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. * 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 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. 12345 George Dent April 20, 1798 George Dent May 28, 1798 1 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. } Pro tempore during sickness of Speaker. do. April 23, 1798 Maryland .... May 29, 1798do....... 67 1 Theodore Sedgwick. Dec. 2, 1799 Mar. 3, 1801 Massachusetts. 7 1 Nathaniel Macon ... Dec. 7, 1801 Mar. 3, 1803 N. Carolina. 8 1 Nathaniel Macon Oct. 17, 1803 Mar. 3, 1805 do. 9 1 Nathaniel Macon Dec. 2, 1805 ... Mar. 3, 1807 do. 10 1 Joseph B. Varnum.. Oct. 26, 1807 Mar. 3, 1809 Massachusetts. 11 1 Joseph B. Varnum.. May 22, 1809 Mar. 3, 1811 do. 12 1 Henry Clay .. Nov. 4, 1811 Mar. 3, 1813 Kentucky... 13 1 Henry Clay .. May 24, 1813 Jan. 19, 1814 do...... Indisposed 19th and 20th May, 1812, and House adjourned. Absent Dec. 27, 1813, House adjourned. Resigned Jan. 19, 1814. Absent Dec. 10, 1816. House adjourned. Dec. 6, 1819 Nov. 13, 1820 .....do....... Resigned, by letter, 20th Oct. 1820. Nov. 15, 1820 | Mar. 3, 1821 | New York. 17 Philip P. Barbour...... Dec. 3, 1821 Mar. 3, 1823 | Virginia. 18 Henry Clay Dec. 1, 1823 Mar. 3, 1825 Kentucky ........ Asked permission to vote, 22d Dec. 1824. Absent from sickness, Dec. 6, 1830. Resigned 2d June, 1834. Armistead Burt......... June 20, 1848 June 22, 1848 ......do....... 3, 1847 Indiana. 3, 1849 | Massachusetts. 19, 1848 | South Carolina.. 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. of the 1 April 1789 15 May 1797 The House of Representatives met 1st April, and then elected a clerk. Hugh A. Garland...... Caleb J. McNulty........ CHAPTER 8. THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO THE EMINENT JURISTS WHO HAVE OCCUPIED AND CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 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 |