House roll call 16 · 1st Congress · Sep 7, 1789
To amend the seat of government resolution to read "that the permanent seat of the government ought to be --- on the potomac, susquehannah, or delaware rivers.
On Sep 7, 1789, the House voted 23–28. Result: failed. By party: Others 23–28.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Sep 7, 1789
By party
- Others23 yes · 28 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Vining O-DE
- James Jackson O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- John Brown O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- William Floyd O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer 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
Did not vote
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- John Sevier O-NC
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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