Senate roll call 152 · 5th Congress · Jul 12, 1798
To amend the house amendment to S. 31 by striking out the words "or bring them into contempt or disrepute, or to excite against them the hatred of the good peop
On Jul 12, 1798, the Senate voted 5–17. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–17.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 12, 1798
By party
- Others5 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson 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
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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