The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS THE RESOLUTION: THAT THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS BE INSTRUCTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCE OF AFFORDING ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS OF THE U.S. TO CRUISE AGAINST THE SHIPS AND VESS…
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; 9 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 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: 5 yes, 12 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 12 no, 6 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: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 21 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 no, 3 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: 5 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 15 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or 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: 6 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 9 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 6 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Davenport (Federalist) — NAY
- Jonathan Ogden Moseley (Federalist) — NAY
- Lewis Burr Sturges (Federalist) — NAY
- Lyman Law (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Ridgely (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Cooper (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky 5 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Clark (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Desha (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hopkins (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel McKee (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Solomon P. Sharp (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Ormsby (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Montgomery (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Pope Duval (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 12 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abiel Wood (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Abijah Bigelow (Federalist) — NAY
- Artemas Ward Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus King (Federalist) — NAY
- Daniel Dewey (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Brigham (Federalist) — NAY
- George Bradbury (Federalist) — NAY
- James Parker (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Reed (Federalist) — NAY
- John Wilson (Federalist) — NAY
- Laban Wheaton (Federalist) — NAY
- Levi Hubbard (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Ruggles (Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Davis (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Taggart (Federalist) — NAY
- Timothy Pickering (Federalist) — NAY
- William Baylies (Federalist) — NAY
- William Ely (Federalist) — NAY
- William Merchant Richardson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Reed (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist) — NAY
- Alexander McKim (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) — NAY
- Joseph Kent (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philip Stuart (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Wright (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Ringgold (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 9 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bartlett Yancey (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Israel Pickens (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Culpepper (Federalist) — NAY
- Joseph Pearson (Federalist) — NAY
- Meshack Franklin (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Macon (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peter Forney (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Richard Stanford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Gaston (Federalist) — NAY
- William Hardy Murfree (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Kennedy (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Willis Alston (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Bradbury Cilley (Federalist) — NAY
- Daniel Webster (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jeduthun Wilcox (Federalist) — NAY
- Roger Vose (Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Smith (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- William Hale (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Hufty (Federalist) — NAY
- James Schureman (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Condict (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Richard Stockton (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ward (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Coxe Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
New York 5 yes, 12 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Alexander Boyd (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Avery (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Ebenezer Sage (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Egbert Benson (Federalist) — NAY
- Elisha I. Winter (Federalist) — NAY
- Hosea Moffitt (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Markell (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- James Geddes (Federalist) — NAY
- Joel Thompson (Federalist) — NAY
- John Lefferts (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Lovett (Federalist) — NAY
- John Myer Bowers (Federalist) — NAY
- John W. Taylor (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Fisk (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jotham Post Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Smith Miller (Federalist) — NAY
- Moss Kent (Federalist) — NAY
- Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Oliver Cromwell Comstock (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peter Denoyelles (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Miles Hopkins (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sherwood (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Jackson Oakley (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Federalist) — NAY
- William Stephens Smith (Federalist) — NAY
- Zebulon Rudd Shipherd (Federalist) — NAY
Ohio 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania 21 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Lyle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Adam Seybert (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Adamson Tannehill (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- David Bard (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Hugh Glasgow (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Griffin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Smith (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Whitehill (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jared Irwin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Conard (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Gloninger (Federalist) — YEA
- John M. Hyneman (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Rea (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Roberts (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Robert Brown (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Roger Davis (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Wilson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Anderson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Crawford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Findley (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Piper (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 6 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Reid Evans (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Elias Earle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Joel Chappell (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Kershaw (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Langdon Cheves (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Farrow (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Theodore Gourdin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Lowndes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 6 yes, 0 no
Virginia 15 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) — NAY
- Francis White (Federalist) — NAY
- Hugh Caperton (Federalist) — NAY
- Hugh Nelson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Breckinridge (Federalist) — NAY
- James Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Pleasants (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Clopton (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Dawson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John George Jackson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Kerr (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Pratt Hungerford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Roane (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Smith (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Wayles Eppes (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) — NAY
- Peterson Goodwyn (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Monteagle Bayly (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Armisted Burwell (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William McCoy (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Rich (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Ezra Butler (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Fisk (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Skinner (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Czar Bradley (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Strong (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 183 members
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