From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 26 January 1796

To the United States Senate

[Philadelphia] United States
Janry 26. 1796.

Gentlemen of the Senate,

I nominate William Cushing, of Massachusetts, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Samuel Chase, of Maryland, to be one of the associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; vice John Blair resigned and

James McHenry, of Maryland to be Secretary for the Department of War.1

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1. The Senate approved these nominations on 27 Jan. (Senate Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 198).

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Title: From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 26 January 1796
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: United States Senate
Date: 26 January 1796

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Cite as: “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 26 January 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0312. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 391–392.]

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