Senate roll call 50 · 5th Congress · Mar 8, 1798
To postpone H.R. 55 to december.
On Mar 8, 1798, the Senate voted 14–15. Result: failed. By party: Others 14–15.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 8, 1798
By party
- Others14 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Gunn O-GA
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- James Watson 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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