Senate roll call 187 · 5th Congress · Feb 16, 1799
To agree to the amendment to the Senate bill , (app. 3/2/1799, 1 stat 725), a bill giving eventual authority to the President to augment the army; by providing
On Feb 16, 1799, the Senate voted 17–7. Result: passed. By party: Others 17–7.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 16, 1799
By party
- Others17 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- James Watson O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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