Mr. Mercer, of Virginia, rose and moved the adoption of a resolution in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That sufficient evidence has not been afforded to this House that John F. H. Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson are lawfully entitled to seats therein. The said resolution was read; and, after debate thereon, A motion was made by Mr. Bynum that it do lie on the table: And after further debate, the question was put that the resolution do lie on the table, And passed in the affirmative. Mr. R. Barnwell Rhett then submitted the following motion, to wit: That Lewis Williams, of North Carolina, being the oldest member of the House of Representatives, be appointed chairman of this House, to serve until the House be organized by the election of a Speaker. A motion was made by Mr. Toucey, that the said motion do lie on the table; and, after debate, the question was put, And passed in the affirmative. And so the motion made by Mr. R. Barnwell Rhett was ordered to lie ont he table. The call of the roll was then completed, and the following named members of the House of Representatives appeared and took seats, viz: MAINE. NEW HAMPSHIRE. MASSACHUSETTS. RHODE ISLAND. From the State of Hugh J. Anderson Charles G. Atherton Samuel Cushman Caleb Cushing Richard Fletcher George Grennell, jun. Robert B. Cranston CONNECTICUT. VERMONT. NEW YORK. Elisha Haley Samuel Ingham Thomas T. Whittlesey Heman Allen Horace Everett Isaac Fletcher John T. Andrews John C. Brodhead Isaac H. Bronson Andrew D. W. Bruyn Henry A. Foster Albert Gallup Abraham P. Grant Hiram Gray Ogden Hoffman Thomas B. Jackson Nathaniel Jones Gouverneur Kemble Arphaxed Loomis John Palmer Amasa J. Parker William Patterson Luther C. Peck Zadock Pratt John H. Prentiss David Russell Mark H. Sibley James B. Spencer William Taylor Obadiah Titus Abraham Vanderveer Henry Vail. NEW JERSEY. PENNSYLVANIA. DELAWARE. MARYLAND. VIRGINIA. John B. Aycrigg John P. B. Maxwell Joseph F. Randolph Charles C. Stratton Thomas Jones Yorke. William Beatty Richard Biddle Andrew Buchanan Edward Darlington Edward Davies Jacob Fry, jun. Robert H. Hammond Thomas Henry John Klingensmith, jun. Henry Logan Charles McClure Thomas M. T. McKennan Mathias Morris Samuel W. Morris Henry A. Muhlenberg Lemuel Paynter David Petrikin Arnold Plumer David Potts, jun. Luther Reily John Sergeant Daniel Sheffer George W. Toland { John J. Milligan. Benjamin C. Howard Daniel Jenifer William Cost Johnson Isaac McKim James A. Pearce Francis Thomas John T. H. Worthington. Andrew Beirne James W. Bouldin Walter Coles Robert Craig George C. Dromgoole VIRGINIA-Continued. NORTH CAROLINA. SOUTH CARolina. GEORGIA. KENTUCKY. Robert M. T. Hunter Jesse A. Bynum Abraham Rencher Samuel T. Sawyer Augustine H. Shepperd Charles Shepard Edward Stanly Lewis Williams. John Campbell Seaton Grantland William J. Graves James Harlan Richard Hawes Richard H. Menefee John L. Murray John Pope Edward Rumsey William W. Southgate Joseph R. Underwood John White Sherrod Williams. John Bell William B. Campbell James Alexander, jun. Thomas L. Hamer William H. Hunter Daniel Kilgore Daniel P. Leadbetter Andrew W. Loomis Samson Mason Calvary Morris Henry Johnson Ratliff Boon George H. Dunn William Graham James Rariden John F. H. Claiborne Zadok Casey S Albert G. Harrison { |