To pass the resolution that the President be requested to institute an inquiry into the causes of the late defeat of the army under the command of major general

On Mar 27, 1792, the House voted 21–35. Result: failed. By party: Others 21–35.

During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.

Yes: 21
No: 35
Did not vote: 15
Date: Mar 27, 1792

By party

Others21 yes · 35 no · 15 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Amasa Learned O-CT
James Hillhouse O-CT
Jonathan Sturges O-CT
John Vining O-DE
Abraham Baldwin O-GA
Fisher Ames O-MA
Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
Philip Key O-MD
John Francis Mercer O-MD
Samuel Sterett O-MD
William Vans Murray O-MD
John Steele O-NC
Hugh Williamson O-NC
William Barry Grove O-NC
Jeremiah Smith O-NH
Nicholas Gilman O-NH
Samuel Livermore O-NH
Egbert Benson O-NY
James Gordon O-NY
Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
Andrew Gregg O-PA
Thomas Hartley O-PA
Benjamin Bourne O-RI
William Loughton Smith O-SC
Robert Barnwell O-SC
Daniel Huger O-SC
Alexander White O-VA
John Brown O-VA
Andrew Moore O-VA
James Madison Jr. O-VA
Samuel Griffin O-VA
Israel Smith O-VT
Nathaniel Niles O-VT

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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