Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1901 — A Congressional Apportionment [ARTICLE]

A Congressional Apportionment

Senator Osborne has introduced his new congressional apportionment bill, based on the population of the several counties of the state as shown by the late census returns. All but four of the.thirteen districts of the state are more or less changed. The only change proposed in this, the 10th, district, is to take off Warren county, which is added to the 9th district. Based on the figures of the last election ten of *the new districts Will be Republican and three Democratic. The Republican districts and their majorities are: First district majority, 605. Third district 554. Fifth district 2,030. Sixth district, 3,371. Seventh district, 5,612. Eighth district, 6,594. Ninth district, 3,016. Tenth district 5,797. Eleventh district 6,606. Thirteenth district, 2,735. The Democratic districts and their majorities are: Second district, majority 4,414. Fourth district 3,701. Twelfth district, 2,110.