WILLIAM MACLAY
On June 12, 1789 a Senate committee proposed a federal court system for the nation. Maclay described it as:
President George Washington dispatched David Humphreys on a secret mission to establish a diplomatic mission in Lisbon. To maintain the secrecy, he did not ask the Senate to confirm the appointment in advance.
Maclay’s use of “contraband” stemmed from the Constitutional clause which read: No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States. Maclay used this clause to argue against John Adams and a few others who wanted titles for the United States executive officers.
Madison was very short.
While France was in the midst of a violent revolution, the American debate was on the power and prestige of the Presidency. Then Vice President John Adams was a proponent of a strong executive. Most others were not.
William Maclay was a politician from Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay, along with Robert Morris, was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to the United States Senate. Following his tenure in the Senate, he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on two occasions, as a county judge, and as a presidential elector. He is known for his journal providing historical information on the 1st United States Congress.
