From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 26 February 1805
To the Senate
To the Senate of the United States.
I nominate William Hull of Massachusets to be Governor of the territory of Michigan.
Stanley Griswold of Connecticut to be Secretary of the territory of Michigan
Samuel Huntington of Ohio to be a judge of the court in the territory of Michigan
Frederick Bates of Michigan to be a judge of the court of the same territory
Augustus B. Woodward of the territory of Columbia to be a judge of the court of the territory of Michigan.
Buckner Thruston of Kentucky to be one of the judges of the Superior court for the territory of Orleans.
Andrew Porter of the territory of Orleans to be Surveyor of the port and Inspector of revenue for New Orleans
Daniel Coffin of Massachusets to be Collector of the district and Inspector of revenue for the port of Nantucket in Massachusets
Th: Jefferson
Feb. 26. 1805.
RC (DNA: RG 46, EPEN, 8th Cong., 2d sess.); entirely in TJ’s hand; endorsed and notations by Senate clerks. PoC (DLC); TJ added a check mark at each entry. Notation in SJL: “nomns. Hull &c.”
Isaac A. Coles delivered TJ’s message to the Senate on 26 Feb. The nominations were approved on 1 Mch. (, 1:483-4).