House roll call 43 · 5th Congress · Feb 12, 1798
To amend the breach of privilege resolution, to confine the punishment to a reprimand by the speaker, rather than expulsion.
On Feb 12, 1798, the House voted 44–52. Result: failed. By party: Others 44–52.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 44
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 12, 1798
By party
- Others44 yes · 52 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- 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
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- William Branch Giles 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
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Samuel Sitgreaves 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
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- David Holmes 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
- John Allen O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- John Williams O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Other votes
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