Gazette Of The United States

From New-Hampshire,	Mr. Langdon, and
Massachusetts,	Mr. Wingate,
Connecticut,	Mr. Strong,
New-Jersey,	Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Paterson, and Mr. Elmer,
Pennsylvania,	Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Morris, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Lee, Mr. Few,
Delaware,	Mr.
Virginia,	Mr.
Georgia,

JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

(CONTINUED.)

THURSDAY, March 19, 1789.

The Hon. WILLIAM PATTERSON, from the State of New-
Jersey, appeared and took his seat.

FRIDAY, March 20.

Present as yesterday: Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow
morning.

SATURDAY, March 21.

Present as yesterday: The Hon. RICHARD BASSETT, from the
State of Delaware, appeared and took his seat. The number suf-
ficient to constitute a quorum not appearing—adjourned from day
to day, until

SATURDAY, March 28.

Present as on the 21st: The Hon. JONATHAN ELMER, from
the State of New-Jersey, appeared and took his seat.
The number sufficient to constitute a quorum not appearing, ad-
jour ned from day to day, until April the 6th; when the Hon.
RICHARD HENRY LEE, from the State of Virginia, appeared and
took his seat in the Senate.

MONDAY, April 6.

The Senate assembled: Present.

Being a quorum, consisting of a majority of the whole number
of Senators of the United States.

The Credentials of the afore-mentioned Members were read,
and ordered to be filed.

The Senate proceeded by ballot to the choice of a President, for
the sole purpose of opening and counting the votes for President
of the United States.

JOHN LANGDON, Esquire, was elected.

Ordered, That Mr. ELLSWORTH inform the House of Repre-
sentatives that a quorum of the Senate is formed—that a President
is elected for the sole purpose of opening the certificates and count-
ing the votes of the Electors of the several States in the choice of a
President and Vice President of the United States; and that the
Senate is now ready in the Senate Chamber, to proceed, in the pre-
sence of the House, to discharge that duty: And that the Senate
have appointed one of their Members to sit at the Clerk's table to
make a list of the votes as they shall be declared; submitting it to
the wisdom of the House to appoint one or more of their members
for the like purpose.

Mr. BOUNDNOT, from the House of Representatives, commu-
nicated the following verbal message to the Senate:-

"MR. President,

"I AM directed by the House of Representatives to inform the
Senate, that the House is ready forthwith to meet the Senate, to
attend the opening and counting the votes of the Electors for Prei-
dent and Vice President of the United States."
—And he withdrew.

ORDERED, That Mr. PATERSON be a teller on the part of the
Senate.

The Speaker and the House of Representatives attended in the
Senate Chamber, for the purpose expressed in the message deliver-
ed by Mr. ELLSWORTH—And after some time withdrew.

The Senate then proceeded by ballot to the choice of a Presi-
dent of their body PRO TEMPORE.

John Langdon, Esq. was duly elected.

The President elected for the purpose of counting the votes, de-
clared to the Senate, that the Senate and House of Representatives
had met and that he, in their presence, had opened and counted
the votes of the Electors for President and Vice President of the
United States—which were as follows:-

New-Hampshire,
Massachusetts,
Connecticut,
New-Jersey,
Pennsylvania
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
South-Carolina,
Georgia,

Whereby it appears, that

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq.
was unanimously elected PRESIDENT, and

JOHN ADAMS, Esq.
was duly elected Vice President,
Of the United States of America.

Mr. Madison came from the House of Representatives with
the following verbal message:

"Mr. President,

"I am directed by the House of Representatives to inform the
Senate, that the House have agreed that the notifications of the
election of the President and of the Vice President of the United
States, should be made by such persons, and in such manner, as the
Senate shall be pleased to direct."

Whereupon the Senate appointed Charles Thomson, Esq.
to notify George Washington, Esq. of his election to the
Office of President of the United States of America, and Mr.
Sylvanus Bourne, to notify John Adams, Esq. of his election
to the Office of Vice President of the said United States.

A letter from James Duane, Esq. was read, enclosing resolu-
tions of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of
New-York, tendering to Congress the use of the City Hall.

Adjourned.

(To be continued.)

69	5	7	10	6	3	10	6	7	10	5	10	5	John Adams, Efq.
	34	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Samuel Huntington, Efq.
	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	John Jay, Efq.
	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	John Hancock, Efq.
	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Robert H. Harrison, Efq.
	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	George Clinton, Efq.
	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	John Rutledge, Efq.
	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	John Milton, Eq.
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	James Armstrong, Efq.
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Edward Telfair, Efq.
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Benjamin Lincoln, Efq.