The following named delegates, as made out by the Clerk, being called, also answered to their names:

From the Territory of New Mexico, Mr. Francisco Perea.

From the Territory of Washington, Mr. George E Cole.
From the Territory of Nebraska, Mr. Samuel G. Daily.
From the Territory of Colorado, Mr. Hiram P. Bennet.
From the Territory of Utah, Mr. John F. Kinney.
From the Territory of Dakota, Mr. John B. S. Todd.

The Clerk having omitted to call the names of persons who had submitted credentials as members elect from the States of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and from the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th districts of Missouri; and The credentials of the members elect from Maryland, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read;

Mr. Dawes submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the names of John A. J. Creswell, Edwin H. Webster, Henry Winter Davis, Francis Thomas, and Benjamin G. Harris, be placed on the roll of the House of Representatives from Maryland.

The same having been read,

Mr. Dawes moved the previous question.

Pending which,

Mr. James C. Allen moved that the resolution be laid on the table.
And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

Yeas
Nays...

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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Lo enzo D. M. Sweat
Daniel W. Voorhees
William H. Wadsworth
Elijah Ward

Chilton A. White
Joseph W. White
Charles H. Winfield
Benjamin Wood
Fernando Wood.

Mr. Alexander H. Rice
John H. Rice
Edward H. Rollins

So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table.

Robert C. Schenck

Glenni W. Scofield

Thomas B. Shannon
Ithamar C. Sloan
Green Clay Smith
Nathaniel B. Smithers
Rufus P. Spalding
John F. Starr
Thaddeus Stevens
M. Russell Thayer
Henry W. Tracy
Charles Upsou
R. B. Van Valkenburgh
Ellihu B. Washburne
William B. Washburn
Ezra Wheeler
Thomas Williams
James F. Wilson
William Windom
Fred'ck E.Woodbridge.

The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Dawes moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The credentials of the members elect, omitted to be called by the Clerk, from the State of Missouri, having been read,

Mr. H. Winter Davis submitted the following resolution, viz :

Resolved, That the names of Francis P. Blair, jr., Henry T. Blow, Joseph W. McClurg, Sempronius H. Boyd, Benjamin F. Loan, and William A. Hall, be placed on the roll as representatives from the State of Missouri.

The same having been read.

Mr. H. Winter Davis moved the previous question.

Pending which,

Mr. Yeaman having been excused from voting on the resolution, The previous question was seconded, and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to.

Mr. H. Winter Davis moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The credentials of the member elect from Oregon, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read,

Mr. Garfield submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the name of John R. McBride be placed on the roll as representative from the State of Oregon.

Mr. Garfield moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The credentials of the member elect from Kansas, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read,

Mr. Pike submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the name of A. Carter Wilder, of Kansas, be placed on the roll of members of this house as representative from the State of Kansas. Mr. Pike moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The credentials of the members elect from the State of West Virginia, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read,

Mr. Stevens submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the names of Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley, be placed on the roll as representatives from the State of West Virginia.

Mr. Stevens moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter tion was agreed tɔ.

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The credentials of the members elect from the State of Virginia, omitted. to be called by the Clerk, having been read,

Mr. Jacob B. Blair submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the names of L. M. Chandler, Joseph Segar, and B. M. Kitchen, be placed on the roll as representatives from the State of Virginia. The same having been read,

Mr. Blair moved the previous question.

Pending which,

Mr. James C. Allen moved that the resolution be laid on the table.
And the question being put,

Yeas..

It was decided in the affirmative, Neys

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are-

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Francis C. Le Blond

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So the resolution was laid on the table.

Mr. James C. Allen moved that the vote last taken be

Mr. Charles Upson

Daniel W. Voorhees

William H. Wadsworth
Elijah Ward

William B. Washburn

Ezra Wheeler

Chilton A. White
Joseph W. White
James F. Wilson
William Windom
Charles H. Winfield
Benjamin Wood
Fernando Wood.

Mr. Frederick A. Pike
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Hiram Price
William H. Randall
John H. Rice

Thomas B. Shannon
Green Clay Smith
Rufus P. Spalding
John F Starr
M. Russell Thayer
Francis Thomas

R. B. Van Valkenburgh
Ellibu B. Washburne
Edwin H. Webster
Kellian V. Whaley
Thomas Williams
A. Carter Wilder
Fred'ck E Woodbridge.

reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The Clerk having then announced that a quorum of members was present, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, the House proceeded, viva voce, to the election of a Speaker for the thirty-eighth Congress.

The Clerk having appointed Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Dawes, Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Pomeroy tellers,

And nominations having been made as follows, viz:

By Mr. Ellibu B. Washburne.......

Mr. Pendleton...

Mr. Ancona...

Mr. John B. Steele.

Mr. Grider....

Mr. Radford.

Mr. Cottman.

Mr. COLFAX.

.Mr. Cox.

Mr. DAWSON. . Mr. STEBBINS.

Mr. MALLORY.

Mr. KING.

.Mr. FRANK P. BLAIR, jr.

The following named members voted for SCHUYLER COLFAX, one of the representatives from the State of Indiana, viz:

John B. Alley, William B. Allison, Oakes Ames, Lucien Anderson, Isaac N. Arnold, James M Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Portus Baxter, Fernando C. Beaman, James G Blaine, Jacob B. Blair, Henry T. Blow, George S. Boutwell, Sempronius H. Boyd, Augustus Brandegee, John M. Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Brutus J. Clay, Amasa Cobb, Cornelius Cole, John A. J. Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Henry C. Deming, Nathan F. Dixon, Ignatius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, Ebenezer Dumont, Ephraim R. Eckley, Thomas D. Eliot, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Augustus Frank, James A. Garfield, Daniel W. Gooch, Josiah B. Grinnell, James T. Hale, William Higby, Samuel Hooper, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Calvin