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House recorded vote (17th Congress) · January 30, 1822
H.R. 26

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY FIXING THE RATIO AT ONE REPRESENTATIVE FOR EVERY 45,000 INSTEAD OF 40,000 PEOPLE IN EACH STATE. (P.832)

Amendment
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 26

January 28, 1822 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 26, (3/9/1… · 83–88 January 30, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY REDUCING THE RATIO FROM… · 56–120 January 31, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY FIXING THE RATIO AT 41,… · 49–126 January 31, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY FIXING THE RATIO AT 38,… · 50–126 February 1, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY FIXING THE RATIO AT 41,… · 64–114 February 1, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY STRIKING OUT THE RATIO … · 64–112 February 2, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY RECOMMITING IT TO THE C… · 76–100 February 2, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY REDUCING BE 4,000 PERSO… · 63–111 February 4, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY PROVIDING THAT THE ELEC… · 43–125 February 4, 1822 · TO RECOMMIT AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 26 TO A SELE… · 85–87 February 6, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY REDUCING THE RATIO OF R… · 58–106 February 6, 1822 · TO AMEND H. R. 26, BY CHANGING THE RATIO OF R… · 61–104 February 6, 1822 · TO RECOMMIT H. R. 26 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE… · 63–99 February 6, 1822 · TO PASS H. R. 26. (P.947) · 100–58 March 1, 1822 · TO AMEND THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 26, WH… · 61–98 March 1, 1822 · TO CONCUR WITH THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON… · 47–98
The map

How each state's members voted

In 3 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 11 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 5 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 4 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 5 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: no member on this roll call
  13. New York: 17 yes, 9 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 13 no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: no member on this roll call
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 5 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 19 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 5 yes, 1 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: no member on this roll call
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 4 yes, 6 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 22 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 8 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 9 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 4 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. 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.

Alabama 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no

Indiana 1 yes, 0 no

Missouri 1 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 186 members

Select any member to pull their file.