James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Shadrach Bond, Edward Hempstead, and John B. C. Lucas, 26 January 1813 (Abstract)

§ From Shadrach Bond, Edward Hempstead,
and John B. C. Lucas

26 January 1813, Washington. Recommend Silas Bent of St. Louis to fill the “Vacancy in the office of Judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Missouri, occasioned by the resignation of Mr: Coburn.”1

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Bent”). 2 pp. A note at the foot of the RC is signed by A. Lacock, A. Lyle, Robert Brown, and David Bard as concurring in the recommendation. Printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Louisiana-Missouri, 14:626.

1. A few days later Lucas sent JM an undated letter outlining Bent’s qualifications for a judicial appointment (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Bent”; 1 p.; printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Louisiana-Missouri, 14:626–27). JM nominated Bent for the judgeship on 16 Feb. 1813, and the Senate confirmed the appointment two days later (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 2:324, 326).

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    To James Madison from Shadrach Bond, Edward Hempstead, and John B. C. Lucas, 26 January 1813 (Abstract)
    Authors
    Bond, Shadrach
    Hempstead, Edward
    Lucas, John B. C.
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    26 January 1813

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    “To James Madison from Shadrach Bond, Edward Hempstead, and John B. C. Lucas, 26 January 1813 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0534. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 628.]