House roll call 5 · 2nd Congress · Dec 14, 1791
To amend H.R. 147 to increase the ratio to 33,000 to one from 30,000 to one. (p. 243)
On Dec 14, 1791, the House voted 29–31 (HR 147). Result: failed. By party: Others 29–31.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Dec 14, 1791
By party
- Others29 yes · 31 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue 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
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Barnwell O-SC
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Anthony Wayne O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Francis Willis O-GA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Philip Key O-MD
- Joshua Seney 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
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- 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
- Amasa Learned O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- George Leonard O-MA
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Francis Mercer O-MD
- John Laurance O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
Other votes
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