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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Senate Executive Journal --WEDNESDAY,March 14, 1798.
The following written message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Malcom, his Secretary:
Gentlemen of the Senate:
I nominate William Empson Hulings, of Pennsylvania, to be Vice-Consul for the United States, at New Orleans.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States,March 14th, 1798.
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The message was read.
Ordered, That it lie for consideration.
The Senate proceeded to consider the message of the President of the United States, of the 12th instant, and the nomination therein contained, of John Quincy Adams, to office.
On the question to advise and consent to the appointment,
The yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative, are--Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Chipman, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Gunn, Hillhouse, Hobart, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, Martin, Paine, Read, Ross, Sedgwick, Stockton, and Tracy.
Those who voted in the negative, are--Messrs. Bloodworth, Brown, Hunter, Jackson, Langdon, Marshall, Tattnall, and Tazewell.
So it was,
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
Ordered, That the Secretary lay this resolution before the President of the United States,
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