House roll call 69 · 12th Congress · Feb 18, 1812
To amend H.R. 37 so as to limit the power given the state legislatures of disposing of arms.
On Feb 18, 1812, the House voted 51–55 (HR 37). Result: failed. By party: Others 51–55.
During the 12th Congress (1811–1812), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 51
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 18, 1812
By party
- Others51 yes · 55 no · 41 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bolling Hall O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Stephen Ormsby O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- William Merchant Richardson O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Samuel Ringgold O-MD
- Peter Little O-MD
- Robert Wright O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- Obed Hall O-NH
- Samuel Dinsmoor O-NH
- George Clifford Maxwell O-NJ
- Jacob Hufty O-NJ
- James Morgan O-NJ
- Lewis Condict O-NJ
- Ebenezer Sage O-NY
- William Anderson O-PA
- Joseph Lefever O-PA
- George Smith O-PA
- William Piper O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Langdon Cheves O-SC
- William Lowndes O-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- Elias Earle O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Smith O-VA
- Aylett Hawes O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Hugh Nelson O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
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
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- William Reed O-MA
- Leonard White O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Charles Turner Jr. O-MA
- Laban Wheaton O-MA
- Elijah Brigham O-MA
- Abijah Bigelow O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- William Widgery O-MA
- Philip Stuart O-MD
- Alexander Mckim O-MD
- Stevenson Archer O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- Asa Fitch O-NY
- Robert Le Roy Livingston O-NY
- Harmanus Bleecker O-NY
- Thomas Sammons O-NY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold O-NY
- Uri Tracy O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- James Milnor O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- William Rodman O-PA
- Roger Davis O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Aaron Lyle O-PA
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- William Butler O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- Thomas Wilson O-VA
- John Baker O-VA
- William Mccoy O-VA
- James Breckinridge O-VA
- Daniel Sheffey O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
Did not vote
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- William Barnett O-GA
- Anthony New O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Thomas Bolling Robertson O-LA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Peleg Tallman O-MA
- Francis Carr O-MA
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- George Sullivan O-NH
- John Adams Harper O-NH
- Josiah Bartlett Jr. O-NH
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- William Paulding Jr. O-NY
- Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. O-NY
- James Emott O-NY
- Thomas Burrage Cooke O-NY
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor O-NY
- Benjamin Pond O-NY
- Silas Stow O-NY
- Arunah Metcalf O-NY
- Daniel Avery O-NY
- Peter Buell Porter O-NY
- Adam Seybert O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- John M. Hyneman O-PA
- William Crawford O-PA
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- John Sevier O-TN
- John Pratt Hungerford O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- William Strong O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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