House roll call 9 · 5th Congress · Jun 10, 1797
To pass the resolution to authorize the President to provide galleys, or other vessels, for the defense of out coast. (p. 297)
On Jun 10, 1797, the House voted 68–21. Result: passed. By party: Others 68–21.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 68
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 10, 1797
By party
- Others68 yes · 21 no · 28 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Davenport O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf 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
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- John Chapman O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Other votes
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