To pass H.R. 50, a bill to lay a duty on manufactured tabacco and refined sugar.

On May 19, 1794, the House voted 31–56 (HR 50). Result: failed. By party: Others 31–56.

During the 3rd Congress (1793–1794), George Washington was president.

Yes: 31
No: 56
Did not vote: 23
Date: May 19, 1794

By party

Others31 yes · 56 no · 23 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

John Patten O-DE
Christopher Greenup O-KY
Samuel Holten O-MA
Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
Gabriel Duvall O-MD
John Francis Mercer O-MD
Benjamin Edwards O-MD
Uriah Forrest O-MD
Thomas Sprigg O-MD
Samuel Smith O-MD
Paine Wingate O-NH
Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
William Irvine O-PA
Lemuel Benton O-SC
Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
George Hancock O-VA
Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
John Page O-VA
John Heath O-VA
Nathaniel Niles O-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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