House roll call 117 · 5th Congress · Dec 28, 1798
To pass the resolution to appoint a committee to consider the propriety of amending the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the U.S., so as to prov
On Dec 28, 1798, the House voted 65–23. Result: passed. By party: Others 65–23.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 65
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Dec 28, 1798
By party
- Others65 yes · 23 no · 29 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Robert Williams O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- James Henderson Imlay O-NJ
- James Schureman O-NJ
- Mark Thomson O-NJ
- Thomas Sinnickson O-NJ
- David Brooks O-NY
- Hezekiah Lord Hosmer O-NY
- John Evert Van Alen O-NY
- Henry Glen O-NY
- John Williams O-NY
- James Cochran O-NY
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- David Holmes O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- William Smith O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Other votes
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