FIRST CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.
HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MARCH 4 TO SEPTEMBER 29, 1789.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,—GEORGE WASHINGTON.
PROCEEDINGS[2] IN THE SENATE.
Wednesday, March 4, 1789.
This being the day for the meeting of the new Congress, the following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats:[3]
From New Hampshire, John Langdon and Paine Wingate.
From Massachusetts, Caleb Strong.
From Connecticut, William S. Johnson and Oliver Ellsworth.
From Pennsylvania, William Maclay and Robert Morris.
From Georgia, William Few.
The members present not being a quorum, they adjourned from day to day, until