney) was 31,752; total People's Party vote (Barker), 42,036. POPULATION OF STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1900 AND 1890. 503 POPULATION OF STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1900 AND 1890. The following table gives the results of the Twelfth Census compared with that of the Eleventh. Earlier census years will be found on pages 170-173: Arkansas.. 1,311,564 California. Colorado... Connecticut 24 34 Nevada.. 42,335 45,761 *7.5 52 New Hampshire. 411,588 376,530 9.3 36 New Jersey.. 1,883,669 1,444,933 18 New Mexico 35 33 31 19 16 30 14 39 41 27 21 12 +45 3 Includes North Dakota. |