House roll call 20 · 8th Congress · Dec 7, 1803
To amend the Senate resolution amending the constitution so as to increase to five the number of persons from whom the President may be elected, in case of lack
On Dec 7, 1803, the House voted 32–85. Result: failed. By party: Others 32–85.
During the 8th Congress (1803–1804), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 7, 1803
By party
- Others32 yes · 85 no · 33 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Calvin Goddard O-CT
- John Cotton Smith O-CT
- John Davenport O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Simeon Baldwin O-CT
- Thomas Dwight O-MA
- Nahum Mitchell O-MA
- Lemuel Williams O-MA
- Seth Hastings O-MA
- William Stedman O-MA
- Samuel Thatcher O-MA
- John Campbell O-MD
- Thomas Plater O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Samuel Dinsmore Purviance O-NC
- Clifton Clagett O-NH
- Samuel Hunt O-NH
- Samuel Tenney O-NH
- Silas Betton O-NH
- Henry Walter Livingston O-NY
- George Tibbits O-NY
- Gaylord Griswold O-NY
- Thomas Lowndes O-SC
- Benjamin Huger O-SC
- James Stephenson O-VA
- Thomas Lewis O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- James Elliot O-VT
- William Chamberlain O-VT
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Caesar Augustus Rodney O-DE
- David Meriwether O-GA
- Joseph Bryan O-GA
- Peter Early O-GA
- Samuel Hammond O-GA
- Matthew Lyon O-KY
- John Boyle O-KY
- Matthew Walton O-KY
- Thomas Sandford O-KY
- John Fowler O-KY
- George Michael Bedinger O-KY
- Jacob Crowninshield O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Daniel Hiester O-MD
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore O-MD
- William Mccreery O-MD
- John Archer O-MD
- Thomas Wynns O-NC
- Willis Alston O-NC
- William Kennedy O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Marmaduke Williams O-NC
- Nathaniel Alexander O-NC
- James Holland O-NC
- Joseph Winston O-NC
- John Smith O-NY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill O-NY
- Andrew Mccord O-NY
- Daniel Crommelin Verplanck O-NY
- Josiah Hasbrouck O-NY
- Beriah Palmer O-NY
- David Thomas O-NY
- Erastus Root O-NY
- John Paterson O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Jacob Richards O-PA
- Joseph Clay O-PA
- Michael Leib O-PA
- Frederick Conrad O-PA
- Isaac Van Horne O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Isaac Anderson O-PA
- John Whitehill O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- John Stewart O-PA
- John Rea O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- William Hoge O-PA
- John Baptiste Charles Lucas O-PA
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Nehemiah Knight O-RI
- William Butler O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Levi Casey O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- John Baylis Earle O-SC
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- John Rhea O-TN
- William Dickson O-TN
- John George Jackson O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Philip Rootes Thompson O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Thomas Mann Randolph O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Gideon Olin O-VT
Did not vote
- William Eustis O-MA
- Manasseh Cutler O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Phanuel Bishop O-MA
- Simon Larned O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- Phineas Bruce O-MA
- Walter Bowie O-MD
- Roger Nelson O-MD
- Joseph Hopper Nicholson O-MD
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- David Hough O-NH
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Ebenezer Elmer O-NJ
- Henry Southard O-NJ
- James Mott O-NJ
- James Sloan O-NJ
- William Helms O-NJ
- Samuel Riker O-NY
- Joshua Sands O-NY
- George Clinton O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Killian Killian Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Thomas Sammons O-NY
- Oliver Phelps O-NY
- John Hoge O-PA
- Wade Hampton O-SC
- John Smith O-VA
- Alexander Wilson O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Thomas Griffin O-VA
- Christopher Henderson Clark O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
Other votes
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