To pass H.R. 179, an act for an apportionment of representatives among the several states according to the first census, over the President's veto. (p. 540)

On Apr 6, 1792, the House voted 28–33 (HR 179). Result: failed. By party: Others 28–33.

During the 2nd Congress (1791–1792), George Washington was president.

Yes: 28
No: 33
Did not vote: 10
Date: Apr 6, 1792

By party

Others28 yes · 33 no · 10 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

James Hillhouse O-CT
Jonathan Sturges O-CT
Abraham Baldwin O-GA
Francis Willis O-GA
Philip Key O-MD
Joshua Seney O-MD
John Francis Mercer 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
William Barry Grove O-NC
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
Daniel Hiester O-PA
Andrew Gregg O-PA
William Findley O-PA
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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