House roll call 78 · 4th Congress · Mar 1, 1797
To pass an act to repeal the third section of the bill to fix the military establishment of the U.S. (over President's veto)
On Mar 1, 1797, the House voted 55–36. Result: passed. By party: Others 55–36.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 1, 1797
By party
- Others55 yes · 36 no · 24 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Zephaniah Swift O-CT
- John Patten O-DE
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Henry Dearborn O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Thomas Sprigg O-MD
- Gabriel Christie O-MD
- James Holland O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- William Francis Strudwick 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
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Isaac Smith O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- John Richards 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
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- George Jackson O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne 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
- Daniel Buck O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Lyman O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Thomas Henderson O-NJ
- Ezekiel Gilbert O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- 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
- Israel Smith O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Gabriel Duvall O-MD
- Jeremiah Crabb O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Absalom Tatom O-NC
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- William Cooper O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Samuel Earle O-SC
- Robert Rutherford O-VA
- Francis Preston O-VA
- George Hancock O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
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