The Academy was founded in 1845 by the Hon. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President Polk.  It was formally opened October 10 of that year, with Commander Franklin Buchanan as Superintendent.  During the Civil War it was removed from Annapolis, Md., to Newport, R.I., but was returned to the former place in 1865.  It is under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department.

REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR EACH DECADE WITH RATIOS.

[Transcriber’s Note:  This table went horizontally across two pages, so it’s given in pieces, with line numbers, as some of the others were.]

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|   |Ratios         |Consti- |33,900 |33,900 |35,000 |40,000 |47,000 |
|   |               |tution  |       |       |       |       |       |
|   +===============+========+=======+=======+=======+======

=+=======+
|   |States         |1787    |1790   |1800   |1810   |1820   |1830   |
+===+===============+========+=======+=======+=======+======

=+=======+
|1  |Alabama        |....    |....   |....   |1[1]   |8      |5      |
|2  |Arkansas       |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |1[1]   |
|3  |California     |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|4  |Colorado       |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|5  |Connecticut    |5       |7      |7      |7      |6      |6      |
|6  |Delaware       |1       |1      |1      |2      |1      |1      |
|7  |Florida        |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|8  |Georgia        |3       |2      |4      |6      |7      |9      |
|9  |Idaho          |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|10 |Illinois       |....    |....   |....   |1[1]   |1      |8      |
|11 |Indiana        |....    |....   |....   |1[1]   |3      |7      |
|12 |Iowa           |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|13 |Kansas         |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|14 |Kentucky       |....    |2[1]   |6      |10     |12     |13     |
|15 |Louisiana      |....    |....   |....   |1[1]   |3      |3      |
|16 |Maine          |....    |....   |....   |7[1]   |7      |8      |
|17 |Maryland       |8       |8      |9      |9      |9      |8      |
|18 |Massachusetts  |8       |14     |17     |20     |13     |12     |
|19 |Michigan       |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |1[1]   |
|20 |Minnesota      |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|21 |Mississippi    |....    |....   |....   |1[1]   |1      |3      |
|22 |Missouri       |....    |....   |....   |....   |1[1]   |2      |
|23 |Montana        |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|24 |Nebraska       |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|25 |Nevada         |....    |....   |....   |....   |....   |....   |
|26 |New Hampshire  |3       |4      |5      |6      |6      |5      |
|27 |New Jersey     |4       |5      |6      |6      |6      |6      |