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From James Madison to the Senate, 14 March 1816

To the Senate

March 14th. 1816.

I nominate,

James Dixon of Maryland to be the Principal Assessor for the Sixth Collection District of Maryland in the place of Joseph Griffiss deceased.

Francis A. Blanc of Louisiana to be Collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the third Collection district of Louisiana in the place of Duplessis Junr resigned.

James F. Randolph, of New Jersey to be collector of direct taxes and Internal duties for the fourth district of New Jersey in the place of Robert Lee resigned.

Daniel Kincheloe of Virginia to be Collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the fourth district of Virginia in the place of Jonathan Jackson resigned.

I nominate, also

Andrew H. Jones of South Carolina to be collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the second district of South Carolina whose appointment was made during the recess of the Senate.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nominations of Blanc, Randolph, and Kincheloe on 15 Mar. 1816 and that of Dixon on 3 Apr. The confirmation of Jones was delayed until 11 Apr. 1816 (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 3:37, 39, 43).

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    “From James Madison to the Senate, 14 March 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0317. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 292–293.]

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