House roll call 31 · 1st Congress · Sep 25, 1789
To adhere to the amendment to S. 4, which would provide that writs and processes shall be issued in the name of the U.S. Rather than in the name of the presiden
On Sep 25, 1789, the House voted 28–22 (S 4). Result: passed. By party: Others 28–22.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 25, 1789
By party
- Others28 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Jackson O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- William Floyd O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- George Gale O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- George Clymer O-PA
- Henry Wynkoop O-PA
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Thomas Scott O-PA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- William Smith 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
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
Other votes
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