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4. Table of the Names, Place of Nativity or Residence when Appointed, Time of Appointment, and Expiration of Service of the Secretaries of the Senate of the United States.

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* The records do not show the time of Mr. Otis's death more particularly than by the following resolution, which was adopted on the 7th October, 1814 :

Resolved, unanimously, That the Senate, from a sincere desire of testifying their respect for the long and faithful
services of their late Secretary, Samuel A. Otis, esquire, who performed the duties of that office with punctuality
and exactness, from the commencement of this government until the close of the last session of Congress, will go
into mourning for one month, in the usual method of wearing crape round the left arm.

5. Table of the Names of the Representatives in Congress who have been elected Speakers of the House of Representatives from the 4th March, 1789, to the Termination of the Second Session, 31st Congress, 3d March, 1851; showing the Commencement and Termination of their Service as such, and the States of which they were Representatives, respectively.

Con- Sesgress. sion.

Names of Speakers.

Election, or commencement of service.

Termination of service.

States of which they were representatives.

Remarks.

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George Dent

April 20, 1798

George Dent

May 28, 1798

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Fred. A. Muhlenberg April 1, 1789

1 Jonathan Trumbull. Oct. 24, 1791 Fred. A. Muhlenberg Dec. 2, 1793

1

1

Jonathan Dayton.... Dec. 7, 1795 1 Jonathan Dayton.... May 15, 1797

Mar.

Mar.

Pennsylvania.

Mar. 3, 1797 New Jersey.

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Pro tempore during sickness of Speaker.

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April 23, 1798 Maryland

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May 29, 1798do.......

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1 Theodore Sedgwick.

Dec. 2, 1799

Mar. 3, 1801 Massachusetts.

7 1

Nathaniel Macon

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Dec. 7, 1801

Mar. 3, 1803 N. Carolina.

8 1

Nathaniel Macon Oct. 17, 1803

Mar.

3, 1805

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9

1

Nathaniel Macon Dec. 2, 1805

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Mar.

3, 1807

do.

10

1

Joseph B. Varnum..

Oct. 26, 1807

Mar.

3, 1809

Massachusetts.

11

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Joseph B. Varnum..

May 22, 1809

Mar.

3, 1811

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12

1

Henry Clay ..

Nov. 4, 1811

Mar.

3, 1813

Kentucky...

13

1

Henry Clay ..

May 24, 1813

Jan. 19, 1814

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Indisposed 19th and 20th May, 1812, and House adjourned. Absent Dec. 27, 1813, House adjourned. Resigned Jan. 19, 1814.

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Absent Dec. 10, 1816. House adjourned.

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Dec. 6, 1819 Nov. 13, 1820 .....do....... Resigned, by letter, 20th Oct. 1820. Nov. 15, 1820 | Mar. 3, 1821 | New York.

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Philip P. Barbour...... Dec.

3, 1821 Mar.

3, 1823 | Virginia.

18

Henry Clay

Dec.

1, 1823 Mar.

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3, 1825 Kentucky ........ Asked permission to vote, 22d Dec.

1824.

Absent from sickness, Dec. 6, 1830.
House adjourned.

Resigned 2d June, 1834.
The Speaker having withdrawn,
Henry Hubbard was substituted
as Speaker, and acted chat day.

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Armistead Burt......... June 20, 1848 June 22, 1848 ......do.......

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3, 1847 Indiana.

3, 1849 | Massachusetts. 19, 1848 | South Carolina..

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6. Table of the Names, Residence when Appointed, Time of Appointment, and Expiration of Service of the Clerka

House of Representatives of the United States.

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1 April 1789 15 May 1797 The House of Representatives met

1st April, and then elected a clerk.

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Hugh A. Garland......

Caleb J. McNulty........
Benjamin B. French.......
Thomas Jefferson Campbell..
Richard M. Young......
John W. Forney.......

CHAPTER 8.

THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO

THE EMINENT JURISTS

WHO HAVE OCCUPIED AND CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE
BENCH OF THAT AUGUST TRIBUNAL,

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
From the 4th March, 1780, to the 3d March, 1851.

CHIEF JUSTICES

OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

JOHN JAY, of New York, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, 26th September, 1789. Nominated 16th, and confirmed 19th April, 1794, Envoy Extraordinary to England. Resigned as Chief Justice. Successor appointed 1st July, 1795.

JOHN RUTLEDGE, of South Carolina, appointed 1st July, 1795, in recess of Senate, in place of John Jay resigned, and presided on the Bench at August term, 1795. Nominated 10th, and rejected by the Senate 15th December, 1795.

WILLIAM CUSHING, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed, &c., 27th January, 1796, in place of John Jay, resigned. Declined the appointment. He was then an Associate Justice.

OLIVER ELLSWORTH, of Connecticut. Nomination confirmed and appointed, &c., 4th March, 1796, in place of W. Cushing, de. clined. Appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to France, 27th February, 1799. He presided on the Bench at the August term, 1799. Proceeded on his mission to

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