House roll call 4 · 2nd Congress · Dec 14, 1791
To agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 147 which would fix a certain number of representatives for each state, instead of a ratio of 33,000 to one.
On Dec 14, 1791, the House voted 23–37 (HR 147). Result: failed. By party: Others 23–37.
During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Dec 14, 1791
By party
- Others23 yes · 37 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Wadsworth O-CT
- John Vining O-DE
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry O-MA
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Shearjashub Bourne O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- John Steele O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Samuel Livermore O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Abraham Clark O-NJ
- Elias Boudinot O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Tredwell O-NY
- Egbert Benson O-NY
- Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker O-NY
- James Gordon O-NY
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Nathaniel Niles O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Jonathan Sturges O-CT
- Anthony Wayne O-GA
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Francis Willis O-GA
- Artemas Ward O-MA
- Philip Key O-MD
- Joshua Seney O-MD
- Samuel Sterett O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Upton Sheredine O-MD
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Baptista Ashe O-NC
- Hugh Williamson O-NC
- Peter Silvester O-NY
- Thomas Fitzsimons O-PA
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Israel Jacobs O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Barnwell O-SC
- 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
- Amasa Learned O-CT
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr. O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- George Leonard O-MA
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Francis Mercer O-MD
- John Laurance O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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