George Washington Papers

From George Washington to the United States Senate, 27 February 1793

To the United States Senate

United States [Philadelphia],
February 27th 1793.

Gentlemen of the Senate,

I nominate William Paterson, at present Governor of the State of New Jersey, to be one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States; vice, Thomas Johnson, resigned.1

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LS, DNA: RG 46, Second Congress, 1791–1793, Senate Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.

1. For GW’s decision to nominate William Paterson, see Edmund Randolph to GW, 18 Feb., and note 5, and GW to Paterson, 20 Feb. 1793, and note 4. For difficulties encountered with this nomination, see GW to U.S. Senate, 28 Feb. 1793.

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    From George Washington to the United States Senate, 27 February 1793
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    “From George Washington to the United States Senate, 27 February 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0171. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 231.]

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