House roll call 10 · 1st Congress · Aug 21, 1789
To amend the constitutional amendments resolution to add the word "expressly" so as to read "the powers not expressly delegated by the constitution, nor prohibi
On Aug 21, 1789, the House voted 17–32. Result: failed. By party: Others 17–32.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Aug 21, 1789
By party
- Others17 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Jackson O-GA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Floyd O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer O-NY
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- George Clymer O-PA
- Henry Wynkoop O-PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg O-PA
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Thomas Scott O-PA
- John Brown O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- John Sevier O-NC
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
Other votes
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