House roll call 251 · 12th Congress · Jan 12, 1813
To amend H.R. 215 by eliminating the power of the President to appoint all officers under the rank of field officers.
On Jan 12, 1813, the House voted 34–74 (HR 215). Result: failed. By party: Others 34–74.
During the 12th Congress (1811–1812), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jan 12, 1813
By party
- Others34 yes · 74 no · 39 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Reed O-MA
- Leonard White O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Laban Wheaton O-MA
- Elijah Brigham O-MA
- Abijah Bigelow O-MA
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Archibald Mcbryde O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Jacob Hufty O-NJ
- James Emott O-NY
- Thomas Burrage Cooke O-NY
- Asa Fitch O-NY
- Harmanus Bleecker O-NY
- Silas Stow O-NY
- William Rodman O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- Thomas Wilson O-VA
- John Baker O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Bolling Hall O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- William Barnett O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Anthony New O-KY
- Stephen Ormsby O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Thomas Bolling Robertson O-LA
- Charles Turner Jr. O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- William Widgery O-MA
- Francis Carr O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Samuel Ringgold O-MD
- Alexander Mckim O-MD
- Peter Little O-MD
- Stevenson Archer O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- William Rufus de Vane King O-NC
- James Cochran O-NC
- Israel Pickens O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- John Adams Harper O-NH
- Obed Hall O-NH
- Samuel Dinsmoor O-NH
- George Clifford Maxwell O-NJ
- Ebenezer Sage O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Benjamin Pond O-NY
- Arunah Metcalf O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Adam Seybert O-PA
- William Anderson O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Robert Brown 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
- William Findley 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
- Richard Winn O-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- Elias Earle O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- John Sevier O-TN
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Smith O-VA
- William Mccoy O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Aylett Hawes O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Hugh Nelson O-VA
- William Strong O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
Did not vote
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- William Merchant Richardson O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Peleg Tallman O-MA
- Philip Stuart O-MD
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Joseph Pearson O-NC
- George Sullivan O-NH
- Josiah Bartlett Jr. O-NH
- James Morgan O-NJ
- Lewis Condict O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- William Paulding Jr. O-NY
- Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. O-NY
- Robert Le Roy Livingston O-NY
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor O-NY
- Thomas Sammons O-NY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold O-NY
- Uri Tracy O-NY
- Daniel Avery O-NY
- Peter Buell Porter O-NY
- James Milnor O-PA
- Joseph Lefever O-PA
- William Piper O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- James Breckinridge O-VA
- Daniel Sheffey O-VA
- John Pratt Hungerford O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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