Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)

by United States. Congress

Tennessee.—William Cocke, Joseph Anderson.

Kentucky.—John Breckenridge, John Browne.

Ohio.—Thomas Worthington, John Smith.

Monday, October 17, 1803.

The first session of the eighth Congress, conformably to the Constitution of the United States, commenced at the city of Washington, agreeably to the Proclamation of the President of the United States for that purpose; and the Senate assembled on this day.

PRESENT:

Simeon Olcott and William Plumer, from New Hampshire;

Timothy Pickering, from Massachusetts;

James Hillhouse and Uriah Tracy, from Connecticut;

Christopher Ellery and Samuel I. Potter, from Rhode Island;