JOURNAL

OF THE

SENATE OF OHIO,

AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE

THIRTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HELD IN THE CITY OF COLUmbus, and coMMENCING

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1840, '

AND IN THE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR OF SAID STATE.

COLUMBUS:

SAMUEL MEDARY, PRINTER TO THE STATE.

1840.

At the first session of the thirty ninth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, under the constitution of said state, convened at the city of Columbus, on Monday, the seventh day of December, A. D., 1840, being the first Monday of said month, the following members, qualified at the last session, appeared and took their seats, to wit:

From the counties of

Morgan, Perry and Washington-ISAAC HUMPHREYS.
Champaign, Clark and Logan-JOSEPH VANCE.
Hamilton JAMES J. FARAN.

Belmont-THOMAS SHANNON.
Clermont-DowTY UTTER.

Jefferson-JAMES MITCHELL.

Columbiana and Carroll-JOSEPH THOMPSON, jr.

Adams, Brown and Scioto-JOHN GLOVER.

Franklin and Pickaway-JOHN L. GREEN.

Cuyahoga-RICHARD LORD.

Geauga and Ashtabula-BENJAMIN BISSELL.

Athens, Gallia, Lawrence and Meigs-SIMEON Nash.
Highland and Clinton-THOMAS PATTERSON.

Muskingum-JAMES HENDERSON.

Richland-WILLIAM M'LAUGHLIN.

Jackson, Pike and Ross-JOHN HOUGH.
Guernsey and Monroe-WILLIAM SCOTT.

Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Henry, Williams, Paulding, Putnam, Vanwert, Allen, Hardin and Shelby-JOHN E. HUNT.

The following Senators also appeared, produced certificates of their election, and being duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed by the constitution of the State of Ohio, took their seats in the Senate, to wit:

From the counties of
Hamilton-GEORGE W. HOLMES.

Butler and Preble-ROBERT HAZELTINE.
Medina and Lorain-JAMES S. CARPENTER.

Huron and Erie-JOSEPH M. ROOT.

Trumbull-JOHN CROWELL.

Wayne- JOHN H. HARRIS.

Stark-JACOB HOSTETTER.

Licking-BURRELL B. TAYLOR.

Fairfield and Pickaway-SAMUEL SPANGLER..