House roll call 71 · 5th Congress · May 17, 1798
To agree to the amendment to S. 19, to strike the words "within three years after the passing of this act", and insert "before the next session of Congress."
On May 17, 1798, the House voted 40–50 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Others 40–50.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 17, 1798
By party
- Others40 yes · 50 no · 27 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Milledge 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
- 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
- Joseph Hiester 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- 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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