House roll call 66 · 2nd Congress · Dec 18, 1792
To pass the resolution that the U.S. Be authorized to employ such part of the military force and militia of the U.S. For the protection of the frontiers and if
On Dec 18, 1792, the House voted 21–27. Result: failed. By party: Others 21–27.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 18, 1792
By party
- Others21 yes · 27 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Milledge O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Francis Willis O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Abraham Clark O-NJ
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Robert Barnwell O-SC
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Amasa Learned O-CT
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Artemas Ward O-MA
- Philip Key O-MD
- John Steele O-NC
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Thomas Tredwell O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Anthony Wayne O-GA
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Francis Mercer O-MD
- Samuel Sterett O-MD
- Upton Sheredine O-MD
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- James Gordon O-NY
- Israel Jacobs O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- John Brown O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
Other votes
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