[From Senate Journal, Thirty-first Congress, first session, p. 443.]
WASHINGTON, _July 10, 1850_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
In consequence of the lamented death of Zachary Taylor, late President
of the United States, I shall no longer occupy the chair of the Senate,
and I have thought that a formal communication to the Senate to that
effect, through your Secretary, might enable you the more promptly to
proceed to the choice of a presiding officer.