House roll call 67 · 1st Congress · Jul 9, 1790
To amend S. 12, to strike out the words "purchase, or", referring to any proposed site the government might select.
On Jul 9, 1790, the House voted 26–35 (S 12). Result: failed. By party: Others 26–35.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 9, 1790
By party
- Others26 yes · 35 no · 5 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
- 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
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Smith O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- James Schureman 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
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Timothy Bloodworth O-NC
- John Steele O-NC
- John Sevier 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
- Aedanus Burke O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Tudor Tucker O-SC
- 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
- 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
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