Senate roll call 179 · 5th Congress · Feb 5, 1799
To amend the french trade bill by prohibiting the President to suspend all commercial intercourse between the United States and the west indies.
On Feb 5, 1799, the Senate voted 10–16. Result: failed. By party: Others 10–16.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 5, 1799
By party
- Others10 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Henry O-MD
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- 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
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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