House roll call 124 · 5th Congress · Jan 16, 1799
To amend H.R. 141, by making the law apply to any person having intent to usurp the authority of the government by intermeddling in any despute or negotiation b
On Jan 16, 1799, the House voted 39–57 (HR 141). Result: failed. By party: Others 39–57.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 16, 1799
By party
- Others39 yes · 57 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Samuel Smith 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
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- David Holmes O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Jonathan Brace 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 Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- David Brooks O-NY
- Hezekiah Lord Hosmer O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- James Cochran O-NY
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Other votes
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