Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. President of the Senate :*--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates and the votes shall then be counted ;-The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shal be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the bouse of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quoruni for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the house of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other Constitutional disability of the President. The Person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no persou have a Majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States. I have examined and compared the foregoing print of the Constitution of the United States, and the amendments thereto, for the National Calendar of 1828, with the rolls in this office, and find it a faithful and literal copy of the said Constitution and amendments, in the text and punctuation thereof-It ap pears that the ten first amendments, which were proposed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States, were finally ratified by the Constitutional number of States, on the fiftenth day of December, 1791; that the eleventh amendment, which was proposed at the first session of the Third Con'gress, was declared, in a message from the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress, dated 8th January, 1798, to have been adopted by three fourths, the Constitutional number of States; and that the twelfth amend ment, which was proposed at the first session of the Eighth Congress, was adopted by three fourths, the Constitutional number of States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, according to a public notice thereof, by the Secretary of State, under date the 25th of September, of the same year. DANIEL BRENT, Chief Clerk. Department of State, Washington, 25 Feb. 1828. * See Laws of the U. States, vol. ii, ch. 109, sec. 5. Note. Another amendment was proposed as Article xiji, at the second session of the eleventh Congress, but not having been ratified by a sufficient number of States, has not yet become valid as a part of the Constitution of the United States It is erroneously given as a part of the Constitution, in page 74, vol. i, Laws of the United States. Names of the Senators in the Congress of the United States. [Statement, shewing he Names of the S naters in the Congress of the United States om the commencement of he Gov rnment under the Constitution, to the 3d of March, 1827, with the commencement and termination of their terms of service, respectively.] NAMES. Comm't of Service. Expir'n of Service. Remarks. MAINE. June 13, 1820 March 3, 1827 John Chandler,....... do 14, 1820 Wib expire Mar, 8, 1829 John Holmes., NEW HAMPSHIRE, John Langdon, ...... James Sheafe, William Plumer, Charles Cutts,... Charles Cutts, Jeremiah Mason,.. March 4, 1789 March 3, 1801 Nahum Parker,......March 4, 1807 June 21, 1810 Resigned Clement Stover,...... June 27, 18.7 March 3, 1819 John F. Parrott,..... March 4, 1819 do 4, 1825 Will exp re Mar. 3, 1831 Paine Wing (te,...... March 4, 1789 March 3, 1793 4, 1793 June 17, 1801 Re-igned June 17, 180 March 3, 1805) Nicholas Gilman.....March 4, 1805 June 24, 18 4 Died Simeon Olcuft,. David L. Morrill, Samuel Bell,.. VERMONT. March 4, 1817 do 3, 1823 do 4, 1823 ili expire Mar. 3, 1829 Moses Robinson,.... Oct. 17, 1791 Oct 18. 1796 Resigned Isaac Tichenor,.... 18. 1796 Oct. 17, 1797 R signed Israel Smith,..... March 4, 1803 Oct 10, 1807 Resigned 1 ... 4, 182 March 3, 1827 Stephen R. Bradley,. Oct. 17, 179 March 3, 1795 Elijah Paine,....... March 4, 1795/Oct. 15, 1801 Resigned Names of the Senators in the Congress of the United States. NAMES. Comm't of Service. Expir'n of Service. Remarks. Stephen R. Bradley, Oct. 15, 180 March 3, 1813 Dudley hase,.. James Fisk,.............· March 4, 1813 Nov. 4, 1617 Resigned Nov. 4, 18:7 Oct. 20, 1818 Resigned William A. Palmer,...Oct:: 20, 1818 March 3 1825 Dudley Chase,.. MASSACHUSETTS:* March 4, 1825 Will expire Mar. 3, 1831 Caleb Stro g......... March 4, 1789 June 11, 1796 Resigned The odore Sedgwick June 11, 1796 March 3, 1799 Samuel Dexter,......March 4, 1799 June 6, 1800 Resigned Dwight Foster,...... June 6, 1800 M rch 2, 1803 Resigned 1811 3, 1817 Timothy Pickering,. March 3, 1803 March 3 Harrison G. Otis, March 4, 1817 June 5, 1822 Res gned Resigned Will expire Mar, 3, 1829 Tristam Dalton,...... March 4, 1789 March 3, 1791 George Cabot,...... do 4, 1791 July 7, 1796 No. Benjamin Googhue, July RHODE ISLAND. .... 9, 1808 May 7, 1796 Resigned 14, 1800 Resigned 3, 1803 9, 1808 Res gned 5, 1813 Resigned 12, 1816 Resigned 5, 1818 R signed 12, 1820 Resigned 3, 1827 Josep Stant 11, ..... June Samuel J. Potter,....March 4, 1803 Oct. 29, 1804 Died Names of the Senators in the Congress of the United States. NAMES. Comm't of Service. Expir'n of Service. Remarks. Benjamin How and, .Oct. 29, 1804 March 3, 1809 James D'Wolf,.......March 4, 1821 Oct. 31, 1825 Resigned Asher Robins,.. Oct. 31, 1825 March 3, 1827 CONNECTICUT. Wm. Sam Johnson,. March 4, 1789 June 13, 1791 Resigned Jonathan rumbull, March 4, 1795 2d Th. Oct 96 Resigned ...... James Lanman,. Ma ch 4, 1819 March 3, 1825 Calvin Wiley,.. May 4, 1825 Will expire Mar. 3, 1831 ........ Oliver Elsworth, James Hilh us, March 4, 1789 2d Th. May '96 Resigned 2d Th. May '96 May 10, 181 Resigned Samuel W Dana,.... May 19, 1810 March 3, 121 Elijah Boardman, . March 4, 1821 Oct 8, 1823 Died Henry W. Edwards, Oct. NEW-YORK. Philip Schuyler,..... July 15, 1789 March 3, 1791 Aaron Burr,;... ...... ...... 5. 1798* 17, 1798† 3, 1800 Resigned 3, 18 3 4, 1804 Resigned 9, 1804 Resigned William North,.. lay 5, 1798 Aug. .... .... *In place of P. Schuyler, appointed to succeed A. Burr, b t resigned, not Having taken his seat. In place of J. S. Hobart, resigned. Names of the Senators in the Congress of the United States. Comm't of Service. Expir'n of Service. Remarks. NAMES. Rufus King,.......... July 16, 1789 Nov. 9, 1796 Resigned Nov. 9, 1796 Nov. 6, 1800 Resigned 6, 1800 Feb. 9, 1802 Nov. 9, 1802 Resigned 10, 1803 Resigned John Lawrance,.. ..... John Smith,.................... 4, 1804* Rufus King, ....... Rufus King,. Nathan Sanford,.. Jan. 31, 1826 Will expire Mar. 3, 1831 NEW JERSEY. .... 26, 1798|Resigned Jonathan Elmer,..... March 4, 1789 March 3, 1791 Feb. 26, 1801 March 4, 1815 Jan. John Lambert, ......March 4, 1809 do 3, 1809 3, 1815 26, 1821 Resigned 12 1823 Resigned Ephraim Bateman,.. Dec. 7, 1826 March 3, 1827 Died William Patterson,.March 4, 1789 Nov. 23, 1790 Resigned Philemon Dickerson, Nov. 23, 1790 March 3, 1793| Fred Frelinghuysen, March 4, 1793 Nov. 12, 1796 Resigned Richard Stockton,... Nov. 12, 1796 March 3, 1799 Jonathan Dayton,....March 4, 1799 March 3, 1805 PENNSYLVANIA, William Macklay,... March 4, 1789 March 3, 1791 *Superseded by appointment of J. Smith by Legislature. General Arm strong having been appointed by Governor in recess. + Superseded by appointment of J. Schureman by Legislature. Mr. Da venport having been appointed by Governor, in recess. ground Seat vacated by resolution of Senate, on the ground of want of citizenship, for a sufficient length of time. |