Senate roll call 88 · 1st Congress · Feb 12, 1791
To pass the house bill (1 stat 199, 3-3-1791), repealing after the last day of june next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad
On Feb 12, 1791, the Senate voted 20–5. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–5.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Feb 12, 1791
By party
- Others20 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- George Read O-DE
- Richard Bassett O-DE
- William Few O-GA
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- Philemon Dickinson O-NJ
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Robert Morris O-PA
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Ralph Izard O-SC
- James Monroe O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Gunn O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- William Maclay O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
Did not vote
- William Paterson O-NJ
- John Walker O-VA
- Richard Henry Lee O-VA
- William Grayson O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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