Senate roll call 30 · 5th Congress · Jan 12, 1798
To advise and consent to the nomination of arthur ST.clair to be governor of the territory northwest of the ohio river.
On Jan 12, 1798, the Senate voted 17–8. Result: passed. By party: Others 17–8.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 12, 1798
By party
- Others17 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton 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 Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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