Senate roll call 51 · 7th Congress · Apr 28, 1802
To amend the northwest territory bill by striking out from the 6th section the word, "sold", and inserting "granted", so that every tract of land granted by con
On Apr 28, 1802, the Senate voted 8–14. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–14.
During the 7th Congress (1801–1802), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 28, 1802
By party
- Others8 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Simeon Olcott O-NH
- Aaron Ogden O-NJ
- Gouverneur Morris O-NY
- Stephen Row Bradley O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- John Breckinridge O-KY
- Robert Wright O-MD
- David Stone O-NC
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- De Witt Clinton O-NY
- George Logan O-PA
- Christopher Ellery O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Samuel White O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- Jonathan Mason O-MA
- William Hindman O-MD
- James Sheafe O-NH
- William Plumer O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- John Armstrong Jr. O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- John Ewing Colhoun O-SC
- William Cocke O-TN
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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