House roll call 56 · 1st Congress · Jun 11, 1790
To amend the second seat of government resolution to change the site for the next session of Congress from philadelphia to baltimore.
On Jun 11, 1790, the House voted 31–28. Result: passed. By party: Others 31–28.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jun 11, 1790
By party
- Others31 yes · 28 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Huntington O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- Roger Sherman O-CT
- James Jackson O-GA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- George Partridge O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Jonathan Grout O-MA
- Michael Jenifer Stone O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- 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
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Daniel Huger O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
How each representative voted: No
- John Vining O-DE
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- George Mathews O-GA
- Benjamin Contee O-MD
- George Gale O-MD
- Daniel Carroll O-MD
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Lambert Cadwalader O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- 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
- Alexander White O-VA
- 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
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
Did not vote
- John Sevier O-NC
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Theodorick Bland O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
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