THIRTIETH CONGRESS, 1847-1849, 463 



phy, Nelson, Nes, Nicoll, Outlaw, Peck, Pollock, Preston, Putnam, Rhett, Julius Rock- 

 well, John A. Rockwell, Rumsey, St. John, Shepperd, Sherrill, Silvester, Slingerland, 

 Caleb B. Smith, Truman Smith, Stanton, Stephens, Strohm, Strong, TaHmadge,Taylor, 

 Thibodeaux, Thomas, James Thompson, R. W. Thompson, Robert A. Thompson, 

 Tompkins, Van Dyke, Wallace,. Warren, White, Wick, and Wilson — 107. 



NAYS — Messrs. Bedinger, Bingham, Bocock, Bowdon, Brady, Brodhead, Charles 

 Brown, Albert G. Brown, Buckner, Cathcart, Clapp, Franklin Clark, Howell Cobb, 

 Williamson R. W. Cobb, Crozier, Cummins, Daniel, Darling, Dickinson, Dixon, Duer, 

 Edwards, Embree, Featherston, Ficklin, Freedley, French, Fries, Gaines, Hammon=, 

 Haralson, Harris, Hill, Elias B. Holmes, Inge, Irvin, Iverson, Kaufman, Kellogg, Ken- 

 non, Lahm, La Sere, Sidney Lawrence, Levin, Lord, Lynde, Maclay, Job Mann, 3Iarsh, 

 Miller, Morris, ^Nlorse, Palfrey, Peasley, Phelps, Richardson, Richey, Robinson, Rock- 

 hill, Root, Sawyer, Smart, Robert Smith, Starkweather, Charles E. Stuart, Jacob 

 Thompson, John B. Thompson, William Thompson, Thurston, Tuck, Venable, Vinton, 

 Wentworth, Wiley, Williams, and Woodward — 76. 



So the motion to reconsider wa.s laid on tlie table. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



By tJie Vice-President. 

 December 30, 1847 — Senate. 



On motion of Mr. Sidney Breese, it was 



Ordered, That a member be appointed by the Vice-President to fill the vacancy in 

 the Board of Regents, occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Lewis Cass. 



Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, was appointed by the Vice-President. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



By the Speaker. 

 December 22, 1847— House. 



The Speaker (Mr. R. C. Winthrop) reappointed Henr}^ W. Hil- 

 liard, of Alabama, a regent of the said Institution; and aj^pointed 

 George P. Marsh, of Vermont, and Robert McClelland, of Michigan, 

 to the Board of Regents on the part of the House, in the place of 

 W. J. Hough and R. D. Owen, whose terras had expired. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



By joint resolution. 

 March 4, 1848— Senate. 



Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, on leave, introduced a joint 

 resolution appointing regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Referred 

 to the Committee on the Library. 



December 11, 1848 — Senate. 



Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, on leave, introduced joint 

 resolution: 



Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, of the class "other than members of Congress," be filled by the 

 reappointment of the late incumbents, viz: Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, and 

 Gideon Hawlev, of New York. 



