House roll call 2 · 2nd Congress · Nov 23, 1791
To amend H.R. 147, to apportion the representation of the people of the United States according to the first enumeration; amendment to change the representation
On Nov 23, 1791, the House voted 21–38 (HR 147). Result: failed. By party: Others 21–38.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Nov 23, 1791
By party
- Others21 yes · 38 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- 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
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Barnwell O-SC
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Thomas Tredwell O-NY
- John Laurance O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- James Gordon O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Israel Jacobs O-PA
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Thomas Hartley 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
Did not vote
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- 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
- Abraham Clark O-NJ
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
Other votes
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