House roll call 111 · 12th Congress · Mar 25, 1812
To pass the resolution to direct the att. General to report to this house whether the penal code requires alteration.
On Mar 25, 1812, the House voted 65–45. Result: passed. By party: Others 65–45.
During the 12th Congress (1811–1812), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 65
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 25, 1812
By party
- Others65 yes · 45 no · 37 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley O-CT
- Lewis Burr Sturges O-CT
- Lyman Law O-CT
- Timothy Pitkin O-CT
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- Stephen Ormsby O-KY
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- William Reed O-MA
- Leonard White O-MA
- William Merchant Richardson O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Charles Turner Jr. O-MA
- Laban Wheaton O-MA
- Elijah Brigham O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- William Widgery O-MA
- Philip Stuart O-MD
- Stevenson Archer O-MD
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- George Clifford Maxwell O-NJ
- Jacob Hufty O-NJ
- Lewis Condict O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- Ebenezer Sage O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- James Emott O-NY
- Asa Fitch O-NY
- Robert Le Roy Livingston O-NY
- Harmanus Bleecker O-NY
- Silas Stow O-NY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold O-NY
- Arunah Metcalf O-NY
- Peter Buell Porter O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Adam Seybert O-PA
- James Milnor O-PA
- William Anderson O-PA
- John M. Hyneman O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- George Smith O-PA
- William Crawford O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- Richard Winn O-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- John Sevier O-TN
- Thomas Wilson O-VA
- James Breckinridge O-VA
- Daniel Sheffey O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- Aylett Hawes O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Hugh Nelson O-VA
- William Strong O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Bolling Hall O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Anthony New O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Alexander Mckim O-MD
- Peter Little O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- William Rufus de Vane King O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Israel Pickens O-NC
- John Adams Harper O-NH
- Obed Hall O-NH
- Samuel Dinsmoor O-NH
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Benjamin Pond O-NY
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- William Rodman O-PA
- Joseph Lefever O-PA
- Roger Davis O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Piper O-PA
- Aaron Lyle O-PA
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Langdon Cheves O-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- William Lowndes O-SC
- Elias Earle O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Smith O-VA
- William Mccoy O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
Did not vote
- John Davenport O-CT
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- William Barnett O-GA
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Thomas Bolling Robertson O-LA
- Abijah Bigelow O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Peleg Tallman O-MA
- Francis Carr O-MA
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Samuel Ringgold O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- Archibald Mcbryde O-NC
- James Cochran O-NC
- Joseph Pearson O-NC
- George Sullivan O-NH
- Josiah Bartlett Jr. O-NH
- James Morgan O-NJ
- William Paulding Jr. O-NY
- Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Burrage Cooke O-NY
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor O-NY
- Thomas Sammons O-NY
- Uri Tracy O-NY
- Daniel Avery O-NY
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- John Baker O-VA
- John Pratt Hungerford O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
Other votes
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