Senate roll call 13 · 1st Congress · Sep 4, 1789
To amend the constitutional amendment resolution to add to the 5th article the provision that the military should be under strict subordination to and governed
On Sep 4, 1789, the Senate voted 6–9. Result: failed. By party: Others 6–9.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Sep 4, 1789
By party
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Gunn O-GA
- John Henry O-MD
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Richard Henry Lee O-VA
- William Grayson O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- George Read O-DE
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- William Paterson O-NJ
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
Did not vote
- Richard Bassett O-DE
- William Few O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Philemon Dickinson O-NJ
- Robert Morris O-PA
- William Maclay O-PA
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Ralph Izard O-SC
- James Monroe O-VA
- John Walker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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