House roll call 1 · 2nd Congress · Nov 15, 1791
To pass the resolution that the number of representatives shall, with the next census, be one for every thirty thousand.
On Nov 15, 1791, the House voted 35–23. Result: passed. By party: Others 35–23.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 15, 1791
By party
- Others35 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Amasa Learned O-CT
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- Anthony Wayne O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Francis Willis O-GA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Upton Sheredine O-MD
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Thomas Tredwell O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- James Gordon O-NY
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Israel Jacobs O-PA
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Daniel Huger 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
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Griffin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
- Artemas Ward O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- John Steele O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Abraham Clark O-NJ
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Barnwell O-SC
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- George Leonard O-MA
- Philip Key O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Francis Mercer O-MD
- Samuel Sterett O-MD
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
Other votes
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