Senate roll call 84 · 5th Congress · May 28, 1798
To amend S. 26, by giving the President power to remove any alien, who may be imprisoned, under the act, for speaking, writing, or printing contrary to the prov
On May 28, 1798, the Senate voted 8–14. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–14.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 28, 1798
By party
- Others8 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Hunter O-SC
- 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
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Laurance O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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