Senate roll call 117 · 8th Congress · Jan 21, 1805
To receive petition of quakers in pennsylvania, and new jersey, to plead cause of the slaves. (p. 39)
On Jan 21, 1805, the Senate voted 19–9. Result: passed. By party: Others 19–9.
During the 8th Congress (1803–1804), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 21, 1805
By party
- Others19 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Samuel White O-DE
- John Brown O-KY
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Timothy Pickering O-MA
- David Stone O-NC
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- Simeon Olcott O-NH
- William Plumer O-NH
- John Condit O-NJ
- John Smith O-OH
- Thomas Worthington O-OH
- George Logan O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- Christopher Ellery O-RI
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- James Jackson O-GA
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- John Smith O-NY
- Joseph Inslee Anderson O-TN
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Stephen Row Bradley O-VT
Did not vote
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- John Breckinridge O-KY
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- De Witt Clinton O-NY
- John Armstrong Jr. O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- Benjamin Howland O-RI
- Samuel John Potter O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- William Cocke O-TN
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- John Taylor O-VA
- Stevens Thomson Mason O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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