Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-02-21
WASHINGTON CITY, J
Feb. 12h l845. )
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Feb. 12M l845. )
CONGRESS.
The Senate, to-day, was engaged principal
ly in the House of Representatives. in execu-
ton of the joint order for counting the electo-
raj votes for President and Vice President.
In the House, number of communications
from the executive departments were read,
and appropriately referred. Several bills
from the Senate were passed through their
first and second readings, and referred to the
proper committees. This being the day set
apart by thejoint resolution of the two Houses
for counting the votes of the electors for Pres
ident and Vice President, at IL o'clock (the
honr designated) Mr.. Brodhead submitted
resolution that message be sent TO the Sen.
ate informing them that the House was ready
to receive them. The resolution having been
adopted, and the message delivered, the SEN
ate, headed by their President pro tempore,
and preceded by their sergeant-at arms, enter
ed the hall of the House, and were conducted
to the seats prepared for them Immediately in
frons of the Speakers chair, the members of
the House rising on their entrance, and re-
naming standing until they were seated
The Hon. W. P. Mangum, President pro tenn.
of the Senate, was conducted to seat on the
right hand Of the Speaker, and the telers (the
Hon. Robt. J. Walker on the part of the Sen
ate, and the Honorable Edmund Burke and
the Honorable John 2. Kennedy on the part
of the House) took seats at the clerks table.
Immediately before the Speakers chair. The
President of the Senate then rose and announ-
ced that the two Houses had assembled to-
gether, in pursuance Of the constitution, for
the purpose of counting the votes of the cleo
tors for a President and Vice President, to
serve for four years from the 4th Of March
next; and proceeded to hand to the tellers the
votes of the several States in their regular or
der, beginning with the Stale of Maine, ma
ming the votes Of each State as he handed
them. The tellers, on receiving the votes Of
each State, announced them to the two Hou-
ses. The votes having been in this manner
counted through, the telers summed up and
reported the result to the President of the Sc
nate, who announced them, as follows:-
Whole number Of electoral votes given, PTS;
necessary to choice 1873; Of which James
Knox Polk, of Tennessee, received ITO for
President. and George M. Dallas, Of Penn
sylvania, 10 for Vice President; Henry Clay,
of kentucky received los for President, and
Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New York, los
for Vice President; and that no other persons
were voted for. He therefore declared that
James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, was duly
elected President of the United States, to
serve for four years from the 4th of March
next; and that George NJ. Dallas. of Penn
sylvania, was in like manner duly elected
Vice President of the United States, to serve
for the same period. Mr.. Burke, from tine
Joint Committee of the two Houses, in fur
Their execution of the duties imposed on them,
submitted joint resolution for the appoint
ment of committee consisting of two men,
bers on the part Of the House, to join COM
mi;tee of one member on the part of the Sen
ate, to wait on James X. Polk, Of Tennessee,
and to inform him that he was duly elected
President of the United States, for four years
from the 4th of March next; also, to wait on
George NJ. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, and in
form him that he was duly elected Vice Pre-
sident of the United States, for four years
from tho III Of March next. This resolution
was unanimously agreed to, and the House
adjourned.-Globe.