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The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [1] in 33 states and 10 organized territories. This was an increase of 35.6 percent [1] over the 23,191,876 [2] persons enumerated during the 1850 ...
In 1860, Lincoln's campaign brought the Republicans the Presidency. Likewise, the congressional elections also marked the transition from one major era of political parties to another. In just six years, over the course of the 35th, 36th–37th Congresses, a complete reversal of party fortunes swamped the Democrats.
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The congressional reapportionment based on the 1860 United States census was performed assuming the seceded states were still in the union, increasing the number of congressional districts to 241. West Virginia was given three seats from Virginia after the former broke away from the latter to rejoin the union as a separate state.
This template is used as an information box on pages, showing each census year with a population, and a percent gain/loss comparison. Also includes functionality for a custom title/footer for the infobox, easy-to-insert citations for each census year, and population estimates for a single non-census year (with an easy-to-insert citation thing for this as well). Template parameters [Edit ...
The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States. It takes place every ten years. It takes place every ten years. The first census after the American Revolution was taken in 1790 under Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson .
Lost contested election May 18, 1860 Samuel G. Daily (R) Seated May 18, 1860 New York 31st: Silas M. Burroughs (R) Died June 3, 1860 Edwin R. Reynolds (R) Seated December 5, 1860 Missouri 1st: John R. Barret (D) Lost contested election June 8, 1860 William A. Howard (R) Seated June 8, 1860 Pennsylvania 8th: John Schwartz (ALD) Died June 20, 1860
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