House roll call 74 · 5th Congress · May 22, 1798
To amend H.R. 91, to provide compensation to marchalls, clerks, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses in the courts of the United States, and to repeal certain parts
On May 22, 1798, the House voted 35–45 (HR 91). Result: failed. By party: Others 35–45.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 22, 1798
By party
- Others35 yes · 45 no · 37 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- John Fowler O-KY
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- 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
- John Williams O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- David Holmes O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich 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
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman 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
- 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
- James Cochran O-NY
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- 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
- John Allen O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell 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
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
Other votes
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