Senate roll call 59 · 4th Congress · May 23, 1796
To receive the gentlemen, who claim to be senators from tennessee, as spectators until final Senate decision to admit tennessee as a state.
On May 23, 1796, the Senate voted 12–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 12–11.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 23, 1796
By party
- Others12 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Moses Robinson O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
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
- George Cabot O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- Rufus King 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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