Senate roll call 3 · 5th Congress · May 31, 1797
To postpone consideration of the nomination of john quincy adams to be minister plenipotentiary at the court of prussia.
On May 31, 1797, the Senate voted 12–17. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–17.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 31, 1797
By party
- Others12 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- John Hunter O-SC
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke 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
- John Vining O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- 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
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- 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
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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