House roll call 61 · 4th Congress · Feb 7, 1797
To agree to the amendment to the military resolution, which strikes out the provision allowing the President to rearrange certain named regiments.
On Feb 7, 1797, the House voted 50–44. Result: passed. By party: Others 50–44.
During the 4th Congress (1795–1796), George Washington was president.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 7, 1797
By party
- Others50 yes · 44 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Davenport O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- John Patten O-DE
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Alexander Dalrymple Orr O-KY
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- George Leonard O-MA
- Fisher Ames O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Henry Dearborn O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- Thomas Sprigg O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Gabriel Christie O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- William Vans Murray O-MD
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Henderson O-NJ
- Ezekiel Gilbert O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- William Cooper O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Francis Malbone O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Francis Preston O-VA
- George Hancock O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Page O-VA
- James Madison Jr. O-VA
- John Heath O-VA
- Israel Smith O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Zephaniah Swift O-CT
- Christopher Greenup O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- James Holland O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Jesse Franklin 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
- John Samuel Sherburne O-NH
- Nicholas Gilman O-NH
- Isaac Smith O-NJ
- John Hathorn O-NY
- Theodorus Bailey O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- John Richards O-PA
- Samuel Maclay O-PA
- David Bard 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
- Isaac Coles O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Daniel Buck O-VT
Did not vote
- James Hillhouse O-CT
- Uriah Tracy O-CT
- Theodore Sedgwick O-MA
- William Lyman O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Benjamin Goodhue O-MA
- Gabriel Duvall O-MD
- Jeremiah Crabb O-MD
- Absalom Tatom O-NC
- William Francis Strudwick O-NC
- Aaron Kitchell O-NJ
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Daniel Hiester O-PA
- Benjamin Bourne O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Samuel Earle O-SC
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
Other votes
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