The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO REQUEST THE PRESIDENT TO LAY BEFORE THE SENATE ALL THE DOCUMENTS, PAPERS, AND OTHER EVIDENCE IN HIS POSSESSION, RELATING TO THE TITLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY…
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 senators voted
In 4 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 1 was split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 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 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Philip Reed (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Turner (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Franklin (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Cutts (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Nicholas Gilman (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Obadiah German (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Gregg (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Leib (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Gaillard (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Sumter (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Brent (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Branch Giles (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jonathan Robinson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Row Bradley (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 33 members
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