Senate roll call 40 · 5th Congress · Feb 12, 1798
To amend the motion to postpone the Senate bill relating to certain proceedings in cases of impeachment, by extending the postponement until june.
On Feb 12, 1798, the Senate voted 5–22. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–22.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 12, 1798
By party
- Others5 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Jacob Read O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- John Hunter O-SC
- 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
- James Gunn O-GA
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Laurance 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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend the motion to postpone the Senate…: Senate Vote, Feb 12, 1798,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/5-S-40/to-amend-the-motion-to-postpone-the-senate-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).