Public Ministers. William Short, of Virginia, Minister Resident, 28 May, 1794. Thomas Pinckney, of South-Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary, 24 November, 1794. David Humphreys, of Connecticut, Minister Plenipotentiary, 20 May, 1796. Charles Pinckney, of South Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary, 6 June, 1801: James Monroe, of Virginia, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 14 October, 1804. James Bowdoin, of Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 22 November, 1804. George W. Erving, of Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 August, 1814. John Forsyth, of Georgia, Minister Plenipotentiary, 16 February, 1819. Hugh Nelson, of Virginia, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 15 January, 1823. Alexander Hill Everett, of Massachusetts, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 9 March, 1825. To the Netherlands. William Short, of Virginia, Minister Resident, 16 January, 1792. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Minister Resident, 30 May, 1794. William Vans Murray, of Maryland, Minister Resident, 2 March, 1797. William Eustis, of Massachusetts, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 December, 1814. Alexander H. Everett, of Massachusetts, Charge d'Affaires, 30 November, 1818. Christopher Hughes, of Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 9 March, 1825. To Portugal. David Humphreys, of Connecticut, Minister Resident, 21 February, 1791. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 30 May, 1796. William Smith, of South-Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 July, 1797. Thomas Sumter, of South-Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary, (in Brazil) 7 March, 1309. John Graham, of Virginia, Minister Plenipotentiary, (in Brazil) 6 January, 1819. Henry Dearborn, sen. of New-Hampshire, Envoy Extraordimary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 7 May, 1822, Public Ministers. Thomas L. L. Brent, of Virginia, Charge d'Affaires, 9 March, 1825. To Prussia. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 1 June, 1797. To Russia. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 June, 1809. James A. Bayard, of Delaware, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 28 February, 1815. William Pinkney, of Maryland, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 26 April, 1815. George W. Campbell, of Tennessee, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 16 April, 1818. Henry Middleton, of South Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 6 April, 1820. To Sweden. Jonathan Russell, of Rhode-Island, Minister Plenipotentiary, 18 January, 1814. Christopher Hughes, jr. of Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 21 January, 1819. William C. Somerville, of Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 9 March, 1825. John James Appleton, of Massachusetts, Charge d'Affaires, 2 May, 1826. Negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent. John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin, and James A. Bayard, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, 17 April, 1813. Henry Clay and Jonathan Russell were added to this Commission on the 18th January, 1814. Denmark. Henry Wheaton, of New-York, Charge d'Affaires, 3 March, 1827. To the Republic of Colombia. Richard C. Anderson, of Virginia, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 January, 1823. Beaufort T. Watts, of South-Carolina, Charge d'Affaires, 3 March, 1827. To the Republic of Buenos Ayres. Cæsar A. Rodney, of Delaware, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 -January, 1823. John M. Forbes, of Florida, Charge d'Affaires, 9 March, 1825. President of the United States. To the Government of Chile. Heman Allen, of Vermont, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 January, 1823. Mexico. Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 January, 1823. Ninian Edwards, of Illinois, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 4 March, 1824. 1 Joel R. Poinsett, of South-Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 8 March, 1825. Brazil. Condy Raguet, of Pennsylvania, Charge d'Affaires, 9 March, 1825. Guatemala. William Miller, of North-Carolina, Charge d'Affaires, 7 March, 1825. John Williams, of Tennessee, Charge d'Affaires, 9 December, 1825. William B. Rochester, of New-York, Charge d'Affaires, 3 March, 1827. Peru. James Cooley, of Ohio, Charge d'Affaires, 2 May, 1826. Assembly of American Nations, proposed to be held at Panama. Richard C. Anderson, of Virginia, and John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, 14 March, 1826. Joel R. Poinsett, of South-Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 12 February, 1827. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Massachusetts, $25,000 per annum. [The President must be thirty-five years of age, fourteen years a resident of the United States, a natural born citizen, or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. In case of his removal, death, or resignation, or inability, the duties of his office devolve on the Vice President: and, by act of the 1st March, 1793, in case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of President and Vice President, the President of the Senate pro tempore; and in case there shall be no President of the Senate, then the Speaker of the House President of the United States. of Representatives, for the time being, is to act as President. The legal title of this officer is The President of the United States; and he is, by the Constitution, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the service of the United States. He receives ambassadors and other public ministers; and it is his duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. He is empowered, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senators present, to make treaties; and, by and with the advice of a majority of the Senate, he appoints ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers established by law, whose appointments are not otherwise provided for in the Constitution, and the appointment of whom, when for an inferior nature, is not vested by Congress in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments. He commissions all officers of the United States; and may grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. The compensation of the President is 25,000 dollars per annum, which cannot be increased or diminished during the term for which he is elected. His saJary was fixed by act of 18th February, 1793. He, as wel as the Vice President, is elected by Electors in the respective States, who are chosen as the Legislatures of the several States may provide According to an act of Congress, of the 1st of March, 1792, the choice of these Electors must be made within thirty-four days preceding the first Wednesday of December, of the year in which an election of President and Vice President takes place; and they must be equal in Lumber to all the Senators and Representatives in Congress;* but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, can be appointed an Elector. The votes for President and Vice President are * Electors of President and Vice-President are now chosen in the following manner in the United States: 11 Legislature 5 do BEEF New-Hampshire North-Carolina 36 Districts 8 Gen. ticket - 3 Legislature 11 Districts - 24 Gen. ticket 15 do. 5 do. do. 3 3 do. 5 3 Total, 261 ·President of the United States. given by the Electors on the first Wednesday of December, in every fourth year, throughout the Union. The next election will take place on the fifth day of December next. The Electors meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. They vote for President and Vice-President separately, by distinct ballots. They make lists of the number of votes given, and of the persons voted for—which they transmit sealed to the seat of the General Government, directed to the President of the Senate, who, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, opens all the Certificates, and the votes are counted. The person having the greatest nun.ber of votes for President, is duly elected, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed. If no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, in the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose, immediately, by bailot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes are taken by States, the Representation from each having ONE vote; a quorum for this purpose consists of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States is necessary to a choice. If the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, before the fourth of March, next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death, or other constitutional disability of the President. The period of service is four years; but there is no restriction as to re-election. There is, however, no instance of any President's having served for a longer time than eight years. If the offices of President and Vice President should both become vacant, it then becomes the duty of the Secretary of State to communicate information thereof to the Executive of each State, and to cause the same to be published in at least one newspaper of every State, giving two months previous notice that Electors of President shall be appointed or chosen in the several States, within thirty-four days next preceding the first Wednesday in December ensuing; when the choice of President must proceed as usual. The tenth Presidential term will expire with the twentieth Congress, on the third of March, 1829.] |