1800 US Federal Census
The Second Decennial Census of the United States was authorized by Congress
by the Act of 28 February 1800 (U.S. Statutes at Large, v.2, p.11).
The 1800
census enumeration was supervised by the U.S. Marshal in each of the
U.S.
Federal Court Districts, under the direction of the Secretary of State.
All U.S. Federal Court Districts corresponded with the boundaries of
the states
with the exception of Massachusetts, which had two federal court districts
(one
matching the boundaries of what is now the state of Maine). The 1800
census
also included enumerations taken in the Northwest Territory, Indiana
Territory,
and Mississippi Territory. The territorial censuses were supervised
by the
governor of the respective territories.
The census act established the census day and the first Monday in August
(4
August 1800), with nine months allowed for the enumeration. The instructions
to the U.S. Marshal included the following: "...all the questions refer
to the
day when the enumeration is to commence; the first Monday in August
next. Your
assistants will thereby understand that they are to insert in their
returns all
the persons belonging to the family on the first Monday in August,
even those
who may be deceased at the time when they take the account; and, on
the other
hand, that they will not include in it, infants born after that day."
Total U.S. population - 5,308,483
274-Connor/Conner/O'Connor/O'Conner
