Senate roll call 86 · 5th Congress · May 28, 1798
To amend S. 26 by eliminating the section of the act which gives the President the power to remove any alien he may consider dangerous to the peace of the count
On May 28, 1798, the Senate voted 10–13. Result: failed. By party: Others 10–13.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 28, 1798
By party
- Others10 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- 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
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- 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
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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