The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice President of the United States.
On motion to strike out of the first section of the bill the following words:
Together with the Chief Justice of the United States, or if he be absent from the Seat of Government or unable to attend, then with the next senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, who may be present and able to attend.
It passed in the negative—yeas 11, nays 19, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Brown, Cocke, Franklin, Langdon, Marshall, Mason, Nicholas, and Pinckney.
Nays.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Dayton, Dexter, Foster, Greene, Gunn, Hillhouse, Howard, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, Watson, and Wells.
On motion to strike out these words from the 1st section: "to choose by ballot in each House six members," and in lieu thereof to insert "to draw by lot in each House —— members:"
It was determined in the negative—yeas 9, nays 18, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Brown, Cocke, Langdon, Marshall, Mason, and Nicholas.