House roll call 17 · 1st Congress · Sep 7, 1789
To amend the seat of government resolution, by providing to locate the capitol on the banks of the delaware river.
On Sep 7, 1789, the House voted 4–46. Result: failed. By party: Others 4–46.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 4
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 7, 1789
By party
- Others4 yes · 46 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- James Jackson O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll 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
- 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
Did not vote
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- 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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