House roll call 30 · 5th Congress · Jul 1, 1797
To amend H.R. 8, by eliminating the clause which forbids receiving any paper not legally stamped, in any court of justice, in evidence. (p. 432)
On Jul 1, 1797, the House voted 37–40 (HR 8). Result: failed. By party: Others 37–40.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jul 1, 1797
By party
- Others37 yes · 40 no · 40 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- David Holmes O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas 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
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- 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
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- James Machir O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Robert Waln O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Other votes
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