Senate roll call 54 · 4th Congress · May 17, 1796
To amend H.R. 164, by striking out the clause giving the commissioners authority to sell any shares of the bank of the United States stock, as they think proper
On May 17, 1796, the Senate voted 8–12. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–12.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 17, 1796
By party
- Others8 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Bingham O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- George Walton O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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