Senate roll call 24 · 10th Congress · Mar 7, 1808
To amend the bill for the punishment of treason and other crimes and offenses against the United States by striking out the first section providing death penalt
On Mar 7, 1808, the Senate voted 15–17. Result: failed. By party: Others 15–17.
During the 10th Congress (1807–1808), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 7, 1808
By party
- Others15 yes · 17 no · 5 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Samuel White O-DE
- John Milledge O-GA
- Buckner Thruston O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Timothy Pickering O-MA
- Philip Reed O-MD
- James Turner O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- Stephen Row Bradley O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Harris Crawford O-GA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- Nahum Parker O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- John Condit O-NJ
- John Smith O-NY
- Edward Tiffin O-OH
- Benjamin Howland O-RI
- Elisha Mathewson O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Jonathan Robinson O-VT
Did not vote
- James Lloyd O-MA
- John Smith O-OH
- Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. O-OH
- Michael Leib O-PA
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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