The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE THAT IT IS INEXPEDIENT TO REMOVE THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AT THIS TIME, BY CHANGING THE WORD "INEXPEDIENT", TO "EXPEDIENT." (SPEAKER VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's members voted
In 5 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 8 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: no member on this roll call
- Vermont: 4 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: no member on this roll call
- Illinois: no member on this roll call
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 16 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 11 yes, 2 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: no member on this roll call
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: no member on this roll call
- Indiana: no member on this roll call
- Ohio: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 12 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 5 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: no member on this roll call
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: no member on this roll call
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 18 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 5 no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: 0 yes, 6 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- Florida: no member on this roll call
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Connecticut 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) — YEA
- John Davenport (Federalist) — YEA
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley (Federalist) — YEA
- Lewis Burr Sturges (Federalist) — YEA
- Lyman Law (Federalist) — YEA
- Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Ridgely (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Cooper (Federalist) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 6 no
Kentucky 4 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Clark (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Desha (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph H. Hawkins (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Hopkins (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel McKee (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Solomon P. Sharp (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Ormsby (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Montgomery (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Pope Duval (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Bolling Robertson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 11 yes, 2 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Abiel Wood (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Abijah Bigelow (Federalist) — YEA
- Artemas Ward Jr. (Federalist) — YEA
- Cyrus King (Federalist) — YEA
- Elijah Brigham (Federalist) — YEA
- George Bradbury (Federalist) — YEA
- James Parker (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Reed (Federalist) — YEA
- John Whitefield Hulbert (Federalist) — YEA
- John Wilson (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Laban Wheaton (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Levi Hubbard (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Ruggles (Federalist) — YEA
- Samuel Dana (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Davis (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Taggart (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Pickering (Federalist) — YEA
- William Baylies (Federalist) — YEA
- William Ely (Federalist) — YEA
- William Reed (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist) — NAY
- Alexander McKim (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Kent (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Philip Stuart (Federalist) — NAY
- Robert Wright (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Ringgold (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
North Carolina 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bartlett Yancey (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Israel Pickens (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Culpepper (Federalist) — NAY
- Joseph Pearson (Federalist) — NAY
- Meshack Franklin (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Macon (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Peter Forney (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Stanford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Gaston (Federalist) — NAY
- William Hardy Murfree (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Kennedy (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Willis Alston (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Bradbury Cilley (Federalist) — YEA
- Daniel Webster (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jeduthun Wilcox (Federalist) — YEA
- Roger Vose (Federalist) — YEA
- Samuel Smith (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- William Hale (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 5 yes, 0 no
New York 16 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Boyd (Federalist) — YEA
- Daniel Avery (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Ebenezer Sage (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Elisha I. Winter (Federalist) — YEA
- Hosea Moffitt (Federalist) — YEA
- Isaac Williams Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Markell (Federalist) — YEA
- James Geddes (Federalist) — YEA
- Joel Thompson (Federalist) — YEA
- John Lefferts (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Lovett (Federalist) — YEA
- John W. Taylor (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Fisk (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jotham Post Jr. (Federalist) — YEA
- Morris Smith Miller (Federalist) — YEA
- Moss Kent (Federalist) — YEA
- Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Oliver Cromwell Comstock (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Peter Denoyelles (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Miles Hopkins (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sherwood (Federalist) — YEA
- Thomas Jackson Oakley (Federalist) — YEA
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Federalist) — YEA
- William Irving (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Stephens Smith (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Rudd Shipherd (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania 12 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Lyle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Adam Seybert (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Adamson Tannehill (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Udree (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- David Bard (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Edward Crouch (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hugh Glasgow (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Isaac Griffin (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Isaac Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jared Irwin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Conard (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Rea (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Robert Brown (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Roger Davis (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Wilson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Anderson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Crawford (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Findley (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Piper (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elisha Reynolds Potter (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Reid Evans (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Elias Earle (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Joel Chappell (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Kershaw (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Langdon Cheves (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Farrow (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Theodore Gourdin (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lowndes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 0 yes, 5 no
Virginia 0 yes, 18 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Francis White (Federalist) — NAY
- Hugh Caperton (Federalist) — NAY
- Hugh Nelson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Breckinridge (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- James Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Pleasants (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Clopton (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John George Jackson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Kerr (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Pratt Hungerford (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Roane (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Wayles Eppes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) — NAY
- Peterson Goodwyn (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Philip Pendleton Barbour (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Monteagle Bayly (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Armisted Burwell (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William McCoy (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Vermont 4 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 178 members
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