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Chapter 279
Civil Officers of the United States
Number Employed in the several Departments of the Government, July 1st, 1882.
Executive Office 7
Congress 280
State Department 419
Treasury Department 12,130
War Department 1,861
Post-Office Department 52,672
Navy Department 128
Interior Department 2,813
Department of Justice 2,876
Department of Agriculture 77
Government Printing Office 1,168
Total 74,431