James Madison to the Senate, 8 March 1816

To the Senate

March 8th. 1816

I nominate

Anthony Haden, of the Mississippi Territory to be a member of the legislative counsel of the same Territory, in the place of Mathias McGirk resigned.

Benjamin Cooper, of the Missouri Territory to be a member of the legislative Counsel of the same territory in the place of Abraham Gallatin resigned.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14A–B1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nominations on 13 Mar. 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 3:36).

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Title: James Madison to the Senate, 8 March 1816
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: United States Senate
Date: 8 March 1816

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Cite as: “James Madison to the Senate, 8 March 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0306. [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. 280.]

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