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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 92

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in the senate. On Feb. 14 a petition of Samuel Watts was presented and referred to the same committee. Though a strong federalist he presented a petition of the inhabitants against the alien and sedition acts. he voted unfailingly with his party and only twice in the yeas and nays did he vote with the minority - the first time he favored limiting the franking privileges to 30 oz per week and the second time in postponing a bill.
Mr. Davenport was t once returned to the house, serving from Dec. 2, 1799 to Mar. 4, 1801. In the debates which were excited by the bills for non-intercourse with France, the slave trade bills, the case of Jonathan Robbins, and the Mississippi affair, Davenport took no important part. It is possible that he debated some, however, for the records are summed up in "the question caused some debate. 1 or
1. Annals of Congress Vol 10 pp 58. 630, 674

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91 in the senate. On Feb. 14 a petition of Samuel Watts was presented and referred to the same committee. Though a strong federalist he presented a petition of the inhabitants against the alien and sedition acts. he voted unfailingly with his party and only twice in the yeas and nays did he vote with the minority - the first time he favored limiting the franking privileges to 30 oz per week and the second time in postponing a bill. Mr. Davenport was t once returned to the house, serving from Dec. 2, 1799 to Mar. 4, 1801. In the debates which were excited by the bills for non-intercourse with France, the slave trade bills, the case of Jonathan Robbins, and the Mississippi affair, Davenport took no important part. It is possible that he debated some, however, for the records are summed up in "the question caused some debate. 1 or 1. Annals of Congress Vol 10 pp 58. 630, 674