Senate roll call 32 · 1st Congress · Jun 8, 1790
To decide if it be expedient, at this time to determine upon any place for the permanent seat of the government. (vice President voting in the negative.)
On Jun 8, 1790, the Senate voted 12–12. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–12.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 8, 1790
By party
- Others12 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- James Gunn O-GA
- William Few O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- William Paterson O-NJ
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Ralph Izard O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- George Read O-DE
- Richard Bassett O-DE
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- Robert Morris O-PA
- William Maclay O-PA
- John Walker O-VA
- Richard Henry Lee O-VA
Did not vote
- Philemon Dickinson O-NJ
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- James Monroe O-VA
- William Grayson O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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