Senate roll call 200 · 5th Congress · Mar 2, 1799
To amend the militia bill by providing that it shall be lawful for the President to forbear to call on the executive authority of any particular state or states
On Mar 2, 1799, the Senate voted 13–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 13–11.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 2, 1799
By party
- Others13 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- 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
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- James Ross O-PA
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- 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
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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