House roll call 6 · 5th Congress · Jun 2, 1797
To amend the house answer to the President's speech, to eliminate the words "foreign nations" in the President's address so as not to offend said nations. (p.
On Jun 2, 1797, the House voted 45–53. Result: failed. By party: Others 45–53.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 2, 1797
By party
- Others45 yes · 53 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- 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
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- David Holmes O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Matthew Clay 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
- John Dawson O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Davenport O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Joshua Coit O-CT
- Nathaniel Smith O-CT
- Roger Griswold O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. O-DE
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- William Shepard O-MA
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman 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
- Richard Thomas O-PA
- John Chapman O-PA
- Samuel Sitgreaves O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
Did not vote
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- William Edmond O-CT
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- William Matthews O-MD
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Other votes
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