4. Table of the Names, Place of Nativity or Residence when Appointed, Time of Appointment, and Expiration of Service of the Secretaries of the Senate of the United States. Massachusetts 8 April 1789 18 April 1814* The Senate met 4th March; formed a quorum 6th April; and did not elect a Secretary until the 8th; messages to the House having been previously communicated by a member of the Senate. Served upwards of 25 years. N. Hampshire 11 Oct. 1814 12 Dec. 1825 The Chief Clerk acted as Secretary Pennsylvania 12 Dec. 1825 from decease of Mr. Otis until the election of Mr. Cutts. 5 Dec. 1836 Resigned. The Chief Clerk acted as Secretary from the resignation of W. Lowrie to the appointment of his successor. North Carolina 12 Dec. 1836 Present incum bent. * The records do not show the time of Mr. Otis's death more particularly than by the following resolution, which was adopted on the 7th October, 1814: Resolved, unanimously, That the Senate, from a sincere desire of testifying their respect for the long and faithful 5. Table of the Names of the Representatives in Congress who have been elected Speakers of the House of Representatives from the 4th March, 1789, to the Termination of the Second Session, 31st Congress, 3d March, 1851; showing the Commencement and Termination of their Service as such, and the States of which they were Representatives, respectively. Fred. A. Muhlenberg April 1, 1789 Mar. 3, 1791 Mar. 2, 1793 1 Fred. A. Muhlenberg Dec. 2, 1793 Mar. 3, 1795 Dec. 7, 1795 Mar. 3, 1797 Pennsylvania. Jonathan Dayton.... May 15, 1797 Mar. 3, 1799 George Dent April 20, 1798 April 23, 1798 George Dent May 28, 1798 May 29, 1798 Theodore Sedgwick. Dec. 2, 1799 Mar. 3, 1801 Nathaniel Macon ... Dec. 7, 1801 Mar. 3, 1803 do. do. ...... Pro tempore during sickness of Mar. Mar. 3, 1809 3, 1811 Mar. 3, 1813 Kentucky May 24, 1813 Jan. 19, 1814.....do.. .... Jan. 19, 1814 Mar. 2, 1815 S. Carolina. Dec. 1, 1817 Mar. 3, 1819 .... Indisposed 19th and 20th May, Absent Dec. 10, 1816. House ad- Resigned, by letter, 20th Oct. 1820. do. 12222 25 26 27 28 45678 John Bell... June 2, 1834 Mar. 3, 1835 Tennessee. 7, 1835 Mar. Sept. 4, 1837 Mar. Robert M. T. Hunter.. Dec. John White May Mar. 16, 1839 Mar. 31, 1841 John W. Jones.......... Dec. 4, 1843 Mar. George W. Hopkins... Feb. 28, 1845 Feb. Howell Cobb... 3, 1841 Virginia. 3, 1843 Kentucky. 3, 1845 Virginia. 28, 1845......do... 1, 1845 Mar. 3, 1847 Indiana. 6, 1847 Mar. 3, 1849 Massachusetts. 19, 1848 June 19, 1848 South Carolina.. June 20, 1848 June 22, 1848......do.. Dec. 22, 1849 Mar. 3, 1851 Georgia. Remarks. 6. Table of the Names, Residence when Appointed, Time of Appointment, and Expiration of Service of the Clerks of the House of Representatives of the United States. 1 April 1789 15 May 1797 The House of Representatives met Pennsylvania 4th March; formed a quorum on 1st April, and then elected a clerk. Resigned. Pennsylvania... 9 Dec. 1800 7 Dec. 1801 Hugh A. Garland.... Thomas Dougherty. Matthew St. Clair Clarke.. Walter S. Franklin.. Matthew St. Clair Clarke Caleb J. McNulty... Ohio 6 Dec. 1843 18 Jan. 1845 Dismissed. Benjamin B. French.. N. Hampshire 18 Jan. 1845 7 Dec. 1847 Thomas Jefferson Campbell.. Tennessee Richard M. Young... Illinois. |