From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 1 March 1805
To the Senate
To the Senate of the United States.
I nominate Robert Williams of North Carolina to be Governor of the Missisipi territory.
Daniel T. Tomkins of New York to be judge of the court of the District of New York.
Th: Jefferson
Mar. 1. 1805.
RC (DNA: RG 46, EPEN, 8th Cong., 2d sess.); endorsed by a Senate clerk. PoC (DLC); TJ added a check mark at each entry. Notation in SJL: “Nomns. Williams. Tompkins.”
On this day, Isaac A. Coles delivered the message to the Senate, which the next day voted to approve the nominations (, 1:484-5).