George Washington actually said...

"I therefore required your attendance to receive nominations of the several officers necessary to put the Federal Government into motion in that State."

"For this purpose I nominate Nathaniel Chipman to be judge of the district of Vermont; Stephen Jacobs to be attorney for the United States in the district of Vermont; Lewis R. Morris to be marshal of t..."

"Gentlemen of the Senate: The act for the admission of the State of Vermont into this Union having fixed on this as the day of its admission, it was thought that this would also be the first day on whi..."

"I also nominate James Yard, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the United States in the island of Santa Cruz."