House roll call 59 · 4th Congress · Jan 27, 1797
To agree to the committee amendment to the compensation report; to allow specific raises in salary to various, named clerks and officers.
On Jan 27, 1797, the House voted 60–26. Result: passed. By party: Others 60–26.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 60
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 27, 1797
By party
- Others60 yes · 26 no · 29 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Zephaniah Swift O-CT
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- William Lyman O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Gabriel Christie O-MD
- James Holland O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Jesse Franklin O-NC
- William Francis Strudwick O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Isaac Smith O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Henderson O-NJ
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Richards O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Wade Hampton O-SC
- Richard Winn O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- Robert Rutherford O-VA
- Andrew Moore O-VA
- George Jackson O-VA
- George Hancock O-VA
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Israel Smith O-VT
- Daniel Buck O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- John Patten O-DE
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Henry Dearborn O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- William Craik O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- John Samuel Sherburne O-NH
- Ezekiel Gilbert O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Francis Malbone O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- John Page O-VA
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- 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
- Absalom Tatom O-NC
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- William Cooper O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Samuel Earle O-SC
- Francis Preston O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Heath O-VA
Other votes
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