Monday, December 1, 1806.
This being the day appointed by the constitution for the annual meeting of Congress, the following members of the House of Representatives appeared, and took their seats, to wit:
From New Hampshire—Silas Betton, Caleb Ellis, David Hough, Samuel Tenney, and Thomas W. Thompson.
From Massachusetts—Joseph Barker, Barnabas Bidwell, John Chandler, Orchard Cook, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, William Ely, Isaiah L. Green, Seth Hastings, Jeremiah Nelson, Josiah Quincy, Ebenezer Seaver, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, and Joseph B. Varnum.
From Vermont—Martin Chittenden, James Elliot, James Fisk, and Gideon Olin.
From Rhode Island—Nehemiah Knight, and Joseph Stanton.
From Connecticut—Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, jr., Jonathan O. Mosely, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Lewis B. Sturges, and Benjamin Tallmadge.
From New York—John Blake, jr., Silas Halsey, John Russell, Peter Sailly, Thomas Sammons, Martin G. Schuneman, Philip Van Cortlandt, and Killian K. Van Rensselaer.
From New Jersey—Ezra Darby, Ebenezer Elmer, John Lambert, James Sloan, and Henry Southard.
From Pennsylvania—Isaac Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, Joseph Clay, Frederick Conrad, William Findlay, John Hamilton, James Kelly, John Pugh, John Rea, Jacob Richards, John Smilie, Samuel Smith, John Whitehill, and Robert Whitehill.
From Delaware—James M. Broom.
From Maryland—Charles Goldsborough, Patrick Magruder, William McCreery, Nicholas R. Moore, and Roger Nelson.
From Virginia—Burwell Bassett, John Claiborne, John Clopton, John Dawson, John W. Eppes, James M. Garnett, Peterson Goodwyn, David Holmes, Walter Jones, Joseph Lewis, jr., Thomas Newton, jr., and John Randolph.
From North Carolina—Willis Alston, jr., Thomas Kenan, Duncan MacFarland, Nathaniel Macon, Speaker, Richard Stanford, Joseph Winston, and Thomas Wynns.
From South Carolina—William Butler, Robert Marion, Thomas Moore, and David R. Williams.
From Georgia—Peter Early, and David Meriwether.
From Ohio—Jeremiah Morrow.
From Kentucky—George M. Bedinger, John Boyle, and Thomas Sanford.
From Tennessee—George W. Campbell, and John Rhea.
Delegate from the Mississippi Territory—William Lattimore.
Two new members, to wit: from Connecticut Theodore Dwight, returned to serve in this House, as a member for the said State, in the room of John Cotton Smith, who has resigned his seat; and, from Virginia, William A. Burwell, returned to serve in this House, as a member for the said State, in the room of Christopher Clark, who has resigned his seat, appeared, produced their credentials, were qualified, and took their seats in the House.
Daniel Clark, returned to serve as a delegate from the Orleans Territory of the United States, appeared, produced his credentials, was qualified, and took his seat in the House.
And a quorum, consisting of a majority of the whole number, being present, a message was sent to the Senate to inform them that a quorum of the House is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
A message from the Senate informed the House, that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
Mr. Dawson and Mr. George W. Campbell were appointed a committee, on the part of the House, jointly with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communications he may be pleased to make to them.
A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have appointed a committee on their part for the same purpose.