Senate roll call 129 · 5th Congress · Jun 30, 1798
To amend H.R. 143 by striking the proviso that limits the enumeration of slaves to those from 12 to 50 years of age.
On Jun 30, 1798, the Senate voted 10–11. Result: failed. By party: Others 10–11.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 30, 1798
By party
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Laurance O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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