House roll call 76 · 5th Congress · May 26, 1798
To amend S. 22, for the more effectual protection of the commerce and coasts of the U.S. By making the instructions given the commanders of our vessesl, general
On May 26, 1798, the House voted 20–70 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Others 20–70.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 26, 1798
By party
- Others20 yes · 70 no · 27 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Anthony New 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
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Gillespie O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Thomas Blount 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
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- 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
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- 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
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege 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
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
Other votes
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