Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16)

by United States. Congress

FIRST CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES
IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wednesday, March 4, 1789.

This being the day fixed for the meeting of the new Congress, the following members of the House of Representatives appeared and took their seats, viz:[15]

From Massachusetts, George Thatcher, Fisher Ames, George Leonard, and Elbridge Gerry.

From Connecticut, Benjamin Huntington, Jonathan Trumbull, and Jeremiah Wadsworth.

From Pennsylvania, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Thomas Hartley, Peter Muhlenberg, and Daniel Heister.

From Virginia, Alexander White.

From South Carolina, Thomas Tudor Tucker.