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It was organised into a State and admitted into the Union in 1803. Its population then was less than fifty thousand. Twenty years afterwards it had become ten times as great, and at the time of Garfield's election to its Senate, numbered nearly two and a half millions. IT WAS ORGANIZED INTO A STATE AND ADMITTED INTO THE UNION IN EIGHTEEN O THREE ITS POPULATION THEN WAS LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARD IT HAD BECOME TEN TIMES AS GREAT AND AT THE TIME OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION TO ITS SENATE NUMBERED NEARLY TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS
ndidate to the parliament of his native State. Though he had been slow to accept nomination, he did not hold back when once the battle had begun, and some few who looked with doubt on his youth and inexperience soon found that they had in their midst a bold though prudent leader. He won the seat by a large majority, and entered the Senate in the month of January 1860. The United States of America consisted then of thirty-eight States and ten Territories. Each State is governed by its own parliament, which consists of a House of Senate and a House of Representatives. The whole of these States and Territories are again united under a Federal Government, at the head of which is the President of the United States. Each State sends to the Federal Government two Senators and from one to thirty Representatives, according to its population. The State of Ohio, in whose Senate Garfield took his seat for the first time, is considerably larger than Ireland, and contains a more numerous population. ED A CANDIDATE TO THE PARLIAMENT OF HIS NATIVE STATE THOUGH HE HAD BEEN SLOW TO ACCEPT NOMINATION HE DID NOT HOLD BACK WHEN ONCE THE BATTLE HAD BEGUN AND SOME FEW WHO LOOKED WITH DOUBT ON HIS YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE SOON FOUND THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR MIDST A BOLD THOUGH PRUDENT LEADER HE WON THE SEAT BY A LARGE MAJORITY AND ENTERED THE SENATE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY EIGHTEEN SIXTY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSISTED THEN OF THIRTY EIGHT STATES AND TEN TERRITORIES EACH STATE IS GOVERNED BY ITS OWN PARLIAMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF A HOUSE OF SENATE AND A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE WHOLE OF THESE STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE AGAIN UNITED UNDER A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THE HEAD OF WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EACH STATE SENDS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TWO SENATORS AND FROM ONE TO THIRTY REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO ITS POPULATION THE STATE OF OHIO IN WHOSE SENATE GARFIELD TOOK HIS SEAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN IRELAND AND CONTAINS A MORE NUMEROUS POPULATION
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