Senate roll call 40 · 10th Congress · Apr 19, 1808
To amend the "embargo act", by eliminating the word "port" and substituting the word "district" in section one, line ten.
On Apr 19, 1808, the Senate voted 9–17. Result: failed. By party: Others 9–17.
During the 10th Congress (1807–1808), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 19, 1808
By party
- Others9 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- John Pope O-KY
- Timothy Pickering O-MA
- Philip Reed O-MD
- John Smith O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- John Smith O-OH
- Elisha Mathewson O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel White O-DE
- John Milledge O-GA
- William Harris Crawford O-GA
- Buckner Thruston O-KY
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- James Turner O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- John Condit O-NJ
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- Benjamin Howland O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Jonathan Robinson O-VT
Did not vote
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- James Lloyd O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- Nahum Parker O-NH
- Edward Tiffin O-OH
- Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. O-OH
- Michael Leib O-PA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Stephen Row Bradley O-VT
Other votes
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