UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE EXECUTIVE. ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee, President of the United States... THE CABINET. .Salary $25,000 8,000 WILLIAM H. SEWARD, of New York, Secretary of State... ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, of Wisconsin, Postmaster General........................................ THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois, Associate Justice. 66 66 Salary of Associate Justices, $6,000 Court meets first Monday in December, at Washington. MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. XLth CONGRESS. First Session began March 4, 1867, immediately on the expiration of the XXXIXth Congress. SENATE. GEORGE C. GORHAM, of California, Secretary. BENJAMIN F. WADE, of Ohio, President. Of those in the Senate on the 7th of December, 1868, there were Republicans (in Roman), 54; Democrats (in Italics), 12. Whole number of Senators, Dec. 7, 1868, 66. Whole number, in a full Senate, including Southern States, 74. The figures before the name indicate the year in which (on the 3d March) the term of the Senator expires. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of South Bend, Indiana, Speaker. EDWARD MCPHERSON, of Gettysburg. Penn., Clerk. [Regular Sessions begin on the first Monday in December.] [Republicans in Roman, 174; Democrats in Italics, 48; whole number admitted, Dec. 7, 1868 (including three vacant seats), 225. Whole number of members when all the States are fully represented, 243. Those marked with a star (*) were members of the last preceding (XXXIXth) Congress. |