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APPENDIX TABLE 1. Analysis of the Senate Vote on the Amendment of the U.S. House of Representatives to “A Bill for the Gradual Improvement of the Navy” (March 2, 1827), by Geographic Section, Political Affiliation, and Educational Background. (The amendment would strike the provisions for a naval academy.) Number Yea Votes Nay Votes GEOGRAPHIC SECTION Northern senators 15 7 (46.7%) 8 (53.3%) Southern senators 17 9 (52.9%) 8 (47.1%) Western senators 11 6 (54.5%) 5 (45.5%) POLITICAL AFFILIATION Adams Republicans 19 5 (26.3%) 14 (73.7%) Jackson Republicans 24 17 (70.8%) 7 (29.2%) EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Attended college 23 11 (47.8%) 12 (52.2%) Did not attend college 20 11 (55.0%) 9 (45.0%) Sources: U.S. Congress, Register of Debates in Congress (Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1825–37), 19th Cong., 2nd sess., 501; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–Present, . For detailed voting lists, see William Paul Leeman, “The Long Road to Annapolis : The Naval Academy Debate and Emerging Nationalism in the United States, 1775–1845” (Ph.D. diss., Boston University, 2006), 493–96. Note: States in the Union, 1827—Northern states (9): Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire , New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont; Southern states (9): Alabama, Delaware ,Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,Virginia; Western states (6): Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee. [ 240 ] Appendix TABLE 2. Senior Class Schedule, U.S. Naval School, 1845 Mathematics (daily) First section 8:00–9:00 A.M. Second section 9:00–10:00 A.M. Natural philosophy (daily) Second section 8:00–9:00 A.M. First section 9:00–10:00 A.M. Study (daily) 10:00–11:00 A.M. Ordnance, gunnery, and steam engineering 11:00 A.M.–12:00 NOON (Tuesday, Saturday) Chemistry (Thursday) 11:00 A.M.–12:00 NOON History and English composition 11:00 A.M.–12:00 NOON (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) Recreation and dinner (daily) 12:00 NOON–1:30 P.M. French or Spanish (Monday through Friday) 1:30–4:30 P.M. Recreation and supper (daily) 4:30–6:00 P.M. Study (daily) 6:00–10:00 P.M. Source: James H. Ward to Franklin Buchanan, October 7, 1845, entry 25, box 1, folder 9, Letters Received by the Superintendent, 1845–87, Records of the U.S. Naval Academy, Record Group 405, Special Collections and Archives Department, Nimitz Library, U.S. Naval Academy. Note: Classes met Monday through Friday and on Saturday morning. Exercises in the use of navigational and astronomical instruments were required for senior class midshipmen, but there was no regularly scheduled time for these exercises. TABLE 3. Junior Class Schedule, U.S. Naval School, 1845 Natural philosophy lecture (daily) 8:00–9:00 A.M. Study (daily) 9:00–10:00 A.M. Mathematics (daily) 10:00–11:00 A.M. Lectures on gunnery, ordnance, and chemistry (daily) 11:00 A.M.–12:00 NOON Recreation and dinner (daily) 12 NOON–1:30 P.M. French or Spanish (Monday through Friday) 1:30–2:30 P.M. Geography, English grammar and composition 2:30–4:30 P.M. (Monday through Friday) Recreation and supper (daily) 4:30–6:00 P.M. Study (Daily) 6:00–10:00 P.M. Source: James H. Ward to Franklin Buchanan, October 7, 1845, entry 25, box 1, folder 9, Letters Received by the Superintendent, 1845–87, Records of the U.S. Naval Academy, Record Group 405, Special Collections and Archives Department, Nimitz Library, U.S. Naval Academy. Note: Classes met Monday through Friday and on Saturday morning. Exercises in the use of the quadrant were required for junior class midshipmen, but there was no regularly scheduled time for these exercises. [107.23.157.16] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 16:11 GMT) Appendix [ 241 ] TABLE 4. Original Holdings of the U.S. Naval School Library, by Subject Subject Number of Titles Percent of Total History and biography 34 21 Naval and military science 26 16 Natural sciences 15 9 Voyages and travels 15 9 Government and law 14 9 Navigation and seamanship 12 7 Literature and languages 11 7 Mathematics 11 7 Geography 10 6 Engineering 9 6 Encyclopedias 3 2 Moral philosophy and theology 2 1 Total 162 100 Source: Franklin Buchanan to George Bancroft, September 3, 1846, including a “Catalogue of the Library of the Naval School” (typescript), Library Original Holdings and Early Textbooks File, Records of the...