House roll call 191 · 13th Congress · Oct 4, 1814
To postpone, indefinitely, the resolution that it is expedient, at this time, to remove the seat of government from the city of washington.
On Oct 4, 1814, the House voted 61–77. Result: failed. By party: Others 61–77.
During the 13th Congress (1813–1814), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 61
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Oct 4, 1814
By party
- Others61 yes · 77 no · 58 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bolling Hall O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Thomas Telfair O-GA
- William Barnett O-GA
- Joseph H. Hawkins O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Montgomery O-KY
- Samuel Dana O-MA
- Levi Hubbard O-MA
- Philip Stuart O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Alexander Contee Hanson O-MD
- Alexander Mckim O-MD
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore O-MD
- Stevenson Archer O-MD
- William Gaston O-NC
- William Rufus de Vane King O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Culpepper O-NC
- Bartlett Yancey O-NC
- Joseph Pearson O-NC
- Peter Forney O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- Ebenezer Sage O-NY
- John Lefferts O-NY
- William Irving O-NY
- Daniel Avery O-NY
- John Mclean O-OH
- David Bard O-PA
- Isaac Griffin O-PA
- Thomas Wilson O-PA
- William Lowndes O-SC
- John Joel Chappell O-SC
- David Reid Evans O-SC
- Elias Earle O-SC
- Samuel Farrow O-SC
- John Kershaw O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- John Sevier O-TN
- Thomas K. Harris O-TN
- Parry Wayne Humphreys O-TN
- Francis White O-VA
- John Smith O-VA
- William Mccoy O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- John Pratt Hungerford O-VA
- Aylett Hawes O-VA
- Philip Pendleton Barbour O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- Thomas Monteagle Bayly O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- John Kerr O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Hugh Nelson O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- James Fisk O-VT
- William Strong O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- John Davenport O-CT
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley O-CT
- Lewis Burr Sturges O-CT
- Lyman Law O-CT
- Thomas Cooper O-DE
- James Clark O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Solomon P. Sharp O-KY
- Stephen Ormsby O-KY
- William Pope Duval O-KY
- Artemas Ward Jr. O-MA
- Timothy Pickering O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- William Baylies O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Laban Wheaton O-MA
- Elijah Brigham O-MA
- Abijah Bigelow O-MA
- John Whitefield Hulbert O-MA
- Nathaniel Ruggles O-MA
- Cyrus King O-MA
- George Bradbury O-MA
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Israel Pickens O-NC
- Bradbury Cilley O-NH
- Jeduthun Wilcox O-NH
- Roger Vose O-NH
- Lewis Condict O-NJ
- Thomas Ward O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Richard Stockton O-NJ
- William Coxe Jr. O-NJ
- Jotham Post Jr. O-NY
- Peter Denoyelles O-NY
- Thomas Jackson Oakley O-NY
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor O-NY
- Jonathan Fisk O-NY
- Samuel Sherwood O-NY
- John Lovett O-NY
- Hosea Moffitt O-NY
- John W. Taylor O-NY
- Elisha I. Winter O-NY
- Alexander Boyd O-NY
- Jacob Markell O-NY
- Joel Thompson O-NY
- Morris Smith Miller O-NY
- Moss Kent O-NY
- James Geddes O-NY
- Oliver Cromwell Comstock O-NY
- John Alexander O-OH
- William Creighton Jr. O-OH
- James Caldwell O-OH
- Adam Seybert O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll O-PA
- John Conard O-PA
- Roger Davis O-PA
- Hugh Glasgow O-PA
- John Rea O-PA
- William Crawford O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Daniel Udree O-PA
- William Piper O-PA
- Jared Irwin O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Aaron Lyle O-PA
- Adamson Tannehill O-PA
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- Theodore Gourdin O-SC
- John George Jackson O-VA
- Charles Rich O-VT
- Ezra Butler O-VT
- Richard Skinner O-VT
- William Czar Bradley O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Timothy Pitkin O-CT
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Samuel Hopkins O-KY
- Thomas Bolling Robertson O-LA
- William Reed O-MA
- William Merchant Richardson O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Daniel Dewey O-MA
- Samuel Davis O-MA
- Abiel Wood O-MA
- John Wilson O-MA
- James Parker O-MA
- Samuel Ringgold O-MD
- Robert Wright O-MD
- William Hardy Murfree O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- Daniel Webster O-NH
- Samuel Smith O-NH
- William Hale O-NH
- Jacob Hufty O-NJ
- Thomas Bines O-NJ
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck O-NY
- Zebulon Rudd Shipherd O-NY
- Isaac Williams Jr. O-NY
- John Myer Bowers O-NY
- William Stephens Smith O-NY
- Nathaniel Woodhull Howell O-NY
- Samuel Miles Hopkins O-NY
- James Kilbourne O-OH
- David Clendenin O-OH
- Reasin Beall O-OH
- William Anderson O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Samuel Henderson O-PA
- Amos Slaymaker O-PA
- Edward Crouch O-PA
- James Whitehill O-PA
- John Gloninger O-PA
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham O-PA
- John M. Hyneman O-PA
- Isaac Smith O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Langdon Cheves O-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- John H. Bowen O-TN
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Newton Cannon O-TN
- James Breckinridge O-VA
- Daniel Sheffey O-VA
- Hugh Caperton O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- James Johnson O-VA
Other votes
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