Senate roll call 71 · 4th Congress · Feb 6, 1797
To amend the compensation bill by allowing 25 percent increase to members of Congress, and certain others, to begin jan. 1, 1797, and to continue for two years.
On Feb 6, 1797, the Senate voted 20–7. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–7.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 6, 1797
By party
- Others20 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Henry O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- George Walton O-GA
- James Gunn O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- John Hunter O-SC
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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