House roll call 147 · 5th Congress · Feb 25, 1799
To pass the resolution that it is inexpedient to repeal "an act in addition to 'an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States'".
On Feb 25, 1799, the House voted 52–48. Result: passed. By party: Others 52–48.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 25, 1799
By party
- Others52 yes · 48 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- John Allen 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
- 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
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- William Barry Grove 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
- Thomas Hartley 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
- James Machir O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Robert Williams O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- David Holmes O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
Did not vote
- James Davenport O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- John Milledge O-GA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- William Branch Giles O-VA
Other votes
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