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References.
The Reports of the various Executive Department* of Uie State. Boylt, Government of North Dakota. Chicago, 1910. Hanson, Conquest of the Missouri. New York, 1909.
Uotmer, History of the Expeditions of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-06. Chicago, 1906
Lountberry, Early History of North Dakota. Duluth, 1913. WiUlard, Story of the Prairies. New York, 1908.
OHIO.
Government. — Ohio was admitted into the Union on February 19, 1803. The question of a general revision of the Constitution is submitted to the people every 20 years, provision being made for the election of a Convention to draft alterations.
The Legislature consists of a Senate of 87 members and a House of Representatives of 125 members, both Houses being elected for two years. Qualified as electors are (with certain necessary exceptions) all citizens 21 years of age who have resided in the State one year, in the county 30 days, and in the township 20 days next before the election.
Ohio is represented in Congress by two Senators and 22 Representatives.
Governor :— James M. Cox, 1921-23 (10,000 dollars). Secretary of State.— Harvey C. Smith.
Ohio is divided into 88 counties. Columbus. .
The State Capital (since 1816) is
Area, Population, Instruction— Area, 41,040 square miles, of which
300 square miles is water (exclusive of 3,443 square miles of Lake Erie.) Census population on January 1, 1920, 5,759,394. The population at the date of each census was
Years
Population
Years
Population
Total ] Per sq. m.
Total
Per aq. m.
1800 1900
45,365 1-1 4,157,545 102-1
1900 1920
4,767,121 5,759,368
117*0 140-3
In 1910 the population by sex and race was : —
White
Negro
Asiatic
Indian
Total
Male Female .
2,376,082 2,278,815
57,995 53,457
681 91
2,434,758 2,332,363
Total .
4,654,897
111,452
645
127
4,767.121
The foreign-born population in 1910 numbered 598,374, of whom 175,095 were German, 40,062 Irish, 43,347 English, 23,692 Canadian, 72,887 Austrian.
