Senate roll call 137 · 5th Congress · Jul 4, 1798
To amend S. 31, by eliminating that part which provides for the punishment of any person who shall print, publish, speak, traduce or defame the President, or an
On Jul 4, 1798, the Senate voted 8–15. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–15.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jul 4, 1798
By party
- Others8 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Brown O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- William North O-NY
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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