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• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Letter from the Senate - 16 April

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Committee for Enrolled Bills, Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to appoint Mr. Wingate a committee on their part, to examine and present to the President of the United States the enrolled bills that may pass the Senate and House of Representatives from time to time.'

  People: Paine Wingate
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: John Langdon
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: Paine Wingate
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: Caleb Strong
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: William Samuel Johnson
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: Oliver Ellsworth
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: William Maclay
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: Robert Morris
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The following members of the Senate appeared and took their seats...'

  People: William Few
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The number not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, they adjourned from day to day, until'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 19 Mar 1789, 11:00
  'The Honorable William Paterson, from the state of New Jersey, appeared and took his seat.'

  People: William Paterson
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 19 Mar 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 19 Mar 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The Honorable Richard Bassett, from the state of Delaware, appeared and took his seat.'

  People: Richard Bassett
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Mar 1789, 12:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Mar 1789, 12:00
  'The number sufficient to constitute a quorum not appearing—adjourned from day to day, until'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 28 Mar 1789, 11:00
  'The Honorable Jonathan Elmer, from the state of New Jersey, appeared and took his seat.'

  People: Jonathan Elmer
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 28 Mar 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The number sufficient to constitute a quorum not appearing, adjourned from day to day, until April the 6th; when the Honorable Richard Henry Lee, from the state of Virginia, appeared and took his seat in the Senate (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st...

  People: Richard Henry Lee
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Read and File State Credentials

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'Being a Quorum, consisting of a majority of the whole number of Senators of the United States. The credentials of the afore-mentioned members were read, and ordered to be filed.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Elect a President pro tempore

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate then proceeded by ballot to the choice of a President of their body, pro tempore.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate then proceeded by ballot to the choice of a President of their body, pro tempore. John Langdon, Esq. was duly elected.'

  People: John Langdon
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 06 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock, to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Apr 1789, 11:00
  The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Elect a Secretary

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded by ballot to the choice of a Secretary.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded by ballot to the choice of a Secretary. Samuel Alyne Otis, Esq. was elected.'

  People: Samuel Allyne Otis
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Elect a Messenger

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to elect a Messenger...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to elect a Messenger, and Cornelius Maxwell was appointed.'

  People: Cornelius Maxwell
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Ralph Izard, from the state of South Carolina, the honorable Charles Carroll, from the state of Maryland, and the honorable George Read, from the state of Delaware, severally produced their credentials, and took their seats in the Senate.'

  People: Ralph Izard
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Ralph Izard, from the state of South Carolina, the honorable Charles Carroll, from the state of Maryland, and the honorable George Read, from the state of Delaware, severally produced their credentials, and took their seats in the Senate.'

  People: Charles Carroll
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Ralph Izard, from the state of South Carolina, the honorable Charles Carroll, from the state of Maryland, and the honorable George Read, from the state of Delaware, severally produced their credentials, and took their seats in the Senate.'

  People: George Read
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Rules and Standing Orders

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The report of the committee appointed the 7th instant, upon a system of rules for conducting business in the Senate, was read, and ordered to lie until to-morrow, for consideration.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 13 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 14 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Tristram Dalton, from the state of Massachusetts, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the Senate.'

  People: Tristram Dalton
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 14 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The rules and orders as reported by the committee were again read, and ordered to lie for consideration.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 14 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 14 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Conference Rules Committee Report

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The committee appointed the 7th of April, to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, to take into consideration the manner electing chaplains, and to confer thereon with a committee of the House of Representatives,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the report of the committee upon rules for conducting business in the Senate, and, after some progress, adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning[.]' [Editor's note: The record does not provide the content...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the report of the committee upon rules for conducting business in the Senate, and, after some progress, adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning[.]'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 15 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the report of the committee upon rules for conducting business in the Senate, and, after some progress, adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning[.]'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 16 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The report of the committee appointed to determine upon rules for conducting business in the Senate, was agreed to.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 16 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 18 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'On motion, Resolved, That the following be subjoined to the standing orders of the Senate...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 18 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to the Rules and Standing Orders

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 18 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'On motion, Resolved, That the following be subjoined to the standing orders of the Senate: XX. Before any petition or memorial, addressed to the Senate, shall be received and read at the table, whether the same shall be introduced by the President,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 18 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 18 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 20 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable John Henry, from the state of Maryland, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the Senate.'

  People: John Henry
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 20 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable James Gunn, from the state of Georgia, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the Senate.'

  People: James Gunn
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 20 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 20 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Appoint a Chaplain

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to the appointment of a Chaplain, in the manner agreed upon the 15th of April...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to the appointment of a Chaplain, in the manner agreed upon the 15th of April; and The right reverend Samuel Provoost was elected.'

  People: Samuel Provoost
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Apr 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Apr 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 May 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable William Grayson, from the state of Virginia, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the Senate.'

  People: William Grayson
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 May 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 May 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Jun 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Pierce Butler, from the state of South Carolina, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the Senate. The Vice President administered the oath to Mr. Butler.'

  People: Pierce Butler
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Jun 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Jun 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Rufus King, from the state of New York, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat. And the oath was administered to him according to law.'

  People: Rufus King
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Jul 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 27 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'The honorable Philip Schuyler, from the state of New York, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat; and the oath was administered to him according to law.'

  People: Philip Schuyler
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 27 Jul 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 27 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Appoint a Member to the Committee for Enrolled Bills

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Beckley, their Clerk: who informed the Senate that "the House of Representatives had appointed Mr. White and Mr. Partridge, with such as the Senate may join, a standing committee, to examine the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to appoint Mr. Wingate a committee on their part, to examine and present to the President of the United States the enrolled bills that may pass the Senate and House of Representatives from time to time.'

  People: Paine Wingate
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 31 Jul 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Postpone Consideration of Amendments until Next Session

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to postpone the consideration of the articles to the next session of Congress: It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Assign Consideration of Amendments to 31 August

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That Monday next [31 August 1789] be assigned to take them under consideration.' [Editor's note: Consideration of the amendments would be delayed until 2 September 1789. The sources do not indicate that any formal action was taken to delay...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  House Articles of Amendment (Committee of Three Report)

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Aug 1789, 11:00
  Committee of Three Report

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  First Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to First Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Record the Yeas and Nays

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'The yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present...' (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 2 September 1789; Annals of Congress, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 76).

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'The yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, the determination was as follows: YEAS.—Messrs. Dalton, Gunn, Grayson, King, Lee, and Schuyler.—6. NAYS.—Messrs. Bassett, Butler, Carroll, Ellsworth, Elmer, Henry, Johnson,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to First Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'It passed in the affirmative' (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 2 September 1789; Annals of Congress, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 76-77).

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'It passed in the affirmative' (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 2 September 1789; Annals of Congress, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 76-77). [Editor's note: With the adoption of the previous amendment to the First Article, the Senate agrees the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 02 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Second Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Second Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the second article proposed in the resolve of the House of Representatives, amended as follows: to strike out these words, "to the members of Congress," and insert "for the service of the Senate and House of Representatives of the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Second Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved on to consideration of the Third Article (U.S. Senate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend article third, and to strike out these words: "religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," and insert "one religious sect or society in preference to others:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Reconsider Previous the Previous Question

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion for reconsideration: It passed in the affirmative.' [Editor's note: This is a motion to reconsider the previous motion to amend the article to read, 'Congress shall make no law establishing one religious sect or society in preference to...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend article third, and to strike out these words: "religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," and insert "one religious sect or society in preference to others:" It passed in the negative. On motion for reconsideration: It...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion that article the third be stricken out: It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the following, in lieu of the third article: "Congress shall not make any law infringing the rights of conscience, or establishing any religious sect or society:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend the third article, to read thus: 'Congress shall make no law establishing any particular denomination of religion in preference to another, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the rights of conscience be...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Question on Third Article as It Came from Representatives

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On the question upon the third article as it came from the House of Representatives: It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the third article proposed in the resolve of the House of Representatives, amended by striking out these words, "nor shall the rights of conscience be infringed:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Third Article as it came from the House, amended by striking out the words 'nor shall the rights of conscience be infringed'. Upon that motion's adoption,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Record the Yeas and Nays

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, the determination was as follows: YEAS.—Messrs. Grayson, and Lee.—2. NAYS.—Messrs. Bassett, Carroll, Dalton, Ellsworth, Elmer, Gunn, Henry, Johnson, Izard, King, Morris,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to insert these words after "press," "in as ample a manner as hath at any time been secured by the common law:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike out the words, "and consult for their common good and:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Postpone Further Consideration of the Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And it was agreed, that the further consideration of this article be postponed.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 03 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the fourth article proposed by the resolve of the House of Representatives, to read as followeth: "That Congress shall make no law, abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Fourth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved to consideration of the Fifth Article (U.S. Senate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Record Yeas and Nays

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, the determination was as follows: YEAS.—Messrs. Butler, Gunn, Grayson, Henry, Lee, and Wingate.—6. NAYS.—Messrs. Carroll, Dalton, Ellsworth, Elmer, Johnson, King, Paterson,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the fifth article of the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, amended to read as followeth: "a well regulated militia, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Fifth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved to consideration of the Sixth Article (U.S. Senate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Sixth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the sixth article of amendments proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Seventh Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the seventh article of amendments proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Eighth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Eighth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the eighth article of amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, striking out these words, "except in case of impeachment, to more than one trial, or one punishment," and substitute the following words, "be twice put in...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Eighth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved to consideration of the Ninth Article (U.S. Senate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Ninth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the ninth article of amendments proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Tenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Tenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the tenth article, amended by striking out all the clauses in the article, except the following, "no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment by a grand...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Tenth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved to consideration of the Eleventh Article (U.S. Senate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Eleventh Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Eleventh Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to insert, in lieu of the eleventh article, "the supreme judicial federal court shall have no jurisdiction of causes between citizens of different states, unless the matter in dispute, whether it concerns the realty or personalty, be of the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Eleventh Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the eleventh article, amended to read as follows, "no fact, triable by a jury according to the course of common law, shall be otherwise re-examinable in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of common law:" It...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Eleventh Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate adjourned for the day (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 04 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned until 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Twelfth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Twelfth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the twelfth article of amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, amended by the addition of these words to the article, to wit: "where the consideration exceeds twenty dollars:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Twelfth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved to consideration of the Thirteenth Article (U.S....

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Thirteenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the thirteenth article of the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Fourteenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the fourteenth article of the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Fifteenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following to the proposed amendments, to wit: "That the third section of the sixth article of the constitution of the United States, ought to be amended, by inserting the word 'other' between the words 'no' and 'religious:'["] It...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following amendment to the constitution of the United States, to wit: "That Congress shall not exercise the powers vested in them by the fourth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, but in cases...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifteenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'In the consideration of the fifteenth article proposed by the House of Representatives, on motion to add the following to the proposed amendments, to wit: "That the general government of the United States ought never to impose direct taxes but where...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to subjoin the following to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That Congress shall not erect any company of merchants with exclusive advantages of commerce:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to subjoin the following to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That Congress shall at no time consent that any person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall accept of a title of...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to subjoin the following to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no person indebted to the United States shall be entitled to a seat in either branch of the legislature:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the fifteenth article of amendments to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Sixteenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the sixteenth article of amendments to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives: It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Seventeenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Seventeenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend the seventeenth article, by inserting the word "expressly," before the word "delegated:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Seventeenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to adopt the seventeenth article of amendments to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to read as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the Seventeenth Article as altered by the preceding amendment. Upon that motion's adoption, the Senate moved on to the consideration of the preamble before a...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Amend the Preamble of the Resolve

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Postpone Consideration of the Preamble until Tomorrow

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'A motion was made to postpone further consideration thereof until to-morrow, and It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 07 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Preamble to the Amendments

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to the Preamble

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend the preamble to the amendments, proposed by the House of Representatives, by preceding the same as follows, to wit: "The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to the Preamble

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend the preamble by striking out these words, lines 6th and 7th, "deeming it necessary," and inserting instead thereof "concurring:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate Journal does not record a separate vote following the adoption of the preamble as altered by the preceding amendment. Following these amendments, the Senate moved to consideration of further proposed additions to the the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That there are certain natural rights, of which men, when they form a social compact,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That all power is naturally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment, to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate public emoluments or...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the legislative, executive, and judiciary, powers of governments should be separate...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That every freeman restrained of his liberty, is entitled to a remedy, to inquire into the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That every freeman ought to find a certain remedy, by recourse to the laws, for all...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the members of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be ineligible to, and...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the journals of the proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no navigation law, or law regulating commerce, shall be passed without the consent of...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no standing army or regular troops shall be raised or kept up in time of peace,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no commercial treaty shall be ratified without the concurrence of two thirds of the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That each state, respectively, shall have the power to provide for organizing, arming, and...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the exclusive, power of legislation given to Congress over the Federal town and its...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That no person shall be capable of being President of the United States for more than eight...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That Congress shall not alter, modify, or interfere, in the times, places, or manner, of...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and in...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That some tribunal, other than the Senate, be provided for trying impeachments of...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Additional Proposed Amendment

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to add the following clause to the articles of amendment to the constitution, of the United States, proposed by the House of Representatives, to wit: "That the salary of a judge shall not be increased or diminished during his continuance in...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Postpone Consideration of Resolve until To-morrow.

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolve of the House of Representatives, on the articles of amendment, be postponed until to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 08 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Third Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend article the third, to read as follows: "Congress shall make no law establishing articles of faith or a mode of worship, or prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fourth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike out the fourth article: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to amend article the fifth, by inserting these words, "for the common defence," next to the words "bear arms:" It passed in the negative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike out of this article, line the second, these words, "the best," and insert in lieu thereof "necessary to the:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Fifth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion, on article the fifth, to strike out the word "fifth," after "article the," and insert "fourth," and to amend the article to read as follows: "A well regulated militia being the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Renumber the Articles

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to alter article the sixth so as to stand article the fifth, and article the seventh so as to stand article the sixth, and article the eighth so as to stand article the seventh. It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Seventh Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion that this last mentioned article be amended, to read as follows: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Eighth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike out, from the ninth article, the word "ninth," and insert, "eighth:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Tenth and Eleventh Articles

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike-out the tenth and the eleventh articles: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Renumber the Articles

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to strike out of the twelfth article the word "twelfth," and insert, "ninth:" It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Ninth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And, on motion to amend this article, to read as follows: "In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Reconsider the Stricken Tenth Article

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Record the Yeas and Nays

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'And the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, the determination was as follows: YEAS.—Messrs. Bassett, Dalton, Grayson, Gunn, Henry, Lee, Paterson, and Schuyler.—8. NAYS.—Messrs. Carroll, Ellsworth, Johnson, Izard, King,...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Amendment to Number Remaining Clauses

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'On motion to number the remaining articles, agreed to by the Senate, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, instead of the numbers affixed by the resolve of the House of Representatives: It passed in the affirmative.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That the Secretary do carry a message to the House of Representatives accordingly.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion that the Secretary Carry a Message to the House

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That the Secretary do carry a message to the House of Representatives accordingly' (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 9 September 1789). *** 'A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Message from the House Regarding Amendments to the Constitution

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Recede from Third Amendment but Insist on All Others

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to consider the message from the House of Representatives, disagreeing to the amendments made by the Senate, to "Articles to be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the United...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Appoint a Conference Committee

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment...'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  ‘Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: Oliver Ellsworth
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  ‘Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: Charles Carroll
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  ‘Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: William Paterson
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 21 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Table the Conference Committee Report

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That the report lie for consideration.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Articles of Amendment Agreed by the House

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Table the House's Amendments

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The sources do not indicate that the Senate took any action following their receipt of the amendments made to the Conference Committee report transmitted from the House. The Senate would take these amendments under consideration the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 24 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Send Copies of Amendments to the States

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  [Editor's note: The Senate received the House's Resolution of 24 September, but the sources do not indicate that the Senate took any action at this time. The Senate would take the resolution under consideration on 26 September (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Consider the Message from the House

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to consider the message from the House of Representatives of the 24th, with amendments to the amendments of the Senate to "Articles to be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'The Senate proceeded to consider the message from the House of Representatives of the 24th, with amendments to the amendments of the Senate to "Articles to be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Motion to Carry a Message of Concurrence to the House

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Ordered, That the Secretary do carry a message to the House of Representative[s] accordingly.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 25 Sep 1789, 11:00
  'Adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 26 Sep 1789, 10:00
  Motion to Carry a Message of Concurrence to the House

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 26 Sep 1789, 10:00
  'Ordered, That the Secretary do carry a message to the House of Representatives accordingly' (U.S. Senate Journal, 1st Cong., 1st sess., 26 September 1789). *** 'A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have...

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 26 Sep 1789, 10:00
  Implied Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 26 Sep 1789, 10:00
  'Adjourned to 11 o'clock on Monday morning.'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Committee, Date: 21 Sep 1789, 10:00
  'Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: Oliver Ellsworth
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Committee, Date: 21 Sep 1789, 10:00
  'Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: Charles Carroll
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Committee, Date: 21 Sep 1789, 10:00
  'Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the House of Representatives in a conference on the subject matter of disagreement on the said articles of amendment, and that Messrs. Ellsworth, Carroll, and Paterson, be managers of the conference on the part...

  People: William Paterson
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Rules Committee, Date: 07 Apr 1789, 12:00
  'Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Lee, Mr. Strong, Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Bassett, be a committee to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, and to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains, and to confer...

  People: Oliver Ellsworth
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Rules Committee, Date: 07 Apr 1789, 12:00
  'Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Lee, Mr. Strong, Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Bassett, be a committee to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, and to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains, and to confer...

  People: Richard Henry Lee
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Rules Committee, Date: 07 Apr 1789, 12:00
  'Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Lee, Mr. Strong, Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Bassett, be a committee to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, and to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains, and to confer...

  People: Caleb Strong
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Rules Committee, Date: 07 Apr 1789, 12:00
  'Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Lee, Mr. Strong, Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Bassett, be a committee to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, and to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains, and to confer...

  People: William Maclay
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: Joint: Conference Rules Committee, Date: 07 Apr 1789, 12:00
  'Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Lee, Mr. Strong, Mr. Maclay, and Mr. Bassett, be a committee to prepare a system of rules to govern the two Houses in cases of conference, and to take under consideration the manner of electing Chaplains, and to confer...

  People: Richard Bassett
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Resolution that the Senate Concur on 'Articles to be Proposed to the Legislature of the States'

  
  
• United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Senate , Date: 09 Sep 1789, 11:00
  Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the resolve of the House of Representatives, on "Articles to be proposed to the legislatures of the states, as amendments to the constitution of the United States," with the amendments; two thirds of the Senators...