House roll call 70 · 5th Congress · May 17, 1798
To amend S. 19, by replacing the phrase "company or companies of volunteers" with the phrase "militia corps" established by law in any state. (p. 1770)
On May 17, 1798, the House voted 39–51 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Others 39–51.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 17, 1798
By party
- Others39 yes · 51 no · 27 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell 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
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter 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
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent 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
- John Milledge O-GA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Williams O-NY
- John Chapman O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper 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
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- James Cochran O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
Other votes
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