Wednesday, February 13.
Counting Electoral Votes.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that Mr. Smith of Maryland has been appointed a teller of the votes of President and Vice President of the United States, on the part of the Senate, conformably with their vote of the twelfth instant, and are now ready, in the Senate Chamber, to proceed therein: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker, attended by the House, proceeded to the Senate Chamber, and took seats therein; when, both Houses being assembled, the President of the Senate, in the presence of both Houses, proceeded to open the certificates of the Electors of the several States, beginning with the State of New Hampshire; and as the votes were read, the tellers on the part of each House counted and took lists of the same; which, being compared, were delivered to the President of the Senate, and are as follows:
[Given in the Senate proceedings of the same day.]
The President of the Senate, in pursuance of the duty enjoined upon him, announced the state of the votes to both Houses, and declared that Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, having the greatest number, and a majority of the votes of the Electors appointed, was duly elected President of the United States, for the term commencing on the fourth day of March next; and that George Clinton, of New York, having also the greatest number, and a majority of the votes of all the Electors appointed, was duly elected Vice President of the United States, for the term commencing on the fourth day of March next.
The two Houses then separated, and the House of Representatives being returned to their Chamber, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
The list of the votes of the Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, as declared by the President of the Senate, and herein before recited, was read at the Clerkâs table.