The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the Constitution to make and pass or defeat federal legislation.
United States May 8. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Silas Talbot of New York, James Sever of Massachusetts Richard Dale of Pennsylvania, and Stephen Decatur of Pennsylvania, to…
United States May 11th 1798— Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Samuel Snow of Rhode Island to be Consul of the United States at Canton— John Adams
United States May 21 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Anderson Mc.Williams of Virginia to be Surveyor and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Fredericksburgh in the…
United States. May 28 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate, I nominate the persons herein after named for appointments in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.— Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. John Doughty…
United States May 29th 1798— Gentlemen of the Senate. An Article explanatory of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States and His Britannic Majesty, has been…
United States June 28 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate George Latimer Esq of Pennsylvania to be Collector of the District of Pennsylvania in the place of Sharp Dulany…
United States— July 7th 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate P. Fletcher———of Massachusetts, to be first Lieutenant of the Frigate Constitution, to fill the place of Mr. Prebble who…
Philadelphia July 16 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate the Honourable Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey to be Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers in…
United States December 10 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Thomas Truxton of Pensylvania and Samuel < , Start deletion, John , End, > Elbert of Georgia to be…
Decr. 12. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate John Faulcon of North Carolina to be a Commissioner under the Act for the Valuation of Land and Dwelling Houses and…
Decr. 24. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Sherwood Haywood of North Carolina to be Commissioner of Loans for that state in the Place of Robert Rowan Esqr: deceased…
Decr. 29. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Robert G. Guerard of South Carolina to be Collector for the District of Beaufort and Inspector of the Revenue for the…
January 10. 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Turell Tufts of Medford Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United States at Surrinam John Adams
January 29. 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate the Gentlemen contained in this List, for the offices in the Navy sett against their Names John Adams List of Commissioned…
January 30th 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I send you for your consideration a treaty with the Oneida nation of Indians made on the first day of June 1798 at…
Feb. 19. 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Richard Derby of Massachusetts to be a Captain in the Navy John Adams
February 20. 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate. I nominate the following List of Officers in the Army John Adams
March 2. 1799. Gentlemen of the Senate of the United States, I nominate Robert Ritchie of Pennsylvania to be the Consul of the United States for Port au Prince, in…
United States, July 16, 1798. Certain matters touching the public good, requiring that the session of the Senate, for Executive business, should be continued, and that the members thereof should…
United States December 11 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Obadiah Trimmier of South Carolina to be a Commissioner of Valuations in the third Division of that state in…
United States Dec 13th 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate In conformity with your recommendation, expressed in your resolution of March, 6th 1798 I have entered into a friendly negotiation with…
United States Decr. 16 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Daniel Hall of Charleston South Carolina to be a Commissioner of Valuations in the first Division of that state…
United States Decr 27 1799 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate James Powell of Georgia to be Collector of the District of Savannah in the place of John Habersham deceased.…
United States December 30th: 1799. Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Charles Willing Byrd Esqr: of Virginia to be Secretary of the Territory North West of the River Ohio, in…