From George Washington to the United States Senate, 3 May 1792
To the United States Senate
United States [Philadelphia]
May the 3d 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
I nominate the following persons to fill vacancies which have taken place in the late military appointments—to-wit—
Rank. | Names. | States. |
Brigadier General | Rufus Putnam | Territory of the United States North West of the Ohio—vice Marinus Willett, declined. |
Captains of Cavalry | Jedediah Rodgers | New York—vice John Craig, declined. |
Henry Bowyer | Virginia—vice Lawrence Manning, declined. | |
Lieutt of Infantry | William Rickard | North Carolina vice Thos E. Sumner, declined. |
Surgeons Mates | Joseph Strong | Connecticut—vice Theophilus Elmer, declined. |
Joseph Andrews | Massachusetts—vice James Mease, declined. | |
John C. Wallace | Pennsylvania—vice John Woodhouse, declined. |
Go: Washington
DS, in Tobias Lear’s hand, DNA: RG 46, Second Congress, 1791–1793, Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.
The Senate read GW’s message on this day, and it considered and concurred with the president’s military nominations on the following day (
, 1:121–22). Tobias Lear informed Henry Knox of the Senate’s concurrence on 4 May (DLC:GW).