Senate roll call 27 · 5th Congress · Jul 10, 1797
To advise and consent to the nomination of william smith to be minister plenipotentiary at the court of portugal.
On Jul 10, 1797, the Senate voted 20–4. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–4.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 10, 1797
By party
- Others20 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Brown O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- William Cocke O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- 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
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
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