House roll call 57 · 10th Congress · Feb 6, 1808
To consider the resolution relating to moving the seat of government.
On Feb 6, 1808, the House voted 56–54. Result: passed. By party: Others 56–54.
During the 10th Congress (1807–1808), Thomas Jefferson was president.
- Yes
- 56
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 6, 1808
By party
- Others56 yes · 54 no · 39 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dennis Smelt O-GA
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Boyle O-KY
- Benjamin Howard O-KY
- Joseph Desha O-KY
- Joseph Barker O-MA
- Isaiah Lewis Green O-MA
- Josiah Dean O-MA
- Ebenezer Seaver O-MA
- Richard Cutts O-MA
- Daniel Ilsley O-MA
- John Chandler O-MA
- Archibald Van Horne O-MD
- William Mccreery O-MD
- John Montgomery O-MD
- Charles Goldsborough O-MD
- Willis Alston O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Thomas Kenan O-NC
- Marmaduke Williams O-NC
- James Holland O-NC
- Meshack Franklin O-NC
- John Lambert O-NJ
- William Helms O-NJ
- Samuel Riker O-NY
- Daniel Crommelin Verplanck O-NY
- William Kirkpatrick O-NY
- Reuben Humphrey O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- David Bard O-PA
- Nehemiah Knight O-RI
- Robert Marion O-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- John Taylor O-SC
- Joseph Calhoun O-SC
- John Rhea O-TN
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- Jesse Wharton O-TN
- John Morrow O-VA
- John Smith O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- Alexander Wilson O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- John Love O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Burwell Bassett O-VA
- William Armisted Burwell O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- Peterson Goodwyn O-VA
- Edwin Gray O-VA
- Thomas Newton Jr. O-VA
- Wilson Cary Nicholas O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- James Elliot O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Tallmadge O-CT
- Epaphroditus Champion O-CT
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley O-CT
- Lewis Burr Sturges O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Timothy Pitkin O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- John Rowan O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Edward St. Loe Livermore O-MA
- William Ely O-MA
- Samuel Taggart O-MA
- Jabez Upham O-MA
- William Stedman O-MA
- Ezekiel Bacon O-MA
- Orchard Cook O-MA
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Clement Storer O-NH
- Daniel Meserve Durell O-NH
- Francis Gardner O-NH
- Jedediah Kilburn Smith O-NH
- Henry Southard O-NJ
- James Sloan O-NJ
- Thomas Newbold O-NJ
- Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford O-NY
- John Blake Jr. O-NY
- Barent Gardenier O-NY
- James Isaac Van Alen O-NY
- Killian Killian Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Josiah Masters O-NY
- John Thompson O-NY
- John Russell O-NY
- John Harris O-NY
- Jacob Richards O-PA
- John Porter O-PA
- John Pugh O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- William Milnor O-PA
- John Hiester O-PA
- Matthias Richards O-PA
- Robert Jenkins O-PA
- Robert Whitehill O-PA
- Daniel Montgomery Jr. O-PA
- James Kelly O-PA
- John Rea O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- John Smilie O-PA
- William Hoge O-PA
- Samuel Smith O-PA
- Isaac Wilbour O-RI
- James Witherell O-VT
- James Fisk O-VT
Did not vote
- John Davenport O-CT
- Howell Cobb O-GA
- Matthew Lyon O-KY
- Josiah Quincy O-MA
- Jacob Crowninshield O-MA
- Joseph Story O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- John Campbell O-MD
- Philip Barton Key O-MD
- Roger Nelson O-MD
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore O-MD
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Lemuel Sawyer O-NC
- William Blackledge O-NC
- John Culpepper O-NC
- Evan Shelby Alexander O-NC
- Peter Carleton O-NH
- Adam Boyd O-NJ
- Ezra Darby O-NJ
- George Clinton O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- David Thomas O-NY
- Nathan Wilson O-NY
- Peter Swart O-NY
- Benjamin Say O-PA
- Joseph Clay O-PA
- Richard Jackson Jr. O-RI
- David Rogerson Williams O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Thomas Moore O-SC
- Lemuel James Alston O-SC
- John George Jackson O-VA
- James Mercer Garnett O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- John Randolph O-VA
- John Claiborne O-VA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. O-VA
- Samuel Shaw O-VT
- Martin Chittenden O-VT
Other votes
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