House roll call 14 · 1st Congress · Sep 7, 1789
To amend the resolution to fix the place for the permament seat of the government, by establishing "the north bank of the potomac river, in the state of marylan
On Sep 7, 1789, the House voted 21–29. Result: failed. By party: Others 21–29.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Sep 7, 1789
By party
- Others21 yes · 29 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Vining O-DE
- James Jackson O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- John Brown O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- Richard Bland Lee O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- William Floyd O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer O-NY
- George Clymer O-PA
- Henry Wynkoop O-PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg O-PA
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Thomas Scott O-PA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- John Sevier O-NC
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Alexander White O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
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