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WALKER, FRANCIS, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527.

WALKER, JOHN, appointed Senator by Governor of Virginia, 251.

WALTON, GEORGE, Senator from Georgia, 591.

WARD, ARTEMAS, Representative from Massachusetts, 315, 388, 455, 527.

War Department.--See Executive Departments.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, elected President in 1789, 10; votes for as President in 1789, 10; do. 1793, 385; proceedings at his inauguration, 12; do. inaugural address, 12; reply to the answer of the Senate to the inaugural address, 15; day of his inauguration, Note, 46; resolution for an equestrian statue, 330; birthday--motion to adjourn, 638; considered, 638; motion lost, 638.

WATTS, JOHN, Representative from New York, 455, 527.

WAYNE, ANTHONY, Representative from Georgia, 317; on the petition of Catharine Greene, 335; further remarks, 337.

Ways and Means, proposition to appoint a committee, 128.

Western Lands.--See Public Lands.

WHEATON, JOSEPH, appointed sergeant-at-arms, 315.

WHITE, ALEXANDER, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315, 388; on committee to report a bill regulating oaths, 22; advocates delay in fixing scale of duties on imports, 23; further remarks, 25; on duty on hemp, 37; opposes duty on salt, 41; report from Committee of Elections, 41; presents resolution of Virginia Legislature, offering ten miles square to United States for seat of Government, 76; thinks appropriation bills are limited by the constitution, 77; further remarks, 81; sustains the power of the President to remove certain officers, 88; on the power of the President to remove Secretary of State, 102; further remarks, 105; opposes discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 124; on compensation of President, 119; further remarks, 120; on compensation of Vice President, 121; on a Home Department, 127; on amendments of the Senate to House bill on seat of Government, 165; on admission of reporters of the press, 180; on the constitutional power of Congress respecting naturalization, 186; on discrimination among the public creditors, 217; on report of committee on Quaker memorial, 229; on a seat of Government, 242; further remarks, 248; on vacancy in the Presidency, 267; on the meeting of the Electoral College, 333; moves to strike out of bill all relative to vacancy of President, 334; on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 351.

WHITE, Rev. Bishop, elected chaplain of the Senate, 380.

WHITE, JAMES, delegate from territory south of Ohio River, 528.

WHITNEY, CHARLES, arrested with Robert Randall, 611; examination of, 613.

Widows and Orphans, a bill making compensation to certain, considered, 410.

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 546; on a salary for members of Congress, 636; on post-roads, 637; on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 680; on the execution of the British treaty, 720; on the army establishment, 759.

WILLIAMS, JOHN, Representative from New York, 604.

WILLIAMSON, HUGH, Representative from North Carolina, 255, 315, 388; on answer to President's message, 257; further remarks, 257; on selection of land by settlers, 260; on vacancy in the Presidency, 267; on the commitment of the bill for a Bank of the United States, 273; on resignation of William Pinkney, 329; on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 357; on the emblems on American coins, 371; on the resolution that the Secretary of the Treasury and at War attend the House, and report relative to defeat of St. Clair, 390; against attendance of Secretary of War, 392; on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 394; on protection of American commerce, 395; on reduction of the army, 400; further remarks, 414.

WILLIS, FRANCIS, Representative from Georgia, 315, 388.

Wines, all other, discrimination opposed, 32; duty on, 32.

WINGATE, PAINE, Senator from New Hampshire, 9, 168, 251, 309, 380.

WINN, RICHARD, Representative from South Carolina, 457, 528, 614.

WINSTON, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 457, 528.

Wool Cards, duty on, 41; state of manufacture, 41.

WYNKOOP, HENRY, Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175, 255.

Yeas and Nays on contested election of Wm. Smith, 99; on the bill organizing the State Department, 108; on embracing all the proposed amendments of the constitution in one report, 145; on fixing the seat of Government on the Potomac, 161; on Wilmington for the seat of Government, 161; on Potomac, Susquehanna, or Delaware, instead of east bank of Susquehanna, 162; Delaware instead of do., 162; banks instead of east bank, 162; on inserting, or Maryland, after "Pennsylvania," 162; on Wilmington, instead of "city of New York," 163; on "Philadelphia," instead of "New York," 163; on proviso of Mr. Gale, 163; on resolution for the appointment of Commissioners to fix the site for a seat of Government, 163; on the bill to establish a seat of Government, 164; on postponing consideration of amended bill relative to seat of Government, 166; on the proviso of Mr. Madison relative to a seat of Government, 167; in Senate on resolution relative to unfinished business, 171; in Senate, on bill for non-intercourse with Rhode Island, 172; on commitment of Pennsylvania memorial, 211; on Quaker memorial, 238; on motion to strike out "Potomac," and insert Delaware for seat of Government, 249; on motion to strike out "Potomac," and insert Germantown, 249; to strike out "Potomac," and insert Baltimore, 249; on the passage of the bill fixing a seat of Government, 249; on motion to strike out a clause of excise bill, 272; on its passage, 272; on the bill for a Bank of the United States, 308; on the resolution respecting ratio of representation, 328; on motion to amend by striking out second section of bill for the protection of the frontiers, 349; on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, &c., 369; on the resolutions relative to the courtesies of France, 370; on receding from the amendment relative to the stamp of American coins, 373; on the apportionment bill after it was vetoed, 374; on its subsequent passage, 377; on motion to strike out clause of the army reduction bill, 416; on agreement of the House in said motion, 416; on the passage of the bill relative to fugitives from justice, 417; on the third resolution relative to the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 438; on the fourth resolution, &c., 438; on the fifth resolution, &c., 438; on the sixth resolution, &c., 438; on the seventh resolution, 439; on the question relating to, &c., 440; on amendment of constitution in the Senate, excluding bank officers from Congress, 446; relative to the interest of the United States in the bank, 446; on Senate resolution relative to open doors, 448; on the eligibility of Albert Gallatin, 452; on postponing consideration of the commerce of the United States, 473; on the bill making preparations for the Algerine war, 482; on the resolutions of non-intercourse with Great Britain, 498; on continuing the embargo, 502; on the reference of the indemnity resolutions to the committee on sequestration of British debts, 505; on motion to reject the bill laying duties on tobacco and sugar, 511; on the bill to augment the army, 511; on amendment to raise a force for protection of south-west frontiers, 519; on striking out certain words in the answer to the President's speech, 540; on the indemnification of the sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents, 553; on the resolution relative to Indian lands in North Carolina, 582; on resolutions relative to intruders on Indian lands, 589; in Senate on agreeing to answer of President's speech, 596; in Senate on resolutions relative to French flag, 601; in Senate, relative to the admission of Tennessee, 602, 603; on the resolution relative to the treaty with Great Britain, 692; on the resolutions relative to the refusal of the President to furnish papers on the British treaty, 702; on the resolution expressive of the sense of the House on the British treaty, 753; on the resolution of the House relative to the execution of the British treaty, 753; note, 754; on the resolution that some law should be passed by Congress recognizing Tennessee as a State before its admission, 759; on the claim of Catharine Greene, 762.

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