House roll call 56 · 10th Congress · Feb 6, 1808
To postpone until march the consideration of the resolution that it is inexpedient to remove the seat of govenment from the city of washington, and not warrante
On Feb 6, 1808, the House voted 33–86. Result: failed. By party: Others 33–86.
During the 10th Congress (1807–1808), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 6, 1808
By party
- Others33 yes · 86 no · 30 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Davenport O-CT
- Lewis Burr Sturges O-CT
- Timothy Pitkin O-CT
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Matthew Lyon O-KY
- Edward St. Loe Livermore O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Jabez Upham O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Clement Storer O-NH
- Francis Gardner O-NH
- James Sloan O-NJ
- George Clinton O-NY
- Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford O-NY
- John Blake Jr. O-NY
- Barent Gardenier O-NY
- Josiah Masters O-NY
- Reuben Humphrey O-NY
- John Harris O-NY
- Jacob Richards O-PA
- John Porter O-PA
- William Milnor O-PA
- John Hiester O-PA
- Matthias Richards O-PA
- Robert Jenkins O-PA
- Daniel Montgomery Jr. O-PA
- James Kelly O-PA
- John Rea O-PA
- William Hoge O-PA
- Samuel Smith O-PA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Dennis Smelt O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- John Boyle O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Benjamin Howard O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Joseph Barker O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Josiah Dean O-MA
- William Stedman O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Daniel Ilsley O-MA
- John Chandler O-MA
- John Campbell O-MD
- Archibald Van Horne O-MD
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore O-MD
- William Mccreery O-MD
- John Montgomery O-MD
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- Thomas Kenan O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Marmaduke Williams O-NC
- Evan Shelby Alexander O-NC
- James Holland O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- Daniel Meserve Durell O-NH
- Jedediah Kilburn Smith O-NH
- Henry Southard O-NJ
- John Lambert O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- William Helms O-NJ
- Samuel Riker O-NY
- Daniel Crommelin Verplanck O-NY
- James Isaac Van Alen O-NY
- Killian Killian Van Rensselaer O-NY
- John Thompson O-NY
- John Russell O-NY
- William Kirkpatrick O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Robert Brown O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Isaac Wilbour O-RI
- Nehemiah Knight O-RI
- Robert Marion O-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- John Taylor O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Joseph Calhoun O-SC
- Lemuel James Alston O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- Jesse Wharton O-TN
- John Morrow O-VA
- John Smith O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- Alexander Wilson O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- John Love O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- James Mercer Garnett O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- James Witherell O-VT
- James Elliot O-VT
Did not vote
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- Jacob Crowninshield O-MA
- Joseph Story O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Orchard Cook O-MA
- Roger Nelson O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- John Culpepper O-NC
- Peter Carleton O-NH
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Ezra Darby O-NJ
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- David Thomas O-NY
- Nathan Wilson O-NY
- Peter Swart O-NY
- Benjamin Say O-PA
- Joseph Clay O-PA
- John Pugh O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- John George Jackson O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- John Claiborne O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
Other votes
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