From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 April 1796
To the United States Senate
United States April 28th 1796
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Thomas Nelson to be Attorney for the United States in the District of Virginia,1 vice Alexander Campbell, who has resigned that Office.
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1. The Senate ordered that Thomas Nelson’s nomination “lie for consideration” on this date before consenting on 29 April (Senate Executive Journal, 205–6). He served as federal district attorney for Virginia until his death in 1803.