James Madison to the Senate, 17 April 1816

To the Senate

April 17th. 1816

I Nominate

William R. King, of North Carolina to be Secretary of the Legation to Russia.

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 Apr. 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 3:46).

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Title: James Madison to the Senate, 17 April 1816
Author: Madison, James
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Date: 17 April 1816

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Cite as: “James Madison to the Senate, 17 April 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0398. [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. 389.]

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