House roll call 59 · 1st Congress · Jun 18, 1790
To amend H.R. 62, by eliminating the two sections which provide for an excise tax on all spirits distilled in the U.S. (p. 1642)
On Jun 18, 1790, the House voted 19–35 (HR 62). Result: failed. By party: Others 19–35.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jun 18, 1790
By party
- Others19 yes · 35 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- John Steele O-NC
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg O-PA
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- 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
- George Leonard O-MA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Sevier O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- 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
- Henry Wynkoop O-PA
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Thomas Scott O-PA
- John Brown O-VA
Did not vote
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- George Partridge O-MA
- William Smith O-MD
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- George Clymer O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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