From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 2 March 1805
To the Senate
To the Senate of the United States
I nominate Robert Smith, now Secretary of the Navy, to be Attorney General of the United States.
Jacob Crownenshield of Massachusets to be Secretary of the Navy.
Obadiah Jones of Georgia to be one of the judges of the court of the Missisipi territory.
Th: Jefferson
Mar. 2. 1805.
PoC (DLC); TJ added a check mark at each entry.
Isaac A. Coles delivered TJ’s message to the Senate on 2 Mch. The Senate dispensed with the rule that nominations should lie for consideration, immediately approved the three appointments, and sent the decisions to the president (, 1:486).