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United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)
Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
The House of Representatives
The lower chamber of the United States Congress
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Session 4870: 1789-04-18 11:00:00
The Committee of Elections presents a report
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Committee of Elections Report
It appears to your Committee, that the credentials of the following members are sufficient to entitle them to take their seats in this House, to wit:
From New Hampshire, ... Nicholas Gilman.
From Massachusetts,
Fisher Ames,
Elbridge Gerry,
Benjamin Goodhue,
George Leonard,
George Partridge,
George Thatcher.
From Connecticut,
Benjamin Huntington,
Roger Sherman,
Jonathan Sturges,
Jonathan Trumbull,
Jeremiah Wadsworth.
From New York,
Egbert Benson,
William Floyd,
John Hathorn,
John Lawrance,
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer,
Peter Silvester.
From New Jersey,
Elias Boudinot,
Lambert Cadwalader,
James Schureman,
Thomas Sinnickson.
From Pennsylvania,
George Clymer,
Thomas Fitzsimons,
Thomas Hartley,
Daniel Hiester,
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Thomas Scott,
Henry Wynkoop.
From Maryland,
Daniel Carroll,
Benjamin Contee,
George Gale,
Joshua Seney,
William Smith,
Michael Jenifer Stone.
From Virginia,
Theodorick Bland,
Isaac Coles,
Samuel Griffin,
Richard Bland Lee,
James Madison, junior,
Andrew Moore,
John Page,
Josiah Parker,
Alexander White.
From South Carolina,
Edanus Burke,
Daniel Huger,
William Smith,
Thomas Tudor Tucker.
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