Election for the Sixteenth Term, commencing 4th March, 1849, and terminating 3d March, 1853. Zachary Taylor, elected President, took the oath of office, and entered upon its duties, 4th March, 1849. Millard Fillmore, elected Vice President, took the oath of office, and entered upon its duties, 4th March, 1849. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, having deceased on Tuesday the 9th July, 1850; and Congress being then in session: IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. WEDNESDAY, July 10, 1850. The following communication, received by the Secretary of the Senate, was read: To the Senate of the United States: In consequence of the lamented death of Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States, I shall no longer occupy the chair of the Senate; and I have thought that a formal communication to the Senate, to that effect, through your Secretary, might enable you the more promptly to proceed to the choice of a presiding officer. MILLARD FILLMORE. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Fisher: Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I have to perform the melancholy duty of announcing to you that it has pleased Almighty God to remove from this life Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. He deceased last evening, at the hour of half past ten o'clock, in the midst of his family and surrounded by affectionate friends, calmly and in the full possession of all his faculties. Among his last words were these, which he uttered with emphatic distinctness: "I have always done my duty-I am ready to die-my only regret is for the friends I leave behind me." Having announced to you, fellow-citizens, this most afflicting bereavement, and assuring you that it has penetrated no heart with deeper grief than mine, it remains for me to say, that I propose this day, at 12 o'clock, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in the presence of both Houses of Congress, to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, to enable me to enter on the execution of the office which this event has devolved on me. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850. MILLARD FILLMORE. A similar message having been communicated to the House of Representatives and the necessary arrangements made between the two Houses:At 12 o'clock meridian The President of the United States, the Heads of Departments, the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and the Senate of the United States, having entered the Hall of the House of RepresentativesThe oath of office was administered to the President by the Honourable William Cranch, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Synoptical table of terms of office, and length of service, in the Senate, and of the Presidents pro Names of Vice Presi- States. of the Vice Presidents of the United States and Presidents of the Senate, tempore of the Senate, viz: 24 Mar. 1789 3 Mar. 1793 123456789012 10 11 12 21 April 1789 6 Aug. 1789 19 Aug. 1789 29 Sept. 1789 12 Aug. 1790 3 Mar. 1791 4 Mar. 1791 17 April 1792 8 May 1792 4 Dec. 1792 28 Feb. 1793 3 Mar. 1793 13 14 4 Mar. 1793 3 Mar. 1797 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 4 Mar. 1793 30 May 1794 9 June 1794 9 Nov. 1794 19 Feb. 1795 3 Mar. 1795 26 June 1795 8 Dec. 1795 5 May 1796 1 June 1796 15 Feb. 1797 3 Mar. 1797 25 4 Mar. 1797 3 Mar. 1801 26 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 |