Senate roll call 78 · 5th Congress · May 22, 1798
To amend S. 19, by exempting any soldier in the service of the United States from all personal arrests, for any debt or contract created subsequent to enlistmen
On May 22, 1798, the Senate voted 7–16. Result: failed. By party: Others 7–16.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 22, 1798
By party
- Others7 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Brown O-KY
- Alexander Martin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson 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
- Joshua Clayton O-DE
- Josiah Tattnall O-GA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- William North O-NY
- William Bingham O-PA
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Jacob Read O-SC
- John Hunter O-SC
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Did not vote
- John Vining O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Rutherfurd O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- John Sloss Hobart O-NY
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- William Bradford O-RI
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Daniel Smith O-TN
- William Blount O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
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