House roll call 106 · 5th Congress · Jul 9, 1798
To amend S. 31, by eliminating the clause which would punish any person who writes, prints, speakes or threatens an officer or person in public trust, with any
On Jul 9, 1798, the House voted 43–39 (S 31). Result: passed. By party: Others 43–39.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 9, 1798
By party
- Others43 yes · 39 no · 35 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- William Gordon O-NH
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- David Holmes O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- David Brooks O-NY
- Hezekiah Lord Hosmer O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- James Cochran O-NY
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- William Craik O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Other votes
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