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Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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U.S. President nominates and Senate approves key officials including Secretaries of State (Robert Smith), War (Wm. Eustis), and Navy (Paul Hamilton), plus territorial governors and diplomats. John Quincy Adams' nomination to Russia deemed unnecessary (17-15 vote); Senate adjourns sine die.
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The following gentlemen have been appointed to the offices respectively affixed to their names; having been nominated by the President of the U. S. and approved by the senate.
Robert Smith, of Maryland, Secretary of State.
Wm. Eustis, of Massachusetts, Secretary of war.
Paul Hamilton, of S. Carolina, Secretary of the Navy.
Thomas Sumter, junior, of South Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary to Rio Janeiro.
Henry Hill, Consul at St. Salvador, in Brazil.
David Holmes, of Virginia, Governor of the Mississippi territory.
John Boyle, of Kentucky, Governor of the Illinois territory.
Nathaniel Pope, Secretary of the Illinois territory.
Among the nominations, made by the President, was that of John Quincy Adams, as Minister Plenipotentiary to St. Petersburg, on which no vote was taken in the senate, they having resolved, ayes 17, noes 15; that such a mission was in their opinion unnecessary.
The senate on Tuesday adjourned sine die.
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nominations approved by senate except for john quincy adams as minister to st. petersburg, where senate resolved 17-15 that the mission was unnecessary; senate adjourned sine die on tuesday.
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The President nominated and the Senate approved appointments: Robert Smith of Maryland as Secretary of State; Wm. Eustis of Massachusetts as Secretary of War; Paul Hamilton of S. Carolina as Secretary of the Navy; Thomas Sumter, junior, of South Carolina as Minister Plenipotentiary to Rio Janeiro; Henry Hill as Consul at St. Salvador in Brazil; David Holmes of Virginia as Governor of the Mississippi territory; John Boyle of Kentucky as Governor of the Illinois territory; Nathaniel Pope as Secretary of the Illinois territory. Among nominations was John Quincy Adams as Minister Plenipotentiary to St. Petersburg, on which no vote was taken.