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From George Washington to the United States Senate, 1 January 1794

To the United States Senate

United States Jany 1st 1794.

Gentlemen of the Senate,

I nominate Edmund Randolph, to be Secretary of State for the United States; vice Thomas Jefferson, who has resigned.1

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LS, DNA: RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, Senate Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.

1. The Senate approved Randolph’s nomination on 2 Jan. (U.S. Senate Executive Journal, 1:144). For Jefferson’s resignation, see his second letter to GW of 31 Dec. 1793.

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    From George Washington to the United States Senate, 1 January 1794
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    “From George Washington to the United States Senate, 1 January 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-15-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 15, 1 January–30 April 1794, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 3.]

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