Richard Stockton, from the State of New Jersey, attended.
No quorum being present, the Senate adjourned.
Wednesday, November 22.
The Vice President being absent, the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore, as the constitution provides; and Jacob Read was duly elected.
Joseph Anderson, appointed a Senator by the State of Tennessee, for the remainder of the term which the late Senator William Blount had drawn, and was entitled to have served, produced his credentials; which were read.
Nathaniel Chipman, appointed a Senator by the State of Vermont, in the place of Isaac Tichenor, elected Governor, produced his credentials; which were read.
The credentials of Ray Greene were read.
Andrew Jackson, appointed a Senator by the State of Tennessee, produced his credentials; which were read.
The oath required by law was administered by the President, to Messrs. Anderson, Chipman, Greene, and Jackson, they having severally taken their seats in the Senate.