Senate roll call 72 · 4th Congress · Feb 6, 1797
To pass the Senate bill to punish frauds committed on the bank of the United States. (vice President voting in the negative).
On Feb 6, 1797, the Senate voted 14–14. Result: failed. By party: Others 14–14.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 6, 1797
By party
- Others14 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- George Walton O-GA
- James Gunn O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- John Hunter O-SC
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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