House roll call 81 · 6th Congress · Feb 20, 1801
To decide if the motion to take up a resolution is in order; said resolution states that the speaker has assumed a power not his, in directing the expulsion of
On Feb 20, 1801, the House voted 48–54. Result: failed. By party: Others 48–54.
During the 6th Congress (1799–1800), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Feb 20, 1801
By party
- Others48 yes · 54 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Taliaferro O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- John Fowler 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
- John Smith O-NY
- Edward Livingston 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
- John Stewart O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Thomas Sumter 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
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Shepard O-MA
- Ebenezer Mattoon O-MA
- Levi Lincoln 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
- George Baer Jr. 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
- Benjamin Huger O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Robert Page O-VA
- Samuel Goode O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Leven Powell O-VA
- Henry Lee O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- James Jones O-GA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- William Gordon O-NH
- James Linn O-NJ
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Abraham Nott O-SC
- John Marshall O-VA
Other votes
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