Senate roll call 17 · 1st Congress · Sep 24, 1789
To amend H.R. 25, (1 stat 130, app. 7-16-1790), to establish the seat of the U.S. Government; so as to eliminate pa., as a site for a permanent seat of governme
On Sep 24, 1789, the Senate voted 8–10. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–10.
During the 1st Congress (1789–1790), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Sep 24, 1789
By party
- Others8 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Bassett O-DE
- James Gunn O-GA
- Charles (of Carrollton) Carroll O-MD
- John Henry O-MD
- Pierce Butler O-SC
- Ralph Izard O-SC
- Richard Henry Lee O-VA
- William Grayson O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Oliver Ellsworth O-CT
- William Samuel Johnson O-CT
- George Read O-DE
- Tristram Dalton O-MA
- Paine Wingate O-NH
- William Paterson O-NJ
- Philip John Schuyler O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Robert Morris O-PA
- William Maclay O-PA
Did not vote
- William Few O-GA
- Caleb Strong O-MA
- Benjamin Hawkins O-NC
- Samuel Johnston O-NC
- John Langdon O-NH
- Jonathan Elmer O-NJ
- Philemon Dickinson O-NJ
- Joseph Stanton Jr. O-RI
- Theodore Foster O-RI
- James Monroe O-VA
- John Walker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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