Senate roll call 22 · 5th Congress · Jul 4, 1797
To amend the Senate bill to prevent the arming of private ships, except in certain cases, by striking out the first section which proposed, that no private ship
On Jul 4, 1797, the Senate voted 16–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 16–12.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 4, 1797
By party
- Others16 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- William Bingham O-PA
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
Did not vote
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
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