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United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)
Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
House: Committee of Elections
A standing committee, consisting of seven members, whose duties were to 'examine and report upon the certificates of election, or other credentials of the members returned to serve in this House, and to take into their consideration all such matters as shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House, touching returns and elections, and to report their proceedings, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.'
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Session 4982: 1789-04-18 11:00:00
The Committee's report is referred to the House
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Committee of Elections Report
It appears to your Committee, that the credentials of the following members are sufficient to entitle them to take their seats in this House, to wit:
From New Hampshire, ... Nicholas Gilman.
From Massachusetts,
Fisher Ames,
Elbridge Gerry,
Benjamin Goodhue,
George Leonard,
George Partridge,
George Thatcher.
From Connecticut,
Benjamin Huntington,
Roger Sherman,
Jonathan Sturges,
Jonathan Trumbull,
Jeremiah Wadsworth.
From New York,
Egbert Benson,
William Floyd,
John Hathorn,
John Lawrance,
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer,
Peter Silvester.
From New Jersey,
Elias Boudinot,
Lambert Cadwalader,
James Schureman,
Thomas Sinnickson.
From Pennsylvania,
George Clymer,
Thomas Fitzsimons,
Thomas Hartley,
Daniel Hiester,
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Thomas Scott,
Henry Wynkoop.
From Maryland,
Daniel Carroll,
Benjamin Contee,
George Gale,
Joshua Seney,
William Smith,
Michael Jenifer Stone.
From Virginia,
Theodorick Bland,
Isaac Coles,
Samuel Griffin,
Richard Bland Lee,
James Madison, junior,
Andrew Moore,
John Page,
Josiah Parker,
Alexander White.
From South Carolina,
Edanus Burke,
Daniel Huger,
William Smith,
Thomas Tudor Tucker.
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