Senate roll call 55 · 4th Congress · May 17, 1796
To amend H.R. 164, by adding the quoted words in the clause authorizing commissioners to sell as many shares of stock in the U.S. Bank as may be proper "and con
On May 17, 1796, the Senate voted 12–13. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–13.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 17, 1796
By party
- Others12 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- George Walton O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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