Senate roll call 21 · 5th Congress · Jun 27, 1797
To pass the Senate bill to authorize the President to lay, regulate, and revoke embargos.
On Jun 27, 1797, the Senate voted 12–15. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–15.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jun 27, 1797
By party
- Others12 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Ross O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Bradford O-RI
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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