Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1882 — The New Apportionment. [ARTICLE]

The New Apportionment.

Washington, Jan. 30. The House Committee on Census has virtual, ly agreed to increase the number of Representatives from the State of Illinois from twenty to twenty-one, which will make the total number of Representatives 320 instead of 319, as proposed by the McCord bill. The apportionment to each State under the bill is: Alanama 8, Arkansas 5, California 5, Colorado 1, Connecticut 4, Delaware 1, Florida 1, Georgia 10, Illinois 21, Indiana 13, lowa 11, Kansas 6, Kentucky 11, Louisiana 6, Maine 4, Maryland 6, Massachusetts 12, Michigan 11, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri 14, Nebraska 3, Nevada 1, New Hampshire 2, New Jersey 7, New York 34, North Carolina 9, Ohio 21, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 10, Texag 10, Vermont 2, Virginia 10, West Virginia 4, Wisconsin &