From James Madison to the Senate, 2 January 1817

To the Senate

January 2d. 1817

I nominate,

Valentine Southall, of Virginia to be collector of direct tax and internal duties for the 19th collection district of the same State in the place of Thomas. J. Randolph resigned.

Peyton S. Symmes, of Ohio to be register of the land office at Cincinatti in the Same State in the place of 1 Symmes removed.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate confirmed the nomination on the same day (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:68).

1. Left blank.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Madison Papers
Title: From James Madison to the Senate, 2 January 1817
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Senate
Date: 2 January 1817

Reference

Cite as: “From James Madison to the Senate, 2 January 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0629. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 588.]

More between these correspondents