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Proclamation—Convening an Extra Session of the United States Senate

December 20, 1836

The President of the United States to _______,Senator for the State of ______:

By virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate of the United States to meet in the Senate Chamber on the 4th day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to receive any communication the President of the United States may think it his duty to make.

ANDREW JACKSON.

Andrew Jackson, Proclamation—Convening an Extra Session of the United States Senate Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201767

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