To sustain the decision of the chair concerning an amendment to the resolution concerning the meeting place of the next session of Congress.

On May 31, 1790, the House voted 29–29. Result: failed. By party: Others 29–29.

During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.

Yes: 29
No: 29
Did not vote: 8
Date: May 31, 1790

By party

Others29 yes · 29 no · 8 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
Daniel Carroll O-MD
John Sevier O-NC
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
Benjamin Bourne O-RI
Daniel Huger O-SC
Theodorick Bland O-VA
William Branch Giles O-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To sustain the decision of the chair…: House Vote, May 31, 1790,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/1-H-49/to-sustain-the-decision-of-the-chair-concerning-an (accessed 2026-10-17).