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Note 55 — Chapter V · THE PARTIAL DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO

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For example, in 1880 the vote of

North Carolina was 81 per cent. of its voting population.

Massachusetts ” 56 ” ” ” ”

South Carolina ” 82 ” ” ” ”

Rhode Island ” 37 ” ” ” ”

Mississippi ” 49 ” ” ” ”

Vermont ” 66 ” ” ” ”

Alabama ” 58 ” ” ” ”

Florida ” 83 ” ” ” ”

Maryland’s vote for each Congressman at the last Congressional election (1902) averaged:

Maryland 44,085

Illinois 45,275

New York 41,826

Pennsylvania 36,662

North Carolina 29,267

Virginia 26,409

Massachusetts 29,628

Rhode Island 28,284

Vermont 28,108

Maine 26,430

South Dakota 96,131

Colorado 92,167

Alabama 17,731

Florida 12,677

Georgia 11,155

Louisiana 9,770

Mississippi 7,388

South Carolina 7,259

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