House roll call 48 · 2nd Congress · Apr 9, 1792
To amend H.R. 179 to apportion representatives according to the first census, to increase the representational ratio. (p. 548)
On Apr 9, 1792, the House voted 34–30 (HR 179). Result: passed. By party: Others 34–30.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Apr 9, 1792
By party
- Others34 yes · 30 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Amasa Learned O-CT
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
- Artemas Ward O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Abraham Clark O-NJ
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- James Gordon O-NY
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Israel Jacobs O-PA
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera 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
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Francis Willis O-GA
- Philip Key O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- John Francis Mercer O-MD
- Samuel Sterett O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Upton Sheredine O-MD
- John Steele O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Thomas Tredwell O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- John Brown O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Anthony Wayne O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- George Leonard O-MA
- William Hindman O-MD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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