Charles Pinckney, from South Carolina.
Abraham Baldwin, from Georgia.
Mr. Hillhouse administered the oath of office to the Vice President, who took the chair, and the credentials of the following members were read:
Of Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Muhlenberg, Mr. Sheafe, Mr. Stone, Mr. Tracy, and Mr. White.
And the oath of office was administered to Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Muhlenberg, Mr. Sheafe, Mr. Stone, and Mr. White, by the Vice President.
Exception being taken to the credentials of the Hon. Mr. Tracy, a Senator from the State of Connecticut, a debate ensued; and, on motion that he be admitted to take the oath required by the constitution, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 13, nays 10, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Chipman, Dayton, Dwight Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, Livermore, J. Mason, Morris, Ogden, Ross, Sheafe, Wells, and White.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Brown, Cocke, S. T. Mason, Muhlenberg, Nicholas, Pinckney, and Stone.
And the oath was accordingly administered to Mr. Tracy by the Vice President.