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From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 April 1796

To the United States Senate

United States April 28th 1796

Gentlemen of the Senate

I nominate Thomas Nelson to be Attorney for the United States in the District of Virginia,1 vice Alexander Campbell, who has resigned that Office.

G: Washington

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1. The Senate ordered that Thomas Nelson’s nomination “lie for consideration” on this date before consenting on 29 April (Senate Executive Journal, 205–6). He served as federal district attorney for Virginia until his death in 1803.

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    From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 April 1796
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    Washington, George
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    28 April 1796

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    “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 April 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0067. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 81.]

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