XVI. RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. According to returns made 1844 – 52, and by Estimate. XVII. Table exhibiting the Seats of Government, the Times of the Election of State Officers and the Meeting of the Legislatures, of the several States. Seats of N. Hampshire, Concord, Massachusetts Boston, Providence, Trenton, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, States. Maine, Augusta, Vermont, Montpelier, New Jersey, Delaware, Dover, Times of Holding 2d Monday in September, Times of the Meeting of the Legislatures. 2d Wednesday in January. 1st Wednesday in June. 2d Thursday in October. 1st Wednesday in January. 1st Tuesday in May. 1st Monday in Nov., bienn XVIII. GOVERNORS OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES, With their Salaries, Terms of Office, and the Expiration of their respective Terms; the Number of Senators and Representatives in the State Legislatures, with their respective Terms. In all the States, except South Carolina, the Governor is voted for by the people; and if no one has a majority of all the votes, in the States in which such a majority is required, the Legislature elects to the office of Governor one of the candidates voted for by the people. * And fees. With the use of a furnished house. ! Including $1,500 as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. § Including $1,000 as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. 1,000 2,500 1855 38 4 100 2 1854 35 2 100 2 1853 322 66 2 1856 50 4 100 1 752 49 2 59 2 54,2 361 181 181 26 1 26,1 Total," Total," Total, " 1850, 169,549,334 Total," 1847, 165,129,900 Total, " แ 7,677,646 40,502,979 211,252,432 7,884,035 35,932,008 205,708,038 8,521,671 51,781,654 216,911,554 9,072,939 1846, 179,635,022 44,388,805 224,023,827 9,930,052 These tables are believed to be very accurate, being compiled almost exclusively from official reports made by the Treasurers and Auditors to the Legislatures of the several States, near the 1st of January, 1852. The account of the State debts, in particular, is full, and may be depended upon; that of the several kinds of property owned by the States of course is more defective,- for the State archives seldom afford complete materials for accurate accounts of this sort, and the property is sometimes estimated at a nominal valuation, which is much above its market value. The editor 31,006,386 201,541,624 7,555,351 Total, near Jan.1,1851, 20,456,605 134,936,578 29,5,912 5,812,000 5,673,121 5,258,652 5,062,310 Total," "1850, 21,542,683 125,369,722 27,584,443 of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these tables. The object here is to give only a summary of the facts, so as to afford the means of comparing the States with each other. Their financial condition is shown at much greater length under the head of "Individual States." Official returns published in this work for 1843 (page 135) show that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. It is apparent, then, that there has been no great reduction of these debts. Maine. XX. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. States. New Hampshire, New Jersey, 1790. 1 1800. 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1860. 399,955 501,793 53,169, 269.328 284,574 317,976 280,652 291,948 314.120 610,408 737,699 994,499 96,540 151,719 225,705) 295,335 72,674 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 34,730 54,477 87.401 Alabama, 20,845 127,901 375,651 606,555 Louisiana, 352,411 517,89 Texas, 212,592 697,897 | 893,041 11,191,364 1,538,064 2,009,031 2,487,355 3,204,067 *No slaves are returned in the Territories of Minesota, New Mexico, and Oregon; in Utah 26 are returned; for their population see p. 209. † Apprentices by the State act to abolish Slavery, of April 18, 1846. |