Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1871 — The Next Congress. [ARTICLE]

The Next Congress.

The bill reported by Mr. Mercur to apportion members of Congress under the ninth census, proposes to increase the present number from 243 to 280. The following table, giving the number to which each State will be entitled, is very nearly correct, as nearly so as it can be made from the resources in the Census Bureau: Rank Population Mem's of tn in Congress States. 1870. 1870. 1873.1388. New York 1 4,370,846 32 31 Pennsylvania 3 3,517,272 26 24 Ohio 3 2,662,302 10 10 Illinois 4 2,597,674 18 14 Missouri 5 1,700,000 10 0 Indiana « 1.878,048 10 11 Massachusetts 7 1,487,3’1 11 10 Kentucky 8 1,303,007 10 0 Tennessee 0 I,’ 58,308 0 8 Virginia 10 1,598.388 0 8 lowa 11 1,190,845 9 0 Michigan 10 1,184,008 9 8 Georgia 13 1,170,888 9 7 North Carolina 14 1,086.300 8 7 Wisconsin 15 1,056,098 8 8 Alabama 18 997,500 7 6 New Jersey 17 908,514 7 5 Mississippi 18 834,190 8 5 Texas 19 797,500 8 4 Maryland. 90 781,05 ft 8 5 Louisiana 21 728.000 5 5 South Carolina 22 795,000 5 4 ■ Maine 23 530,493 5 5 California 04 558,908 4 8 Connecticut 25 537,886 4 4 Arkansas., 96 486,108 4 8 Kansas... 27 362,307 8 1 West Virginia 98 450,000 8 8 Minnesota 29 835,000 3 2 Vermont 30 330,586 9 3 New Hampshire 81 318,300 9 8 Rhode Island 39 217,306 9 9 Florida 33 189,996 1 1 Delaware 84 195,015 1 1 Nebraska 85 198,000 1 1 Oregon 38 90,929 1 1 Nevada 37 19,401 1 1 District of Columbia 181,706 Territories 319,06® Total 38,307,399 280 M 3