_Resolved_, That the Senate will be ready to receive the House of
Representatives in the Senate Chamber on Wednesday next, at twelve
o'clock, for the purpose of being present at the opening and counting
the votes for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. That one person be
appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the
votes for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, as they shall be declared:
that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who
shall announce the state of the vote, which shall be entered on the
journals, and if it shall appear that a choice has been made, agreeably
to the constitution, such entry on the journals shall be deemed a
sufficient declaration thereof.
_Ordered_, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives of
this resolution.
TUESDAY, February 10.
On motion that when the two Houses shall proceed to opening and counting
the votes for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, no person shall be
admitted into the gallery, it passed in the affirmative--yeas 16, nays
10, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Brown, Chipman, Dayton, T. Foster, Dwight
Foster, Hillhouse, Hindman, Latimer, J. Mason, Morris,
Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, and Wells.
NAYS.--Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Cocke,
Franklin, Langdon, Livermore, Marshall, S. T. Mason, and
Nicholas.
A message was received from the House of Representatives informing the
Senate that they have passed a resolution, which the Clerk was directed
to bring to the Senate.
The resolution was read, as follows:
"_Resolved_, That this House will attend in the Chamber of
the Senate on Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock, for the
purpose of being present at the opening and counting of the
votes for PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES; that Messrs. RUTLEDGE and NICHOLAS be appointed
tellers, to act jointly with the teller appointed on the
part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes for
PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, as they
shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to
the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state
of the vote, which shall be entered on the journals, and if
it shall appear that a choice has been made, agreeably to
the constitution, such entry on the journals shall be
deemed a sufficient declaration thereof."
_Ordered_, That Mr. WELLS be a teller on the part of the Senate for the
purpose expressed in the above resolution.
WEDNESDAY, February 11.
_Ordered_, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives that
the Senate is ready to meet them in the Senate Chamber, for the purpose
of being present at the opening and counting the votes for PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
The two Houses of Congress accordingly assembled in the Senate Chamber,
and the certificates of the Electors of sixteen States were, by the VICE
PRESIDENT, opened and delivered to the tellers appointed for the
purpose, who, having examined and ascertained the number of votes,
presented a list thereof to the VICE PRESIDENT, which was read. (_For
List see Table on next page._)
Whereupon the VICE PRESIDENT declared that the result of the votes, as
delivered by the tellers, was that
THOMAS JEFFERSON, of Va., had 73
AARON BURR, of N. Y., had 73
JOHN ADAMS, of Mass., had 65
CHAS. C. PINCKNEY, of S. C., had 64
JOHN JAY, of N. Y., had 1
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STATES. |Thomas | Aaron | John |Charles C.| John |
|Jefferson| Burr | Adams |Pinckney | Jay. |
---------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+
New Hampshire | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
Massachusetts | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
Rhode Island | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Connecticut | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
Vermont | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
New York | 12 | 12 | | | |
New Jersey | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
Pennsylvania | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
Delaware | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
Maryland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Virginia | 21 | 21 | | | |
Kentucky | 4 | 4 | | | |
North Carolina | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
Tennessee | 3 | 3 | | | |
South Carolina | 8 | 8 | | | |
Georgia | 4 | 4 | | | |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 73 | 73 | 65 | 64 | 1 |
---------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+
The whole number of Electors who had voted were one hundred and
thirty-eight, of which number THOMAS JEFFERSON and AARON BURR had a
majority; but the number of those voting for them being equal, no choice
was made by the people; and that, consequently, the remaining duties
devolve on the House of Representatives.
On which, the House of Representatives repaired to their own Chamber;
and the Senate adjourned.
MONDAY, February 16.
_Public Property._
The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES:
_Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of
Representatives_:
I wish to know the pleasure of Congress, and request their
direction, concerning the disposition of the property of
the United States now in my possession; whether I shall
deliver it into the hands of the Heads of Departments, or
of the Commissioners of the city of Washington, or of a
committee of Congress, or to any other persons Congress may
appoint, to be delivered into the hands of my successor, or
whether I shall present it myself to the PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES on the 4th of March next. Any of these modes
will be agreeable to me.