OF

THE SENATE

OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS:

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 2, 1805,

AND IN THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SAID STATES.

VOLUME IV.

Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED BY GALES & SEATON.

1821.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE First Session of the Ninth Congress, conformably to the Constitution of the United States, commenced this day, at the City of Washington, and the Senate assembled.

David Stone. Thomas Sumter, and 2John Gaillard.

Abraham Baldwin.

the Honorable David Smith.

the Honorable Thomas Worthington.

The Vice President being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President, pro tempore, as the constitution provides, and the Honorable Samuel Smith was appointed.

The credentials of the following Senators were read, viz.

Of Abraham Baldwin, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Georgia, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of James A. Bayard, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Delaware, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of James Fenner, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Rhode Island, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of Nicholas Gilman, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of New Hampshire, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of Aaron Kitchel, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of New Jersey, to serve during the term limited by the constitution; of Timothy Pickering, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Massachusetts, for the term of six years, to commence on the 4th day of March last; of Daniel Smith, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Tennessee, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; and of Buckner Thruston, appointed a Senator by the legislature of the state of Kentucky.