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
Go: Washington
Copy, DLC:GW.
1. The Senate approved these nominations on 27 Jan. ( 198).