The Age of the Democratic Revolution. A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800

PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING AND ELIGIBILITY, 1791 (IN DOLLARS OF 1792)

Voter

Elector

Deputy

France

To August 1791

Direct tax of 30 to 60 cents a year

Direct tax of $1 to $2 a year

Direct tax of $11 a year

August 1791

Same as above

Rural districts: Real property worth $15 to $30 a year; or lease or

métayage

worth $40 to $80 a year

Same as for voter

Towns under 6,000: Real property worth $15 to $30 a year; or lease worth $10 to $20 a yearTowns over 6,000: Real property worth $20 to $40 a year; or lease worth $15 to $30.

England

Counties: Real property worth $10 a year; freehold only, copyhold excluded

Counties: Real property worth $3,000 a year

Towns (if represented as boroughs): Various

Towns (if represented as boroughs) : Real property worth $1,500 a year

Massachusetts

Real property worth $12 a year, or any property worth $240 capital value

Lower house: Real property worth $400 capital value, or any property worth $800

Pennsylvania (constitutions

of 1776 and 1790)

Taxpayers and their grown sons

Taxpayers and their grown sons

U.S. Federal Constitution

As determined by states

No property qualifications