Senate roll call 63 · 5th Congress · Apr 9, 1798
To order the previous question on the resolution "that the instructions to the envoys to the french republic, referred to in the message of the President of the
On Apr 9, 1798, the Senate voted 15–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 15–11.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 9, 1798
By party
- Others15 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Bingham O-PA
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- Henry Tazewell O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Henry O-MD
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William North O-NY
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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