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JOHNSON, ANDREW, President. Autograph letter signed ("A. Johnson") as Representative from Tennessee, to Messrs. J[ohn] M[iddleton] Clayton, R. Johnson and J[acob] Collamer, Greenville, Tennessee, 17 August 1849. One page, 4to, faint evidence of mounting on one edge of verso.
JOHNSON AND THE 1850 CENSUS
A letter regarding the projected 1850 census. "In reply to your letter...I have but one single suggestion to make and that is, in taking the next census to ascertain how many persons there are in the United States, heads of families, who are not freeholders, and if possible how many are [likely?] to become freeholders at the time of taking the census....."
Clayton (1796-1856), a Senator from Delaware, became Secretary of State under Zachary Taylor; Collamer (1791-1865), a Senator from Vermont, served as Postmaster in Taylor's administration. Interestingly, in the wake of the 1850 Census, Andrew Johnson's Tennessee Congressional district was gerrymandered so severely to his disadvantage that he declined to seek re-election in 1852.
JOHNSON AND THE 1850 CENSUS
A letter regarding the projected 1850 census. "In reply to your letter...I have but one single suggestion to make and that is, in taking the next census to ascertain how many persons there are in the United States, heads of families, who are not freeholders, and if possible how many are [likely?] to become freeholders at the time of taking the census....."
Clayton (1796-1856), a Senator from Delaware, became Secretary of State under Zachary Taylor; Collamer (1791-1865), a Senator from Vermont, served as Postmaster in Taylor's administration. Interestingly, in the wake of the 1850 Census, Andrew Johnson's Tennessee Congressional district was gerrymandered so severely to his disadvantage that he declined to seek re-election in 1852.