House roll call 73 · 5th Congress · May 22, 1798
To amend H.R. 91, to provide compensation for the marshalls, clerks, attorneys, jurors and witnesses in the courts of the United States and to repeal certain pa
On May 22, 1798, the House voted 26–45 (HR 91). Result: failed. By party: Others 26–45.
During the 5th Congress (1797–1798), John Adams was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 22, 1798
By party
- Others26 yes · 45 no · 46 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Abraham Baldwin O-GA
- John Milledge O-GA
- Thomas Terry Davis O-KY
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Matthew Locke O-NC
- Richard Stanford O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- James Gillespie O-NC
- Dempsey Burges O-NC
- Thomas Blount O-NC
- Nathan Bryan O-NC
- Jonathan Nicoll Havens O-NY
- Philip Van Cortlandt O-NY
- Lucas Conrad Elmendorf O-NY
- Blair Mcclenachan O-PA
- Albert Gallatin O-PA
- Thomas Tillinghast O-RI
- Lemuel Benton O-SC
- Thomas Sumter O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Abram Trigg O-VA
- John Johns Trigg O-VA
- Abraham Bedford Venable O-VA
- John Clopton O-VA
- Anthony New O-VA
- Matthew Lyon O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Joshua Coit 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
- Samuel Lyman O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Stephen Bullock O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Samuel Sewall O-MA
- Bailey Bartlett O-MA
- Peleg Wadsworth O-MA
- George Thacher O-MA
- George Dent O-MD
- William Matthews O-MD
- William Hindman O-MD
- John Dennis O-MD
- Robert Williams O-NC
- William Barry Grove O-NC
- Abiel Foster O-NH
- Jonathan Freeman 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
- Thomas Hartley O-PA
- Christopher Grant Champlin O-RI
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-SC
- William Charles Cole Claiborne O-TN
- Daniel Morgan O-VA
- James Machir O-VA
- Carter Bassett Harrison O-VA
- Josiah Parker O-VA
- Thomas Evans O-VA
- Lewis Richard Morris O-VT
Did not vote
- Chauncey Goodrich O-CT
- James Davenport O-CT
- John Allen O-CT
- Jonathan Brace O-CT
- John Fowler O-KY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner O-MA
- William Shepard O-MA
- Dwight Foster O-MA
- Nathaniel Freeman Jr. O-MA
- Theophilus Bradbury O-MA
- Isaac Parker O-MA
- Richard Sprigg Jr. O-MD
- William Craik O-MD
- George Baer Jr. O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Joseph Mcdowell O-NC
- Richard Dobbs Spaight O-NC
- Jeremiah Smith O-NH
- Peleg Sprague O-NH
- William Gordon O-NH
- Jonathan Dayton O-NJ
- Edward Livingston O-NY
- John Swanwick O-PA
- Robert Waln O-PA
- Robert Brown O-PA
- George Ege O-PA
- Joseph Hiester O-PA
- John Andre Hanna O-PA
- John Wilkes Kittera O-PA
- Andrew Gregg O-PA
- David Bard O-PA
- William Findley O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Thomas Pinckney O-SC
- William Loughton Smith O-SC
- John Rutledge Jr. O-SC
- David Holmes O-VA
- Matthew Clay O-VA
- Thomas Claiborne O-VA
- Joseph Eggleston O-VA
- William Branch Giles O-VA
- Samuel Jordan Cabell O-VA
- John Dawson O-VA
- Richard Brent O-VA
- John Nicholas O-VA
- Walter Jones O-VA
Other votes
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