The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE BILL, 4/9/1816, IN ADDITION TO THE ACT REGULATING THE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT, BY PROVIDING THAT NO MAIL BE TRANSPORTED ON SUNDAY NOR ANY POST OFFICE RECEIVE OR DELIVER MAIL ON SUNDAY. (P. 1125)
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 2 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 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: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 2 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, 13 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 10 yes, 4 no, 5 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: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 11 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 1 yes, 15 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 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, 6 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 8 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: 0 yes, 1 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 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 6 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alney McLean (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Hardin (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Henry Clay (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Clark (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Desha (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Micah Taul (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel McKee (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Solomon P. Sharp (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Ormsby (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 10 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albion Keith Parris (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Artemas Ward Jr. (Federalist) — YEA
- Asahel Stearns (Federalist) — YEA
- Benjamin Brown (Federalist) — YEA
- Cyrus King (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Hunt Mills (Federalist) — NAY
- George Bradbury (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- James Carr (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Nelson (Federalist) — YEA
- John Reed (Federalist) — YEA
- John Whitefield Hulbert (Federalist) — YEA
- Laban Wheaton (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Ruggles (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Shepard Conner (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Taggart (Federalist) — YEA
- Solomon Strong (Federalist) — YEA
- Thomas Rice (Federalist) — YEA
- Timothy Pickering (Federalist) — NAY
- William Baylies (Federalist) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist) — NAY
- Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) — NAY
- George Baer Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Carlyle Herbert (Federalist) — NAY
- Philip Stuart (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Wright (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Pinkney (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Bartlett Yancey (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Munroe Forney (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Israel Pickens (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James West Clark (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Culpepper (Federalist) — YEA
- Joseph Hunter Bryan (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Williams (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Richard Stanford (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Carter Love (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Gaston (Federalist) — NAY
- William Hardy Murfree (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bradbury Cilley (Federalist) — NAY
- Charles Humphrey Atherton (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Webster (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jeduthun Wilcox (Federalist) — YEA
- Roger Vose (Federalist) — YEA
- William Hale (Federalist) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 4 yes, 13 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Henry Schenck (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Asa Adgate (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Cady (Federalist) — NAY
- Enos Thompson Throop (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Erastus Root (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- George Townsend (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Crocheron (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hosea Moffitt (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Jabez Delano Hammond (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James Birdsall (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James Whitney Wilkin (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Barentse Yates (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Lovett (Federalist) — YEA
- John Savage (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John W. Taylor (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Ward (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Micah Brooks (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Moss Kent (Federalist) — YEA
- Oliver Cromwell Comstock (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peter Hercules Wendover (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Rossiter Betts (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Ruggles Gold (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Victory Birdseye (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Westel Willoughby Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Irving (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 11 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Lyle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Hugh Glasgow (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Griffin (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James M. Wallace (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Jared Irwin (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hahn (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Ross (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Sergeant (Federalist) — NAY
- John Whiteside (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Woods (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hiester (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hopkinson (Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Burnside (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Smith (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Wilson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Crawford (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Darlington (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Findley (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Maclay (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Milnor (Federalist) — YEA
- William Piper (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Wilson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Huger (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Middleton (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Joel Chappell (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Taylor (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Moore (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Lowndes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Mayrant (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Woodward (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 0 yes, 6 no
Virginia 1 yes, 15 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Ballard Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Burwell Bassett (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) — NAY
- Henry St. George Tucker (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Hugh Nelson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Breckinridge (Federalist) — NAY
- James Johnson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- James Pleasants (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Clopton (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John George Jackson (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Kerr (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Pratt Hungerford (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Randolph (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Magnus Tate (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Peterson Goodwyn (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Philip Pendleton Barbour (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- William Armisted Burwell (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Roane (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William McCoy (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
Vermont 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Asa Lyon (Federalist) — YEA
- Charles Marsh (Federalist) — YEA
- Chauncey Langdon (Federalist) — YEA
- Daniel Chipman (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Noyes (Federalist) — YEA
- Luther Jewett (Federalist) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 181 members
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