Senate roll call 13 · 5th Congress · Jun 13, 1797
To amend S. 4 by striking out the eighth section, which proposed, "that the President be authorized and empowered to cause to be procured and fitted out, manned
On Jun 13, 1797, the Senate voted 12–15. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–15.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jun 13, 1797
By party
- Others12 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- John Henry O-MD
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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