Senate roll call 12 · 1st Congress · Sep 3, 1789
To amend the constitutional amendment resolution to add to the fourth article, after the words "common good", the words "to instruct their representatives."
On Sep 3, 1789, the Senate voted 2–14. Result: failed. By party: Others 2–14.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Sep 3, 1789
By party
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Lee O-VA
- William Grayson O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- George Read O-DE
- Richard Bassett O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- William Paterson O-NJ
- Rufus King O-NY
- Robert Morris O-PA
- Ralph Izard O-SC
Did not vote
- William Few O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Philemon Dickinson O-NJ
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- William Maclay O-PA
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- James Monroe O-VA
- John Walker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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