Senate roll call 36 · 5th Congress · Jan 25, 1798
To postpone the resolution respecting amendments to the constitution prescribing methods for presidental elections, until the first day of june.
On Jan 25, 1798, the Senate voted 15–13. Result: passed. By party: Others 15–13.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 25, 1798
By party
- Others15 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Bingham O-PA
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- 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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