This took place on the 9th of Feb., 1825.
On the morning of that day, the House met at an earlier hour than usual.
The galleries, the lobbies, and the adjacent apartments, were filled to overflowing--with spectators from every part of the Union to witness the momentous event.

It was a scene the most sublime that could be witnessed on earth.

The Representatives of the People, in the exercise of the highest right of freemen, were about to select a citizen to administer the Government of a great Republic.
All the members of the House were present, with the exception of one, who was confined by indisposition.

The Speaker (Henry Clay) took his chair, and the ordinary business of the morning was attended to in the usual manner.

At 12 o'clock, precisely, the members of the Senate entered the hall, preceded by their Sergeant-at-arms, and having the President of the Senate at their head, who was invited to a seat on the right hand of the Speaker.