House roll call 116 · 10th Congress · Apr 23, 1808
Require the President to cause to be prepared for service the frigate and other armed vessels of the U.S.
On Apr 23, 1808, the House voted 55–42 (S 25). Result: passed. By party: Others 55–42.
During the 10th Congress (1807–1808), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Apr 23, 1808
By party
- Others55 yes · 42 no · 52 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Joseph Barker O-MA
- Josiah Dean O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- Archibald Van Horne O-MD
- Roger Nelson O-MD
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore O-MD
- William Mccreery O-MD
- John Montgomery O-MD
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Culpepper O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- James Holland O-NC
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- James Sloan O-NJ
- John Lambert O-NJ
- William Kirkpatrick O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Jacob Richards O-PA
- John Pugh O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- John Hiester O-PA
- Matthias Richards O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- Daniel Montgomery Jr. O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- William Hoge O-PA
- Samuel Smith O-PA
- Robert Marion O-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- John Taylor O-SC
- Joseph Calhoun O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- Lemuel James Alston O-SC
- Jesse Wharton O-TN
- John Morrow O-VA
- John Smith O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- Alexander Wilson O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- John Love O-VA
- James Mercer Garnett O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- John Davenport O-CT
- Lewis Burr Sturges O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Timothy Pitkin O-CT
- Dennis Smelt O-GA
- Matthew Lyon O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- Benjamin Howard O-KY
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Daniel Ilsley O-MA
- John Campbell O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- Clement Storer O-NH
- Daniel Meserve Durell O-NH
- Francis Gardner O-NH
- Jedediah Kilburn Smith O-NH
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- Samuel Riker O-NY
- George Clinton O-NY
- John Blake Jr. O-NY
- Daniel Crommelin Verplanck O-NY
- James Isaac Van Alen O-NY
- Killian Killian Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Josiah Masters O-NY
- John Thompson O-NY
- John Russell O-NY
- Reuben Humphrey O-NY
- William Milnor O-PA
- James Kelly O-PA
- Isaac Wilbour O-RI
- John Rhea O-TN
- John George Jackson O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- John Boyle O-KY
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- Jacob Crowninshield O-MA
- Joseph Story O-MA
- Edward St. Loe Livermore O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Jabez Upham O-MA
- William Stedman O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Orchard Cook O-MA
- John Chandler O-MA
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- Thomas Kenan O-NC
- Marmaduke Williams O-NC
- Evan Shelby Alexander O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- Peter Carleton O-NH
- Ezra Darby O-NJ
- Henry Southard O-NJ
- William Helms O-NJ
- Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Barent Gardenier O-NY
- David Thomas O-NY
- Nathan Wilson O-NY
- Peter Swart O-NY
- John Harris O-NY
- Benjamin Say O-PA
- John Porter O-PA
- Joseph Clay O-PA
- Robert Jenkins O-PA
- John Rea O-PA
- Nehemiah Knight O-RI
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- Richard Winn O-SC
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- John Claiborne O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- James Witherell O-VT
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
- James Elliot O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
Other votes
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