THE VOTER’S TEXT BOOK,
Reading edition
COMPRISING A COLLECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICS, CONNECTED WITH THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA,
COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
By JAMES M. HIATT.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.: ASHER, ADAMS & HIGGINS. 1868.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
ASHER, ADAMS & HIGGINS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Indiana.
STEREOTYPED AT THE FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY, CINCINNATI.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Formation of the Original Union 5
Population of the United States at Decennial Periods 6
Declaration of Independence 7
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union 13
Constitution of the United States, and Amendments 23
Washington’s Addresses 41
Missouri Compromise of 1820 65
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 66
Kansas and Nebraska Act of 1854 73
Ordinance of 1787 86
Amnesty Proclamation 94
Proposed Crittenden Compromise 97
Emancipation Proclamation 99
Letter Explaining the same 101
Proclamation of Andrew Jackson 106
History of each of the States 130
Life of Washington 157
Electoral Votes for 1st and 2d terms 158
Life of John Adams 161
Electoral Votes for 3d term 162
Life of Jefferson 164
Electoral Votes for 4th and 5th terms 166
Life of Madison 168
Electoral Votes for 6th and 7th terms 170
Life of Monroe 172
Electoral Votes for 8th and 9th terms 174
Life of John Q. Adams 176
Electoral Votes for 10th term 178
Life of Jackson 179
Electoral Votes for 11th and 12th terms 181
Life of Van Buren 183
Electoral Votes for 13th term 185
Life of Harrison 186
Electoral Votes for 14th term 188
Life of Tyler 190
Life of Polk 192
Electoral Votes for 15th term 194
Life of Taylor 195
Electoral Votes for 16th term 197
Life of Fillmore 198
Life of Pierce 200
Electoral Votes for 17th term 202
Life of Buchanan 203
Electoral Votes for 18th term 207
Life of Lincoln 208
Electoral Votes for 19th and 20th terms 214
Life of Johnson 216
Chronological Record of the Rebellion 219
Pay of Officers of the United States, Civil and Military 269
Schedule of Stamp Duty 280
The Civil Rights Bill 289
Constitutional Amendment (proposed) 293
The Military Government Bill 295
Supplement to the same, and Amendment 297
History of the National Banks 301
History of Finances, Loans, Bonds, Legal-Tender Notes, etc. 318
Statistical View of the States, etc. 328
Platforms of the Parties for 1860 and 1864 331
Life of General U. S. Grant 341
Tenure-of-Office Bill 345
Impeachment 348
Chicago Platform of 1868 369
Life of Schuyler Colfax 371
Democratic Platform 375
Hon. Horatio Seymour 378
Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. 380