When was it published?

March 19, 1867 in The National Republican

Domestic News March 19, 1867

The National Republican

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

J. Knowlton, Geo. B. Pope, Gen. Wood, W. W. Lamper, Gen. Bartlett, Gen. Sullivan

Q: What keywords are associated?

Senate Nominations, Confirmations, Rejections, Executive Session, Postmasters, Consuls

Washington, District Of Columbia

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In yesterday's U.S. Senate executive session, nominations for positions including Surveyor of Portland, Consul at Para, Postmaster at Brooklyn, Postmaster of Salem, Minister to Stockholm, and Minister to Bogota were confirmed, rejected, or not acted upon. Several other consuls and postmasters were also confirmed and rejected in equal numbers.

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Executive Session Yesterday,

In executive session of the Senate, yesterday, the following nominations were acted upon, as follows:

CONFIRMED.

J. Knowlton, to be Surveyor of the Port of Portland.
Geo. B. Pope, to be Consul at Para.
Gen. Wood, to be Postmaster at Brooklyn, N. Y.

REJECTED.

W. W. Lamper, for Postmaster of Salem, Mass.

NOT ACTED UPON.

Gen. Bartlett, to be Minister to Stockholm.
Gen. Sullivan, to be Minister to Bogota.

Quite a number of consuls and postmasters were confirmed, but about as many were rejected as were confirmed.

What sub-type of article is it?

Appointment Politics

What keywords are associated?

Senate Nominations Confirmations Rejections Executive Session Postmasters Consuls

What entities or persons were involved?

J. Knowlton Geo. B. Pope Gen. Wood W. W. Lamper Gen. Bartlett Gen. Sullivan

Domestic News Details

Event Date

Yesterday

Key Persons

J. Knowlton Geo. B. Pope Gen. Wood W. W. Lamper Gen. Bartlett Gen. Sullivan

Outcome

confirmed: j. knowlton (surveyor of the port of portland), geo. b. pope (consul at para), gen. wood (postmaster at brooklyn, n. y.); rejected: w. w. lamper (postmaster of salem, mass.); not acted upon: gen. bartlett (minister to stockholm), gen. sullivan (minister to bogota). quite a number of consuls and postmasters confirmed, about as many rejected as confirmed.

Event Details

In executive session of the Senate yesterday, nominations were acted upon as follows: confirmed for J. Knowlton to be Surveyor of the Port of Portland, Geo. B. Pope to be Consul at Para, Gen. Wood to be Postmaster at Brooklyn, N. Y.; rejected for W. W. Lamper for Postmaster of Salem, Mass.; not acted upon for Gen. Bartlett to be Minister to Stockholm and Gen. Sullivan to be Minister to Bogota. Quite a number of consuls and postmasters were confirmed, but about as many were rejected as were confirmed.