The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE SENATE, IT WOULD HEREAFTER BE INEXPEDIENT TO ADVANCE AN OFFICER MORE THAN ONE GRADE, BY THE SAME NOMINATION; AND THAT THE DEPARTURE FROM THE PRACTICE IN TH…
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 6 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 4 were 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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, 2 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist) — NAY
- Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Condit (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Lambert (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Gregg (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Leib (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeremiah Brown Howell (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Hunter (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Every vote, by name — 36 members
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