House roll call 97 · 5th Congress · Jul 2, 1798
To amend S. 22, so as to eliminate the section authorizing the fitting out of privateers to cruise against french vessels in every part of the ocean.
On Jul 2, 1798, the House voted 39–43 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Others 39–43.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 2, 1798
By party
- Others39 yes · 43 no · 35 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- John Fowler O-KY
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith 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
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard 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
- 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
- John Nicholas 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
- 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
- Isaac Parker 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
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- James Cochran O-NY
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Thomas Evans O-VA
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- William Shepard O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- David Brooks O-NY
- Hezekiah Lord Hosmer O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- John Chapman 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
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
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