To agree to the Senate amendment to the bill regarding the mailing of newspapers; which amendment requires newspapers to be sufficiently dried before mailing.

On Mar 2, 1797, the House voted 39–31. Result: passed. By party: Others 39–31.

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

Yes: 39
No: 31
Did not vote: 45
Date: Mar 2, 1797

By party

Others39 yes · 31 no · 45 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
Samuel Lyman O-MA
Dwight Foster O-MA
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
John Reed O-MA
Fisher Ames O-MA
Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
Samuel Sewall O-MA
Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
Henry Dearborn O-MA
Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
George Thacher O-MA
William Francis Strudwick O-NC
James Gillespie O-NC
William Barry Grove O-NC
Nathan Bryan O-NC
Abiel Foster O-NH
Nicholas Gilman O-NH
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
George Ege O-PA
John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
Andrew Gregg O-PA
Wade Hampton O-SC
Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
Josiah Parker O-VA
Daniel Buck O-VT

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the Senate amendment to the bill…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1797,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/4-H-81/to-agree-to-the-senate-amendment-to-the-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).