James Madison to the Senate, 22 January 1816

To the Senate

January 22d, 1816

I nominate John Taylor, of Mississippi Territory, to be a member of the Legislative Council of the same Territory, in the place of Thomas Barnes, resigned.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nomination on 23 Jan. 1816 (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 3:25).

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Title: James Madison to the Senate, 22 January 1816
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: United States Senate
Date: 22 January 1816

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Cite as: “James Madison to the Senate, 22 January 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0178. [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, p. 181.]

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