The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS THE FIRST SECTION OF A RESOLUTION, WHICH FIRST SECTION POSTPONES UNTIL THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, CONSIDERATION OF THE SEVERAL TAX BILLS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS TODAY.
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 2 every one voted no; 10 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, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 4 yes, 8 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 5 no, 3 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 3 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 3 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 10 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 5 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 3 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 4 yes, 3 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: 2 yes, 1 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, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) — YEA
- John Davenport (Federalist) — NAY
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Burr Sturges (Federalist) — NAY
- Lyman Law (Federalist) — YEA
- Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 2 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 9 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abijah Bigelow (Federalist) — NAY
- Charles Turner Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Ebenezer Seaver (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Elijah Brigham (Federalist) — YEA
- Ezekiel Bacon (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Francis Carr (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Isaiah Lewis Green (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Josiah Quincy (Federalist) — NAY
- Laban Wheaton (Federalist) — YEA
- Leonard White (Federalist) — NAY
- Peleg Tallman (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Cutts (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Taggart (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- William Ely (Federalist) — NAY
- William Merchant Richardson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Reed (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- William Widgery (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Maryland 4 yes, 5 no
- Alexander McKim (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) — NAY
- Joseph Kent (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peter Little (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Philip Barton Key (Federalist) — NAY
- Philip Stuart (Federalist) — NAY
- Robert Wright (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Ringgold (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
North Carolina 6 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald McBryde (Federalist) — NAY
- Israel Pickens (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Cochran (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Pearson (Federalist) — NAY
- Lemuel Sawyer (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Meshack Franklin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Macon (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Stanford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Blackledge (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Willis Alston (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Sullivan (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Adams Harper (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Josiah Bartlett Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Obed Hall (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Dinsmoor (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 3 yes, 3 no
New York 4 yes, 8 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Arunah Metcalf (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Asa Fitch (Federalist) — NAY
- Benjamin Pond (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Avery (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Ebenezer Sage (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Harmanus Bleecker (Federalist) — NAY
- James Emott (Federalist) — NAY
- Peter Buell Porter (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Pierre van Cortlandt Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Latham Mitchill (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Silas Stow (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Burrage Cooke (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Sammons (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Uri Tracy (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Paulding Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 13 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Lyle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Abner Lacock (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Adam Seybert (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- David Bard (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Milnor (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John M. Hyneman (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Smilie (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Roberts (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Lefever (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Robert Brown (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Robert Whitehill (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Roger Davis (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Anderson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Crawford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Findley (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Piper (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Rodman (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elisha Reynolds Potter (Federalist) — NAY
- Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 4 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Rogerson Williams (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Elias Earle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Langdon Cheves (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Winn (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Moore (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Butler (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Lowndes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 3 yes, 0 no
Virginia 10 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Burwell Bassett (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) — NAY
- Edwin Gray (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Hugh Nelson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James Breckinridge (Federalist) — YEA
- James Pleasants (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Baker (Federalist) — NAY
- John Clopton (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Dawson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Randolph (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Roane (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Taliaferro (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) — YEA
- Matthew Clay (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peterson Goodwyn (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Wilson (Federalist) — YEA
- William Armisted Burwell (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William McCoy (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Vermont 4 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 140 members
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