Senate roll call 79 · 6th Congress · May 14, 1800
To pass H.R. 262, an act to permit, in certain cases, the bringing of slaves into the mississippi territory.
On May 14, 1800, the Senate voted 5–14. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–14.
During the 6th Congress (1799–1800), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 14, 1800
By party
- Others5 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Charles Pinckney O-SC
- Jacob Read O-SC
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Cocke O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Brown O-KY
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Gouverneur Morris O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- James Ross O-PA
- William Bingham O-PA
- Ray Greene O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Did not vote
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Henry Latimer O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Jonathan Mason O-MA
- Samuel Dexter O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MD
- John Eager Howard O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Aaron Ogden O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- James Watson O-NY
- John Armstrong Jr. O-NY
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
- Elijah Paine O-VT
- Nathaniel Chipman O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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