[Tenth Congress.—Second Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Tenth Congress.—Second Session. Proceedings and Debates in the House of Representatives.]
[Eleventh Congress.—First Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Eleventh Congress.—First Session. Proceedings and Debates in the House of Representatives.]
[Eleventh Congress—Second Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Eleventh Congress.—Second Session. Proceedings and Debates in the House of Representatives.]
[Eleventh Congress.—Third Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Proceedings in the Senate, in Secret Session, at the Third Session of the Eleventh Congress.]
[Eleventh Congress.—Third Session. Proceedings and Debates the House of Representatives.]
[Twelfth Congress.—First Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Twelfth Congress.—First Session. Proceedings and Debates in the House of Representatives.]
[Confidential Supplemental Journal]
[Twelfth Congress.—Second Session. Proceedings in the Senate.]
[Twelfth Congress.—Second Session. Proceedings and Debates in the House of Representatives.]
[Index to Vol. IV.]
[Transcriber's Notes]
[TENTH CONGRESS.—SECOND SESSION.]
BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 1808.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
Monday, November 7, 1808.
Conformably to the act, passed the last session, entitled "An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress," the second session of the tenth Congress commenced this day; and the Senate assembled at the city of Washington.
PRESENT:
- George Clinton, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
- Nicholas Gilman and Nahum Parker, from New Hampshire.
- Timothy Pickering, from Massachusetts.
- James Hillhouse and Chauncey Goodrich, from Connecticut.
- Benjamin Howland and Elisha Mathewson, from Rhode Island.
- Stephen R. Bradley and Jonathan Robinson, from Vermont.
- Samuel L. Mitchill and John Smith, from New York.
- John Condit and Aaron Kitchel, from New Jersey.
- Samuel Maclay, from Pennsylvania.
- Samuel White, from Delaware.
- William B. Giles, from Virginia.
- James Turner, from North Carolina.
- Thomas Sumter and John Gaillard, from South Carolina.
- William H. Crawford, from Georgia.
- Buckner Thruston and John Pope, from Kentucky.
- Daniel Smith, from Tennessee.
- Edward Tiffin, from Ohio.
James Lloyd, jun., appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, to supply the place of John Quincy Adams, resigned, took his seat in the Senate, and produced his credentials, which were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and ready to proceed to business; and that Messrs. Bradley and Pope be a committee on the part of the Senate, together with such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives on their part, to wait on the President of the United States and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled.