To pass H.R. 216, a bill to mitigate or remit the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned. (p. 2292)

On Feb 25, 1797, the House voted 50–34 (HR 216). Result: passed. By party: Others 50–34.

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

Yes: 50
No: 34
Did not vote: 31
Date: Feb 25, 1797

By party

Others50 yes · 34 no · 31 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
James Davenport O-CT
Joshua Coit O-CT
Nathaniel Smith O-CT
Roger Griswold O-CT
Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
Zephaniah Swift O-CT
Abraham Baldwin O-GA
John Milledge O-GA
Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
Samuel Lyman O-MA
Dwight Foster O-MA
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
John Reed O-MA
George Leonard O-MA
Fisher Ames O-MA
Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
George Thacher O-MA
George Dent O-MD
William Craik O-MD
Thomas Sprigg O-MD
Samuel Smith O-MD
William Hindman O-MD
William Vans Murray O-MD
Nathaniel Macon O-NC
James Gillespie O-NC
Abiel Foster O-NH
Jeremiah Smith O-NH
Mark Thomson O-NJ
Thomas Henderson O-NJ
John Hathorn O-NY
Ezekiel Gilbert O-NY
John Evert Van Alen O-NY
Henry Glen O-NY
John Williams O-NY
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
Richard Thomas O-PA
Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
George Ege O-PA
John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
Thomas Hartley O-PA
Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
Francis Malbone O-RI
William Loughton Smith O-SC
Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
Andrew Moore O-VA
Josiah Parker O-VA
Israel Smith O-VT
Daniel Buck O-VT

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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