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
Go: Washington
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.