House roll call 71 · 1st Congress · Jul 9, 1790
To amend S. 12, to change the date for moving the seat of government from dec. 1790, to may 1792.
On Jul 9, 1790, the House voted 28–32 (S 12). Result: failed. By party: Others 28–32.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Jul 9, 1790
By party
- Others28 yes · 32 no · 6 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- James Schureman 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
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- John Sevier O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- 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
- Thomas Sumter 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
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
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