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March 8, 1844
The Madisonian
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Proceedings of the 28th U.S. Congress, First Session, on March 7, 1844, in the Senate and House of Representatives. Senate discussed memorials on postage reduction, foreign letter transmission, printing of documents, Virginia resolutions denouncing Massachusetts anti-slavery measures, and Oregon resolution. House handled resolutions, committee reports on claims, commerce, public lands, judiciary, naval affairs, pensions, public grounds, accounts, and library; debated and passed bills; considered Military Academy appropriations.
Merged-components note: Sequential reports on Senate and House proceedings for March 7, 1844, forming a single daily congressional summary.
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Twenty-Eighth Congress.
FIRST SESSION
SENATE.
Thursday, March 7, 1844
After the reception of some Executive communications,
Mr. MILLER presented a memorial, numerously signed, approving the bill reported by him relative to a reduction of postage.
Mr. WALKER submitted a resolution directing the Post Office Committee to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the transmission of foreign letters.
The resolution of Mr. Woodbridge, to print the House document containing Mr. W. C. Johnson's two hundred million scheme, was next called up.
Mr. WOODBRIDGE made some remarks in favor of printing so valuable a document.
Mr. KING opposed the resolution. He admitted that the report of Mr. Johnson was drawn up with the usual ability of that gentleman, but as for the remainder of that document, it was a strange medley of toasts, letters, memorials, and printed names. The Senate might just as well print a bundle of old newspapers.
After some conversation between Messrs. KING, ARCHER, McDUFFIE, and others, the subject was referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. ARCHER presented resolutions adopted by the Legislature of Virginia, the same as presented in the House yesterday by Mr. Dromgoole. The resolutions denounce those of the Massachusetts Legislature which propose to cut off the slave representation. Mr. A. said he was desirous of moving the printing of both series of resolutions, but,
At the request of Mr. BAGBY, the subject was postponed till to-morrow.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the Oregon resolution of Mr. Semple
Mr. MILLER having the floor, spoke at some length in opposition to the resolution.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, March 7, 1844.
The SPEAKER called the House to order at 12 o'clock, the Chaplain being absent, and the Clerk read the Journal of yesterday. After which
Mr. BURKE presented a resolution inquiring the reasons why the documents of the 27th Congress have not been bound and delivered, and which have been paid for; which was agreed to.
Mr. FOSTER presented a resolution of inquiry; which was agreed to.
Mr. ELMER presented resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey; which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON offered a resolution authorizing the Committee on Indian Affairs to summon Major Eaton as a witness.
Mr. M. BROWN offered a resolution in relation to dividing the Country into two military districts, and inquired if the Committee on Military Affairs had received any communication from General Scott on the subject.
It was objected to.
Mr. BROWN moved to suspend the rules so as to entertain the resolution, which was disagreed to.
The orders of the day were called for being
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. COBB, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the heirs of John Forsyth, which was made the order of the day for to-morrow, referred to a Committee of the Whole, and the bill and report ordered to be printed.
Mr SMITH, of Indiana, made a report, which was appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE.
Reports were severally made by Messrs. SEYMOUR, and McCLELLAND, which were appropriately referred.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Reports were severally made by Messrs. J. W. DAVIS and HOUSTON, which were appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
Mr. SAUNDERS presented a bill altering the places of holding the United States district courts in the State of New Jersey, which was read a third time, and passed.
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Mr. PARMENTER made several reports, which were appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
Mr. RATHAUN presented a bill transferring certain pension claims from the agency in Kentucky to the agency in Ohio, which was read a third time and passed.
Mr. STEENROD presented a bill for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, which was ordered to be laid upon the table and printed.
Mr. HUNGERFORD reported several private bills, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. WRIGHT presented a bill in relation to certain surviving officers of the Revolution, which was made the order of the day for to-morrow. Referred to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed.
COMMITTEE ON INVALID PENSIONS.
Mr. RUSSELL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a favorable report on the petition of Bartholomew Maguire, and asked leave to offer a bill for his relief. Leave was granted, and the bill was read a second time, and made the order of the day for to-morrow, and printed.
Mr. R., also made an adverse report on the petition of James Burr, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Charles Young, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Alexander Jackson, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Parmelia Slavin, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of William Anderson, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Dennis Doyle, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also reported adversely on the petition of William Newton, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. made also seven adverse reports (on the 15th of February last, and not taken down by our reporters) on the several petitions of Elijah C. Babbit, Cornelius A. Rieve, Samuel Marshel, Daniel Duggin, Catherine F. Johnson, John Owen, and Isaac Justice, which were severally ordered to be printed and laid on the table.
Mr. BRINKERHOFF made several reports, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. CULLOM made several adverse reports, which were laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. NES made several adverse reports, which were appropriately disposed of. Also a bill for the relief of Adam Foster, which was referred to Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. TILDEN made several adverse reports, which were laid upon the table.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC GROUNDS
Mr. PRATT reported a bill for the building of additional buildings for the War and Navy Departments, which was referred to a Committee of the Whole, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
Mr. McDOWELL offered a resolution authorizing the Clerk of the House to pay $1,200 for an envelope cutter, contracted for by Mr. St. Clair Clarke, late Clerk of the House.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON moved to refer it to a Committee of the Whole House, that it might be investigated.
After an explanation from Mr. McDowell, it was referred—and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
Mr. CROSS, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported a bill, which was appropriately referred.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.
Mr. BURKE, from this Committee, reported a joint resolution, which was referred to a Committee of the Whole, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and printed.
Also, that the Select Committee appointed by the House have power to send for persons and papers in investigating the memorial of the Legislature of Rhode Island, contesting the seats of the members of that State.
Mr. C. JOHNSON opposed the sending for persons and papers unless they were named.
Mr. CAUSIN said he was not present when the report was made, and he hoped it would not be considered a unanimous report, and moved that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject, because it properly belonged to the Committee on Elections.
He then discussed the general merits of the memorial.
Mr. CRANSTON said he could not see the reason why the gentleman from New Hampshire wished to send for persons and papers, when he [Mr. C.] could give him all the information necessary.
Mr BURKE asked him if he did not move to send for persons and papers when the memorial was presented.
Mr. CRANSTON said he did not.
Mr. BURKE said he was then reported wrong.
Mr. CRANSTON proceeded and discussed the question until the morning hour had expired.
Mr CLINGMAN moved to suspend the rules for one hour so as to allow him to discuss the bill making the Presidential election all on one day throughout the country.
Mr. DUNCAN said the motion was not in order.
The SPEAKER said the motion was in order.
[The question recurring upon the suspension of the rules, a desultory debate arose on a point of order, in which Messrs. Winthrop, Hardin and Duncan, participated.]
The question being put, the rules were suspended.
Mr. CLINGMAN of North Carolina, rose and replied to Mr. Duncan, and said as that gentleman had stated that he made his speech for Buncombe, and, as that was his place of residence, he felt it his duty to let the people of Buncombe understand the question presented to them, as they were a hard-headed set of fellows, and he spoke until the hour expired.
Mr. DICKINSON moved to suspend the rules for to-day, which was decided in the negative.
The SPEAKER laid before the House several Executive communications, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. McKAY moved to suspend the rules so as to go into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. SCHENCK called for tellers, which were ordered.
Messrs C. Johnson and Green were appointed tellers, who reported 76 in the affirmative, and 58 in the negative.
So the rules were not suspended.
Mr. HOPKINS moved that the bill in relation to the Presidential election be suspended until to-morrow.
Mr. BARNARD said the motion was not in order, because the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Hamlin] was entitled to the floor.
Mr. HAMLIN then moved to postpone the subject until to-morrow.
Mr. SUMMERS demanded the yeas and nays which were ordered.
The Clerk called the roll, and the following is the result: yeas 99, nays 67.
So the subject was postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. McKAY then moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, which was agreed to.
Mr. Dromgoole. was called to the Chair, and the committee took up the bill making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy; and several minor amendments were proposed and agreed to.
Mr. HUNGERFORD proposed to strike out the extra pay of officers as instructors.
Mr. ELMER asked if the proviso was in conflict with any law upon that subject?
Mr. HUNGERFORD said it was.
Mr. ELMER said then he could not vote for the amendment.
Mr. WINTHROP opposed the amendment.
Several other amendments were proposed and debated by Messrs ELMER, McKAY, HARALSON, FISH and HUNT, and they were rejected.
Mr. HUNGERFORD offered another amendment, proposing to dismiss all of the supernumerary lieutenants after the 1st day of June next; but at the suggestion of Mr. McKay, he withdrew it.
Mr. HALE offered a substitute disbanding the institution, and advocated its adoption warmly and zealously.
Mr. J. W. DAVIS offered amendment to the substitute.
[A message was received from the Senate.]
Mr. BRINKERHOFF opposed both the substitute and the amendment, and said that the graduates of the institution should be confined to the scientific corps, and that the other branches of the Army should be filled by the promotion of the meritorious private soldiers, and the appointment of citizens.
Mr. DANA opposed the whole institution, because he conceived it to be one of an aristocratic character.
Mr. HUNT moved that the committee rise, and tellers were demanded and ordered.
Messrs. SAUNDERS and GRINNELL were appointed tellers, who reported 86 in the affirmative, and 44 in the negative.
So the committee rose, and Mr. DROMGOOLE reported to the House that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union has had the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill making appropriations for the Military Academy at West Point, and had come to no conclusion thereon.
Mr. STETSON moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. HALE demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
And then the House adjourned.
FIRST SESSION
SENATE.
Thursday, March 7, 1844
After the reception of some Executive communications,
Mr. MILLER presented a memorial, numerously signed, approving the bill reported by him relative to a reduction of postage.
Mr. WALKER submitted a resolution directing the Post Office Committee to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the transmission of foreign letters.
The resolution of Mr. Woodbridge, to print the House document containing Mr. W. C. Johnson's two hundred million scheme, was next called up.
Mr. WOODBRIDGE made some remarks in favor of printing so valuable a document.
Mr. KING opposed the resolution. He admitted that the report of Mr. Johnson was drawn up with the usual ability of that gentleman, but as for the remainder of that document, it was a strange medley of toasts, letters, memorials, and printed names. The Senate might just as well print a bundle of old newspapers.
After some conversation between Messrs. KING, ARCHER, McDUFFIE, and others, the subject was referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. ARCHER presented resolutions adopted by the Legislature of Virginia, the same as presented in the House yesterday by Mr. Dromgoole. The resolutions denounce those of the Massachusetts Legislature which propose to cut off the slave representation. Mr. A. said he was desirous of moving the printing of both series of resolutions, but,
At the request of Mr. BAGBY, the subject was postponed till to-morrow.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the Oregon resolution of Mr. Semple
Mr. MILLER having the floor, spoke at some length in opposition to the resolution.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, March 7, 1844.
The SPEAKER called the House to order at 12 o'clock, the Chaplain being absent, and the Clerk read the Journal of yesterday. After which
Mr. BURKE presented a resolution inquiring the reasons why the documents of the 27th Congress have not been bound and delivered, and which have been paid for; which was agreed to.
Mr. FOSTER presented a resolution of inquiry; which was agreed to.
Mr. ELMER presented resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey; which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON offered a resolution authorizing the Committee on Indian Affairs to summon Major Eaton as a witness.
Mr. M. BROWN offered a resolution in relation to dividing the Country into two military districts, and inquired if the Committee on Military Affairs had received any communication from General Scott on the subject.
It was objected to.
Mr. BROWN moved to suspend the rules so as to entertain the resolution, which was disagreed to.
The orders of the day were called for being
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. COBB, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the heirs of John Forsyth, which was made the order of the day for to-morrow, referred to a Committee of the Whole, and the bill and report ordered to be printed.
Mr SMITH, of Indiana, made a report, which was appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE.
Reports were severally made by Messrs. SEYMOUR, and McCLELLAND, which were appropriately referred.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Reports were severally made by Messrs. J. W. DAVIS and HOUSTON, which were appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
Mr. SAUNDERS presented a bill altering the places of holding the United States district courts in the State of New Jersey, which was read a third time, and passed.
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Mr. PARMENTER made several reports, which were appropriately disposed of.
COMMITTEE ON REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
Mr. RATHAUN presented a bill transferring certain pension claims from the agency in Kentucky to the agency in Ohio, which was read a third time and passed.
Mr. STEENROD presented a bill for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, which was ordered to be laid upon the table and printed.
Mr. HUNGERFORD reported several private bills, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. WRIGHT presented a bill in relation to certain surviving officers of the Revolution, which was made the order of the day for to-morrow. Referred to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed.
COMMITTEE ON INVALID PENSIONS.
Mr. RUSSELL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a favorable report on the petition of Bartholomew Maguire, and asked leave to offer a bill for his relief. Leave was granted, and the bill was read a second time, and made the order of the day for to-morrow, and printed.
Mr. R., also made an adverse report on the petition of James Burr, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Charles Young, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Alexander Jackson, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Parmelia Slavin, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of William Anderson, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also made an adverse report on the petition of Dennis Doyle, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. also reported adversely on the petition of William Newton, which was ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.
Mr. R. made also seven adverse reports (on the 15th of February last, and not taken down by our reporters) on the several petitions of Elijah C. Babbit, Cornelius A. Rieve, Samuel Marshel, Daniel Duggin, Catherine F. Johnson, John Owen, and Isaac Justice, which were severally ordered to be printed and laid on the table.
Mr. BRINKERHOFF made several reports, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. CULLOM made several adverse reports, which were laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. NES made several adverse reports, which were appropriately disposed of. Also a bill for the relief of Adam Foster, which was referred to Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. TILDEN made several adverse reports, which were laid upon the table.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC GROUNDS
Mr. PRATT reported a bill for the building of additional buildings for the War and Navy Departments, which was referred to a Committee of the Whole, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
Mr. McDOWELL offered a resolution authorizing the Clerk of the House to pay $1,200 for an envelope cutter, contracted for by Mr. St. Clair Clarke, late Clerk of the House.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON moved to refer it to a Committee of the Whole House, that it might be investigated.
After an explanation from Mr. McDowell, it was referred—and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
Mr. CROSS, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported a bill, which was appropriately referred.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.
Mr. BURKE, from this Committee, reported a joint resolution, which was referred to a Committee of the Whole, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and printed.
Also, that the Select Committee appointed by the House have power to send for persons and papers in investigating the memorial of the Legislature of Rhode Island, contesting the seats of the members of that State.
Mr. C. JOHNSON opposed the sending for persons and papers unless they were named.
Mr. CAUSIN said he was not present when the report was made, and he hoped it would not be considered a unanimous report, and moved that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject, because it properly belonged to the Committee on Elections.
He then discussed the general merits of the memorial.
Mr. CRANSTON said he could not see the reason why the gentleman from New Hampshire wished to send for persons and papers, when he [Mr. C.] could give him all the information necessary.
Mr BURKE asked him if he did not move to send for persons and papers when the memorial was presented.
Mr. CRANSTON said he did not.
Mr. BURKE said he was then reported wrong.
Mr. CRANSTON proceeded and discussed the question until the morning hour had expired.
Mr CLINGMAN moved to suspend the rules for one hour so as to allow him to discuss the bill making the Presidential election all on one day throughout the country.
Mr. DUNCAN said the motion was not in order.
The SPEAKER said the motion was in order.
[The question recurring upon the suspension of the rules, a desultory debate arose on a point of order, in which Messrs. Winthrop, Hardin and Duncan, participated.]
The question being put, the rules were suspended.
Mr. CLINGMAN of North Carolina, rose and replied to Mr. Duncan, and said as that gentleman had stated that he made his speech for Buncombe, and, as that was his place of residence, he felt it his duty to let the people of Buncombe understand the question presented to them, as they were a hard-headed set of fellows, and he spoke until the hour expired.
Mr. DICKINSON moved to suspend the rules for to-day, which was decided in the negative.
The SPEAKER laid before the House several Executive communications, which were appropriately disposed of.
Mr. McKAY moved to suspend the rules so as to go into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. SCHENCK called for tellers, which were ordered.
Messrs C. Johnson and Green were appointed tellers, who reported 76 in the affirmative, and 58 in the negative.
So the rules were not suspended.
Mr. HOPKINS moved that the bill in relation to the Presidential election be suspended until to-morrow.
Mr. BARNARD said the motion was not in order, because the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Hamlin] was entitled to the floor.
Mr. HAMLIN then moved to postpone the subject until to-morrow.
Mr. SUMMERS demanded the yeas and nays which were ordered.
The Clerk called the roll, and the following is the result: yeas 99, nays 67.
So the subject was postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. McKAY then moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, which was agreed to.
Mr. Dromgoole. was called to the Chair, and the committee took up the bill making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy; and several minor amendments were proposed and agreed to.
Mr. HUNGERFORD proposed to strike out the extra pay of officers as instructors.
Mr. ELMER asked if the proviso was in conflict with any law upon that subject?
Mr. HUNGERFORD said it was.
Mr. ELMER said then he could not vote for the amendment.
Mr. WINTHROP opposed the amendment.
Several other amendments were proposed and debated by Messrs ELMER, McKAY, HARALSON, FISH and HUNT, and they were rejected.
Mr. HUNGERFORD offered another amendment, proposing to dismiss all of the supernumerary lieutenants after the 1st day of June next; but at the suggestion of Mr. McKay, he withdrew it.
Mr. HALE offered a substitute disbanding the institution, and advocated its adoption warmly and zealously.
Mr. J. W. DAVIS offered amendment to the substitute.
[A message was received from the Senate.]
Mr. BRINKERHOFF opposed both the substitute and the amendment, and said that the graduates of the institution should be confined to the scientific corps, and that the other branches of the Army should be filled by the promotion of the meritorious private soldiers, and the appointment of citizens.
Mr. DANA opposed the whole institution, because he conceived it to be one of an aristocratic character.
Mr. HUNT moved that the committee rise, and tellers were demanded and ordered.
Messrs. SAUNDERS and GRINNELL were appointed tellers, who reported 86 in the affirmative, and 44 in the negative.
So the committee rose, and Mr. DROMGOOLE reported to the House that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union has had the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill making appropriations for the Military Academy at West Point, and had come to no conclusion thereon.
Mr. STETSON moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. HALE demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
And then the House adjourned.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Us Congress
Senate Proceedings
House Proceedings
Postage Reduction
Slavery Resolutions
Oregon Resolution
Military Academy
Presidential Election
Pension Bills
Committee Reports
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Miller
Mr. Walker
Mr. Woodbridge
Mr. King
Mr. Archer
Mr. Mcduffie
Mr. Bagby
Mr. Semple
Mr. Burke
Mr. Foster
Mr. Elmer
Mr. Cave Johnson
Mr. M. Brown
Mr. Cobb
Mr. Smith
Mr. Seymour
Mr. Mcclelland
Mr. J. W. Davis
Mr. Houston
Mr. Saunders
Mr. Parmenter
Mr. Rathbun
Mr. Steenrod
Mr. Hungerford
Mr. Wright
Mr. Russell
Mr. Brinkerhoff
Mr. Cullom
Mr. Nes
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Mcdowell
Mr. Cross
Mr. C. Johnson
Mr. Causin
Mr. Cranston
Mr. Clingman
Mr. Duncan
Mr. Dickinson
Mr. Mckay
Mr. Schenck
Mr. Hopkins
Mr. Barnard
Mr. Hamlin
Mr. Summers
Mr. Dromgoole
Mr. Hale
Mr. Dana
Mr. Hunt
Mr. Winthrop
Mr. Hardin
Mr. Stetson
Major Eaton
General Scott
John Forsyth
Elizabeth Gresham
Bartholomew Maguire
James Burr
Charles Young
Alexander Jackson
Parmelia Slavin
William Anderson
Dennis Doyle
William Newton
Elijah C. Babbit
Cornelius A. Rieve
Samuel Marshel
Daniel Duggin
Catherine F. Johnson
John Owen
Isaac Justice
Adam Foster
Mr. St. Clair Clarke
W. C. Johnson
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Event Date
Thursday, March 7, 1844
Key Persons
Mr. Miller
Mr. Walker
Mr. Woodbridge
Mr. King
Mr. Archer
Mr. Mcduffie
Mr. Bagby
Mr. Semple
Mr. Burke
Mr. Foster
Mr. Elmer
Mr. Cave Johnson
Mr. M. Brown
Mr. Cobb
Mr. Smith
Mr. Seymour
Mr. Mcclelland
Mr. J. W. Davis
Mr. Houston
Mr. Saunders
Mr. Parmenter
Mr. Rathbun
Mr. Steenrod
Mr. Hungerford
Mr. Wright
Mr. Russell
Mr. Brinkerhoff
Mr. Cullom
Mr. Nes
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Mcdowell
Mr. Cross
Mr. C. Johnson
Mr. Causin
Mr. Cranston
Mr. Clingman
Mr. Duncan
Mr. Dickinson
Mr. Mckay
Mr. Schenck
Mr. Hopkins
Mr. Barnard
Mr. Hamlin
Mr. Summers
Mr. Dromgoole
Mr. Hale
Mr. Dana
Mr. Hunt
Mr. Winthrop
Mr. Hardin
Mr. Stetson
Major Eaton
General Scott
John Forsyth
Elizabeth Gresham
Bartholomew Maguire
James Burr
Charles Young
Alexander Jackson
Parmelia Slavin
William Anderson
Dennis Doyle
William Newton
Elijah C. Babbit
Cornelius A. Rieve
Samuel Marshel
Daniel Duggin
Catherine F. Johnson
John Owen
Isaac Justice
Adam Foster
Mr. St. Clair Clarke
W. C. Johnson
Outcome
various bills passed including alterations to u.s. district courts in new jersey and transfer of pension claims from kentucky to ohio; multiple reports and resolutions referred, printed, or postponed; debates on printing documents, slavery resolutions, oregon resolution, rhode island memorial, presidential election bill, and military academy appropriations without final conclusions; house adjourned without resolving all matters.
Event Details
The Senate received executive communications and considered memorials approving postage reduction, resolutions for foreign letter transmission, printing of a House document on financial schemes, Virginia legislative resolutions denouncing Massachusetts anti-slavery proposals, and debated an Oregon resolution before adjourning. The House started with resolutions on unbound documents, inquiries, New Jersey legislature matters, summoning witnesses for Indian Affairs, and military districts; processed committee reports on claims, commerce, public lands, judiciary (passing a court locations bill), naval affairs, revolutionary and invalid pensions (passing some bills, adverse reports on others), public grounds (building for departments), accounts (payment resolution referred), private land claims, and library (joint resolution and Rhode Island memorial investigation powers debated); suspended rules for discussions on Presidential election uniformity; postponed that bill; entered Committee of the Whole on Military Academy appropriations with amendments proposed and debated but no conclusion reached before adjourning.