Senate roll call 78 · 4th Congress · Feb 28, 1797
To recede from a semate amendment to the accounts resolutions which proposed to call upon the debtor states only for the sum which they had assumed over and abo
On Feb 28, 1797, the Senate voted 14–16. Result: failed. By party: Others 14–16.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 28, 1797
By party
- Others14 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Elijah Paine O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- George Walton O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Rufus King O-NY
- John Hunter O-SC
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Other votes
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