To amend the resolution "that it is expedient to pass the laws necessary for carrying into effect the recent treaty with the king of spain," by striking out "it

On Apr 14, 1796, the House voted 37–55. Result: failed. By party: Others 37–55.

During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.

Yes: 37
No: 55
Did not vote: 23
Date: Apr 14, 1796

By party

Others37 yes · 55 no · 23 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Abraham Baldwin O-GA
John Milledge O-GA
Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
William Lyman O-MA
Jeremiah Crabb O-MD
Thomas Sprigg O-MD
Gabriel Christie O-MD
James Holland O-NC
Matthew Locke O-NC
Jesse Franklin O-NC
Absalom Tatom O-NC
Nathaniel Macon O-NC
James Gillespie O-NC
William Barry Grove O-NC
Dempsey Burges O-NC
Thomas Blount O-NC
Nathan Bryan O-NC
John Samuel Sherburne O-NH
Edward Livingston O-NY
Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
John Hathorn O-NY
Theodorus Bailey O-NY
John Swanwick O-PA
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
John Richards O-PA
Daniel Hiester O-PA
Samuel Maclay O-PA
Andrew Gregg O-PA
David Bard O-PA
William Findley O-PA
Albert Gallatin O-PA
Wade Hampton O-SC
Lemuel Benton O-SC
Richard Winn O-SC
Samuel Earle O-SC
Robert Rutherford O-VA
George Jackson O-VA
Francis Preston O-VA
George Hancock O-VA
Isaac Coles O-VA
Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
Thomas Claiborne O-VA
William Branch Giles O-VA
Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
Josiah Parker O-VA
John Page O-VA
John Clopton O-VA
Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
James Madison Jr. O-VA
Anthony New O-VA
Richard Brent O-VA
John Nicholas O-VA
John Heath O-VA
Israel Smith O-VT

Did not vote

Other votes

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