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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Senate Executive Journal --WEDNESDAY, June 6, 1838
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Van Buren, his secretary:
I nominate to the Senate J. C. Pickett to be chargé d'affaires of the United States near the Government of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, in the place of James B. Thornton, deceased.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, June 6th, 1838.
I nominate to the Senate Aaron O. Dayton to be Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department, in the place of J. C. Pickett.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, June 6th, 1838.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate David E. Owen to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale by the treaty with the Wyandot Indians, dated 23d April, 1836, vice Alexander Long, deceased.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, June 6th, 1838.
The messages were read.
Ordered, That the nomination of J. C. Pickett be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ordered, That the nomination of Aaron O. Dayton be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Ordered, That the nomination of David E. Owen be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 5th instant, the nomination of Ezekiel P. Haines, reported the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Ezekiel P. Haines, agreeably to the nomination.
After debate, on the question to agree thereto,
On motion by Mr. Davis,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay of Alabama, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Rives, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Connecticut, Strange, Wall, Williams.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Clay of Kentucky, Clayton, Davis, Merrick, Prentiss, Smith of Indiana, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, White, Young.
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