Senate roll call 43 · 8th Congress · Jan 17, 1804
To amend S. 23 by striking out of the 5th section the words, "which are capital."
On Jan 17, 1804, the Senate voted 11–16. Result: failed. By party: Others 11–16.
During the 8th Congress (1803–1804), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 17, 1804
By party
- Others11 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Samuel White O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- William Plumer O-NH
- John Smith O-OH
- Thomas Worthington O-OH
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- Christopher Ellery O-RI
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- John Breckinridge O-KY
- Timothy Pickering O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- David Stone O-NC
- Simeon Olcott O-NH
- John Condit O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- George Logan O-PA
- Benjamin Howland O-RI
- Samuel John Potter O-RI
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Stephen Row Bradley O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- De Witt Clinton O-NY
- John Armstrong Jr. O-NY
- John Smith O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- John Taylor O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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