House roll call 72 · 6th Congress · Jan 23, 1801
To pass the resolution to continue in force the act commonly called the sedition law. (speaker voting in the affirmative). (p. 975)
On Jan 23, 1801, the House voted 49–48. Result: passed. By party: Others 49–48.
During the 6th Congress (1799–1800), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 49
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 23, 1801
By party
- Others49 yes · 48 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- Elizur Goodrich O-CT
- John Cotton Smith O-CT
- John Davenport O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- William Shepard O-MA
- Lemuel Williams O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Nathan Read O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Silas Lee O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- John Chew Thomas O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Joseph Dickson O-NC
- Archibald Henderson O-NC
- William Henry Hill O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- James Sheafe O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Samuel Tenney O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- Franklin Davenport O-NJ
- John Bird O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- Jonas Platt O-NY
- William Cooper O-NY
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Henry Woods O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- John Brown O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Robert Page O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Leven Powell O-VA
- Henry Lee O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Taliaferro O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Phanuel Bishop O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Gabriel Christie O-MD
- Joseph Hopper Nicholson O-MD
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- David Stone O-NC
- Willis Alston O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- John Condit O-NJ
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- James Linn O-NJ
- John Smith O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Thompson O-NY
- Michael Leib O-PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Benjamin Huger O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Abraham Nott O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- David Holmes O-VA
- George Jackson O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- Samuel Goode O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- James Jones O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Ebenezer Mattoon O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Gordon O-NH
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- John Stewart O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- John Marshall O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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