WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1789.
This being the day fixed for the meeting of the new Congress, the
following members of the House of Representatives appeared and took
their seats, viz:[15]
_From Massachusetts_, GEORGE THATCHER, FISHER AMES, GEORGE LEONARD, and
ELBRIDGE GERRY.
_From Connecticut_, BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, and JEREMIAH
WADSWORTH.
_From Pennsylvania_, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, THOMAS HARTLEY,
PETER MUHLENBERG, and DANIEL HEISTER.
_From Virginia_, ALEXANDER WHITE.
_From South Carolina_, THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER.
A quorum of the members not being present, the House adjourned until
to-morrow at eleven o'clock.
THURSDAY, March 5.
Several other members attended, viz: from New Hampshire, NICHOLAS
GILMAN; from Massachusetts, BENJAMIN GOODHUE; from Connecticut, ROGER
SHERMAN and JONATHAN STURGES; and from Pennsylvania, HENRY WYNKOOP; and
no other members arriving, a quorum not being present, the House
adjourned, from day to day, until the 14th instant.
SATURDAY, March 14.
The following members took their seats, to wit: JAMES MADISON, junior,
JOHN PAGE, and RICHARD BLAND LEE, from Virginia.
A quorum not being yet present, the House adjourned, from day to day,
until the 17th instant.
TUESDAY, March 17.
SAMUEL GRIFFIN, from Virginia, took his seat.
WEDNESDAY, March 18.
ANDREW MOORE, from Virginia, took his seat.
No other member appearing, the House adjourned, from day to day, until
the 23d instant.
MONDAY, March 23.