1900
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In 1900, the average U.S. newborn could expect to live to 47.3 years of age. In 2010, they could expect more than 30 additional years of life, with a life expectancy at birth of 78.7 years.[1]
Events
The population of the City of Charlottesville in 1900, according to that year's census, was 6,449. (2,613 being negroes [2]) According to the same census, the population of Albemarle County in 1900 was 28,473.
Elections
- May 24 – The 1900 election was for municipal officers in the city, in the county the vote was on the state referendum to call a constitutional convention, there being no officers. The majority in Albemarle County, which included the City of Charlottesille, voted in favor of the Constitutional Convention.[3] Virginia voters approved a proposed Constitutional Convention by state referendum. (An elected body of one hundred delegates, including eleven Republican and one Independent, convened in Richmond on June 12, 1901, and debated for almost a year, until June 26, 1902).
- November 6 – United States presidential election. Bryan carried the city (66.15%, 731 votes) and the county (67.72%, 2,411 votes).
National Election
- Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former U.S. Representative William J. Bryan over the Republican candidate, incumbent President William McKinley.
The Convention met from June 12, 1901 - June 26, 1902, at Richmond in the Capitol Building
Deaths
- August 11 – University of Virginia professor Charles Scott Venable, a mathematician, astronomer, and civil war military officer.
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Notes
References
- ↑ https://demography.cpc.unc.edu/2014/06/16/mortality-and-cause-of-death-1900-v-2010/, Mortality and Cause of Death, 1900 v. 2010, Posted on June 16, 2014 by Rebecca Tippett, Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
- ↑ Web. 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Charlottesville, staff, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ↑ https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2077542/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2077543/2216.5/1625.5/3/1/0