Senate roll call 85 · 4th Congress · Mar 3, 1797
To pass the resolution to request the President to initiate treaties with indian tribes with claims to certain western lands ceded by the state of north carolin
On Mar 3, 1797, the Senate voted 8–18. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–18.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 3, 1797
By party
- Others8 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Aaron Burr O-NY
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- George Walton O-GA
- James Gunn O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- George Cabot O-MA
- Richard Potts O-MD
- Frederick Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- Rufus King O-NY
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- John Hunter O-SC
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Moses Robinson O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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