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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Senate Executive Journal --TUESDAY, February 2, 1864.
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his secretary:
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Edward A. Rollins, of New Hampshire, to the office of deputy commissioner of internal revenue, made vacant by the resignation of Edward McPherson, who was appointed during the recess of the Senate, in the place of Charles F. Estee, resigned.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, January 20, 1864.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Horatio N. Marsh to be deputy postmaster at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, in place of Joseph L. Braiden, removed.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, D. C., January 28th, 1864.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Patrick McKenna, George Mattingly, Richard Burgess, and Richard R. Shekell, whose terms of service will have expired on the first day of February prox'o, and John D. Clark and John H. Goddard, whose terms will have expired on the third of February prox'o, to be justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington in the District of Columbia.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
City of Washington, 28 January, 1864.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Thomas Seeley, of Iowa, to be register of the land office at Des Moines, Iowa, vice S. Goodrell, resigned.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, D. C., January 29th, 1864.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Horace N. Trumbull to be collector of the customs for the district of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, in the place of Franklin A. Palmer, deceased.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, January 30th, 1864.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Caleb Lyon, of New York, to be governor of the Territory of Idaho.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, 2d February, 1864.
The messages were read.
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Ordered, That the nomination of Horatio N. Marsh be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads.
Ordered, That the nominations of Patrick McKenna and others be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas Seeley be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Ordered, That the nomination of Caleb Lyon be referred to the Committee on Territories.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of War, inclosing "for the information of the Senate in executive session a tabular statement of the names and dates of appointment of the respective officers of the rank of brigadier and major general," which was read.
Ordered, That the said letter and the accompanying statement be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Edward A. Rollins; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Edward A. Rollins, agreeably to the nomination.
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Horace N. Trumbull; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Horace N. Trumbull, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 18th January, the nomination of John B. Kerr, and the 26th January that of William A. Merriwether, reported.
Whereupon
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of John B. Kerr; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John B. Kerr, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 7th January, the nomination of Orsamus H. Irish, reported.
Whereupon
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Orsamus H. Irish, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 11th January, the nominations of John W. Boyle, William H. H. Waters, Alexander Macready, Francis E. Adams, and Ralph S. Dorr, and the 18th January that of John S. Murray, reported.
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred, the eighteenth of January, the nomination of W. W. Woods, reported.
Whereupon
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of W. W. Woods, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 8th January last, the treaty made at the Old Crossing of the Red Lake River, in the State of Minnesota, the 2d October, 1863, between the United States, by their commissioners, Alexander Ramsey and Ashley C. Morrill, and the Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewas, by their chiefs, headmen, and warriors, reported the same with amendments, which were ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of James Duane Doty, John N. Goodwin, Newton Edmunds, Amos Reed, David D. Porter, John Rodgers, and Stephen C. Rowan; and
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Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
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