PRESENT:
Theodore Foster, from Rhode Island.
Nathaniel Chipman, from Vermont.
William Hill Wells and Samuel White, from Delaware.
John E. Howard, from Maryland.
Stevens Thompson Mason and Wilson Cary Nicholas, from Virginia.
Abraham Baldwin, from Georgia.
Joseph Anderson and William Cooke, from Tennessee.
Stephen R. Bradley, appointed a Senator by the State of Vermont, for the remainder of the term for which their late Senator, Elijah Paine, was appointed; John Breckenridge, appointed a Senator by the State of Kentucky; Christopher Ellery, appointed a Senator by the State of Rhode Island, for the remainder of the term for which their late Senator, Ray Greene, was appointed; James Jackson, appointed a Senator by the State of Georgia; George Logan, appointed a Senator by the Executive of the State of Pennsylvania, in the place of their late Senator, Peter Muhlenberg, resigned; Simeon Olcott, appointed a Senator by the State of New Hampshire, for the remainder of the term for which their late Senator, Samuel Livermore, was appointed; Uriah Tracy, appointed a Senator by the State of Connecticut; and Robert Wright, appointed a Senator by the State of Maryland, severally produced their credentials, and took their seats in the Senate.
The Vice President being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President, pro tempore, as the constitution provides; and Abraham Baldwin was chosen.