Senate roll call 33 · 1st Congress · Jun 8, 1790
To amend the bill to determine the permanent seat of Congress and the U.S. Government; to insert "the easterly bank of the potomac", as a site for the governmen
On Jun 8, 1790, the Senate voted 9–15. Result: failed. By party: Others 9–15.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 8, 1790
By party
- Others9 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- James Gunn O-GA
- William Few O-GA
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- 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
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- John Langdon O-NH
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- William Paterson 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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