House roll call 24 · 12th Congress · Dec 19, 1811
To amend the resolution to allow merchant vessels to arm in self-defense against all unlawful proceedings toward them on the high seas, to eliminate the phrase
On Dec 19, 1811, the House voted 46–77. Result: failed. By party: Others 46–77.
During the 12th Congress (1811–1812), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 19, 1811
By party
- Others46 yes · 77 no · 24 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bolling Hall O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Anthony New O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Stephen Ormsby O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- William Reed O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Samuel Ringgold O-MD
- Alexander Mckim O-MD
- Peter Little O-MD
- Stevenson Archer O-MD
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Rufus de Vane King O-NC
- Josiah Bartlett Jr. O-NH
- Samuel Dinsmoor O-NH
- James Morgan O-NJ
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Daniel Avery O-NY
- Peter Buell Porter O-NY
- William Anderson O-PA
- John M. Hyneman O-PA
- Roger Davis O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- George Smith O-PA
- William Crawford O-PA
- Aaron Lyle O-PA
- William Butler O-SC
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- William Mccoy O-VA
- Aylett Hawes O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- John Davenport 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
- Leonard White O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Charles Turner Jr. O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Laban Wheaton O-MA
- Elijah Brigham O-MA
- Abijah Bigelow O-MA
- William Widgery O-MA
- Peleg Tallman O-MA
- Philip Stuart O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Archibald Mcbryde O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- James Cochran O-NC
- Joseph Pearson O-NC
- Israel Pickens O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- John Adams Harper O-NH
- Obed Hall O-NH
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- George Clifford Maxwell O-NJ
- Jacob Hufty O-NJ
- Lewis Condict O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- Ebenezer Sage O-NY
- William Paulding Jr. O-NY
- Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Burrage Cooke O-NY
- Asa Fitch O-NY
- Robert Le Roy Livingston O-NY
- Harmanus Bleecker O-NY
- Benjamin Pond O-NY
- Silas Stow O-NY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold O-NY
- Arunah Metcalf O-NY
- Uri Tracy O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- James Milnor O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- William Rodman O-PA
- Joseph Lefever O-PA
- William Piper O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- Langdon Cheves O-SC
- William Lowndes O-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- John Sevier O-TN
- Thomas Wilson O-VA
- John Baker O-VA
- John Smith O-VA
- James Breckinridge O-VA
- Daniel Sheffey O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Hugh Nelson O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
Did not vote
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- William Barnett O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Thomas Bolling Robertson O-LA
- William Merchant Richardson O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Francis Carr O-MA
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- George Sullivan O-NH
- James Emott O-NY
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor O-NY
- Thomas Sammons O-NY
- Adam Seybert O-PA
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Elias Earle O-SC
- John Pratt Hungerford O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- William Strong O-VT
Other votes
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