States. (Laughter.) The President corrected the oath to that of allegiance to "the Confederate States."
Election of Senate Doorkeeper
On motion of Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, the Senate went into an election for Doorkeeper. Mr. Orr suggested that the Senate might dispense with the services of a Sergeant-at-Arms; and that the election to such office might at least be postponed for the present.
The following candidates for Doorkeeper were put in nomination: Mr. [James] Page, of North Carolina ; Mr. Wadsworth, of Georgia; Mr. Andrew Hill, of Tennessee.
FIRST BALLOT
For Mr. Page — Messrs. Baker, Davis, Dortch, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchell, Preston — 7.
For Mr. Wadsworth — Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Hill, Johnson, Oldham, Peyton, Sparrow — 7.
For Mr. Hill— Messrs. Clark, Haynes, Henry — 3.
For Mr. Doring — Messrs. Orr, Simms — 2.
second ballot
For Mr. Page — Messrs. Baker, Clark, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchell, Orr, Preston — 11.
For Mr. Wadsworth — Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Hill, Johnson, Oldham, Peyton, Sparrow, Simms, Wigfall — 9.
Mr. Page was declared elected.
On motion of Mr. Orr, twelve o'clock was fixed as the daily hour for the assembling of the Senate, and the Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES[1]
The House was called to order at the hour of 12 o'clock M. by Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, President of the Provisional Congress, Mr. Wm. F. Gordon, of Virginia, acting as temporary clerk, and opened with prayed by Rev. James A. Duncan.
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- ↑ The Journal of the House of Representatives in the first session is printed in Senate Documents, No. 234, Journal of Congress of Confederate States, Volume V. (1903-1904).
