House roll call 44 · 4th Congress · Dec 15, 1796
To amend the house reply to the President's address by striking the last paragraph, which expresses the hope that the President's example may guide his successo
On Dec 15, 1796, the House voted 24–54. Result: failed. By party: Others 24–54.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Dec 15, 1796
By party
- Others24 yes · 54 no · 37 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Patten O-DE
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- William Lyman O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Gabriel Christie O-MD
- James Holland O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- George Jackson O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- John Heath O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Davenport O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Zephaniah Swift O-CT
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Henry Dearborn O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- William Francis Strudwick O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- John Samuel Sherburne O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Isaac Smith O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Henderson O-NJ
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Ezekiel Gilbert O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Richards O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Francis Malbone O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Israel Smith O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Gabriel Duvall O-MD
- Jeremiah Crabb O-MD
- Thomas Sprigg O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Absalom Tatom O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- John Hathorn O-NY
- William Cooper O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Wade Hampton O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Samuel Earle O-SC
- Robert Rutherford O-VA
- Francis Preston O-VA
- George Hancock O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Daniel Buck O-VT
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