John Jay of New York was confirmed as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. The second session of the First Congress convened on January 6. 1790. Washington stood before a join session to deliver his State of the Union message which contained a long shopping list of proposals for legislation. Among them were a uniform system of weights and measures. procedures for naturalizing new citizens. and action on the proposals of the Secretary of Treasury. This last issue. Hamiltons proposals. would occupy the Congress throughout the session. generate the bitterest debates thus far. and expose the first scandal to touch the House and Senate.
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