[TWELFTH CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.]
BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 4, 1811.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.[12]
Monday, November 4, 1811.
The first session of the Twelfth Congress commenced this day at the city of Washington, conformably to the proclamation of the President of the United States, of the 24th of July last, and the Senate assembled in their Chamber.
PRESENT:
- George Clinton, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
- Nicholas Gilman and Charles Cutts, from New Hampshire.
- Chauncey Goodrich and Samuel W. Dana, from Connecticut.
- Stephen R. Bradley, from Vermont.
- John Smith and Obadiah German, from New York.
- John Condit and John Lambert, from New Jersey.
- Andrew Gregg and Michael Leib, from Pennsylvania.
- Outerbridge Horsey, from Delaware.
- Samuel Smith and Philip Reed, from Maryland.
- William B. Giles, from Virginia.
- Jesse Franklin, from North Carolina.
- John Gaillard and John Taylor, from South Carolina.
- William H. Crawford and Charles Tait, from Georgia.
- John Pope, from Kentucky.
- Joseph Anderson, from Tennessee.
- Thomas Worthington, from Ohio.
George M. Bibb, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; George W. Campbell, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, in place of Jenkin Whiteside, resigned; Jeremiah B. Howell, appointed a Senator, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last, by the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Joseph B. Varnum, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last; respectively produced their credentials, which were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to them, and they took their seats in the Senate.
The oath was also administered to Messrs. Condit, Crawford, Giles, Gilman, and Taylor, their credentials having been read and filed during the last session.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and ready to proceed to business.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and have elected Henry Clay, Esq., one of the Representatives from the State of Kentucky, their Speaker, and are ready to proceed to business. They have appointed a committee on their part, jointly with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled and ready to receive any communications that he may be pleased to make to them.