The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON H. R. 47.
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)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 47
How each state's members voted
In 8 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: 1 yes, 6 no
- Vermont: 5 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 5 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 26 yes, 8 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 12 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 14 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 24 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 5 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 2 yes, 20 no
- Maryland: 3 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 7 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 13 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 9 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 3 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 3 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 7 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 3 no
Connecticut 5 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 7 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- David Trimble (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- David White (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Francis Johnson (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Henry Clay (Adams-Clay Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Telemachus Johnson (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Philip Thompson (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Richard Aylett Buckner (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Robert Pryor Henry (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Metcalfe (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Patrick Moore (Jackson Republican) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 12 no
- Aaron Hobart (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Webster (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Francis Baylies (Jackson Federalist) — NAY
- Henry Williams Dwight (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Jeremiah Nelson (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- John Locke (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- John Reed (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Jonas Sibley (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Clesson Allen (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Lathrop (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Timothy Fuller (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
Maryland 3 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Edward Mitchell (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Henry Ridgely Warfield (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Isaac McKim (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Lee (Jackson Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Selby Spence (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Kent (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Peter Little (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Raphael Neale (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- William Hayward Jr. (Crawford Republican) — NAY
Maine 1 yes, 6 no
- David Kidder (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Ebenezer Herrick (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Enoch Lincoln (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Joshua Cushman (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Longfellow (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- William Burleigh (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 13 no
- Alfred Moore Gatlin (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Charles Hooks (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Henry William Connor (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Hutchins Gordon Burton (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- John Culpepper (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- John Long (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Williams (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Robert Brank Vance (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Thomas H. Hall (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Willie Person Mangum (Crawford Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 5 no
New Jersey 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 26 yes, 8 no
- Albert Haller Tracy (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Charles Augustus Foote (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Dudley Marvin (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Egbert ten Eyck (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- Ela Collins (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- Elisha Litchfield (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Hector Craig (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Henry Clinton Martindale (Adams-Clay Federalist) — YEA
- Henry Randolph Storrs (Adams-Clay Federalist) — YEA
- Isaac Williams Jr. (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Tyson (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- James Lawrence Hogeboom (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- James Strong (Adams-Clay Federalist) — YEA
- Joel Frost (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- John Herkimer (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- John Jordan Morgan (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Richards (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- John W. Taylor (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- John Watts Cady (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Justin Dwinell (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Lemuel Jenkins (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Eaton (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- Lot Clark (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Moses Hayden (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Parmenio Adams (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Peter Sharpe (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Robert Selden Rose (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Rowland Day (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Lawrence (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Silas Wood (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Stephen van Rensselaer III (Adams-Clay Federalist) — YEA
- William William van Wyck (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- William Woods (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
Ohio 14 yes, 0 no
- Duncan McArthur (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Elisha Whittlesey (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- James William Gazlay (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Crafts Wright (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- John Patterson (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- John Sloane (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- John Wilson Campbell (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Vance (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Mordecai Bartley (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Philemon Beecher (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Randolph Ross (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- William McLean (Adams-Clay Republican) — YEA
- William Wilson (Crawford Republican) — YEA
Pennsylvania 24 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Stewart (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Daniel H. Miller (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Udree (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- George Kremer (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- George Plumer (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Henry Wilson (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Wayne (Jackson Federalist) — YEA
- James Allison Jr. (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- James Buchanan (Jackson Federalist) — YEA
- James S. Mitchell (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- James Wilson (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Brown (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Findlay (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Tod (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Hemphill (Jackson Federalist) — YEA
- Patrick Farrelly (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Philip Swenk Markley (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Robert Harris (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Breck (Adams-Clay Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Jackson Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Edwards (Jackson Federalist) — YEA
- Samuel McKean (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Jones Rogers (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Patterson (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Walter Forward (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- William Cox Ellis (Jackson Federalist) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 9 no
- Andrew Robison Govan (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- George McDuffie (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- James Hamilton Jr. (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Joel Roberts Poinsett (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- John Carter (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- John Wilson (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Gist (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Robert Blair Campbell (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Starling Tucker (Jackson Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 7 yes, 2 no
- Adam Rankin Alexander (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Jacob C. Isacks (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- James B. Reynolds (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- James Israel Standifer (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- James T. Sandford (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Blair (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- John Cocke (Jackson Republican) — NAY
- Robert Allen (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Houston (Jackson Republican) — YEA
Virginia 2 yes, 20 no
- Alexander Smyth (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Andrew Stevenson (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Arthur Smith (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Burwell Bassett (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- George Tucker (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Jabez Leftwich (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- James Stephenson (Crawford Federalist) — NAY
- Jared Williams (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- John Floyd (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- John Randolph (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- John Strode Barbour (Crawford Republican) — YEA
- John Taliaferro (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Johnson (Jackson Republican) — YEA
- Mark Alexander (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Philip Pendleton Barbour (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Robert Selden Garnett (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Adams-Clay Republican) — NAY
- William Cabell Rives (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- William McCoy (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- William Segar Archer (Crawford Republican) — NAY
- William Smith (Crawford Republican) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 213 members
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