Senate roll call 42 · 4th Congress · May 3, 1796
To amend H.R. 144, by eliminating the clause which provides that the United States shall pay the surplus of debt, not met by the sale of certain lots in washing
On May 3, 1796, the Senate voted 8–16. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–16.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 3, 1796
By party
- Others8 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Moses Robinson O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- George Cabot O-MA
- John Henry O-MD
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Rufus King O-NY
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- George Walton O-GA
- James Gunn O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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