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Virginia.--Thomas Claiborne, Isaac Coles, William B. Giles, Samuel Griffin, George Hancock, Carter B. Harrison, John Heath, Richard Bland Lee, Andrew Moore, Joseph Neville, Anthony New, John Nicholas, John Page, Francis Preston, Robert Rutherford, A. B. Venable, Francis Walker.

North Carolina.--Thomas Blount, William J. Dawson, James Gillespie, William B. Grove, Matthew Locke, Nathaniel Macon, Joseph McDowell, Alexander Mebane, Benjamin Williams, Joseph Winston.

South Carolina.--Lemuel Benton, Alexander Gillon, John Hunter, Andrew Pickens, William Smith, Richard Winn.

Georgia.--A. Baldwin, Thomas P. Carnes.

Kentucky.--Christopher Greenup, Alexander D. Orr.

Tennessee.--James White.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.

MONDAY, December 2, 1793.

This being the day fixed by the constitution for the annual meeting of Congress, the following members of the Senate appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats.

JOHN ADAMS, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

JOHN LANGDON and SAMUEL LIVERMORE, from New Hampshire.

GEORGE CABOT, from Massachusetts.

OLIVER ELLSWORTH, from Connecticut.

MOSES ROBINSON, from Vermont.

AARON BURR, from New York.

JOHN RUTHERFORD, from New Jersey.

ROBERT MORRIS and ALBERT GALLATIN, from Pennsylvania.

JAMES MONROE, from Virginia.

JOHN EDWARDS, from Kentucky.

BENJAMIN HAWKINS, from North Carolina.

RALPH IZARD, from South Carolina.

Mr. LANGDON, the President of the Senate pro tempore, administered the oath required by law to the VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Secretary read the credentials of the following Senators appointed for the terms respectively mentioned therein.

PIERCE BUTLER, from South Carolina.

ALEXANDER MARTIN, from North Carolina.

JOHN VINING, from Delaware.

The VICE PRESIDENT administered the oath required by law to Mr. BUTLER, Mr. GALLATIN, and Mr. MARTIN, respectively, and they took their seats.

STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL, appointed by the State of Connecticut a Senator for two years, in the place of ROGER SHERMAN, deceased, produced his credentials, which being read, the VICE PRESIDENT administered to him the oath required by law, and he took his seat.

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