The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 16, A BILL TO AMEND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE U.S.; SAID AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT FROM NINE, TO EIGHT. (P. 1054)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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).
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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. 16
How each state's members voted
In 0 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 11 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 14 yes, 17 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 4 yes, 9 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: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 13 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 11 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 10 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 7 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 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, 9 no
- North Carolina: 9 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 6 yes, 3 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gabriel Moore (Jackson) — NAY
- George Washington Owen (Jackson) — NAY
- John McKee (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Elisha Phelps (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Gideon Tomlinson (Adams) — NAY
- John Baldwin (Adams) — NAY
- Noyes Barber (Adams) — NAY
- Orange Merwin (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (Adams) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louis McLane (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Cuthbert (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Eaton Haynes (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Fenwick Tattnall (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Cary (Jackson) — NAY
- James Meriwether (Jackson) — YEA
- John Forsyth (Jackson) — NAY
- Wiley Thompson (Jackson) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no
- Daniel Pope Cook (Adams) — NAY
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Test (Adams) — NAY
- Jonathan Jennings (Adams) — NAY
- Ratliff Boon (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Jackson) — NAY
- David Trimble (Adams) — NAY
- Francis Johnson (Adams) — NAY
- James Clark (Adams) — NAY
- James Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Lecompte (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Aylett Buckner (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Adams) — NAY
- Robert Pryor Henry (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Metcalfe (Adams) — NAY
- Thomas Patrick Moore (Jackson) — NAY
- William Singleton Young (Adams) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no
Massachusetts 4 yes, 9 no
- Aaron Hobart (Adams) — YEA
- Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Adams) — NAY
- Daniel Webster (Adams) — NAY
- Edward Everett (Adams) — NAY
- Francis Baylies (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Williams Dwight (Adams) — YEA
- John Bailey (Adams) — NAY
- John Davis (Adams) — NAY
- John Locke (Adams) — NAY
- John Reed (Adams) — YEA
- John Varnum (Adams) — NAY
- Samuel Clesson Allen (Adams) — YEA
- Samuel Lathrop (Adams) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 7 no
Maine 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Kidder (Adams) — NAY
- Ebenezer Herrick (Adams) — NAY
- Enoch Lincoln (Adams) — YEA
- Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams) — YEA
- John Anderson (Jackson) — NAY
- Peleg Sprague (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William Burleigh (Adams) — YEA
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no
- John Scott (Adams) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Christopher Rankin (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 9 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald McNeill (Jackson) — YEA
- Gabriel Holmes (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry William Connor (Jackson) — YEA
- John Heritage Bryan (Jackson) — YEA
- John Long (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Lemuel Sawyer (Jackson) — YEA
- Lewis Williams (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Hines (Jackson) — YEA
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Price Carson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Jackson) — YEA
- Willie Person Mangum (Jackson) — YEA
- Willis Alston (Jackson) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 5 no
- Ichabod Bartlett (Adams) — NAY
- Jonathan Harvey (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Healy (Adams) — NAY
- Nehemiah Eastman (Adams) — YEA
- Thomas Whipple Jr. (Adams) — NAY
- Titus Brown (Adams) — NAY
New Jersey 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Garrison (Jackson) — NAY
- Ebenezer Tucker (Adams) — NAY
- George Cassedy (Jackson) — YEA
- George Holcombe (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Condict (Adams) — YEA
- Samuel Swan (Adams) — YEA
New York 14 yes, 17 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Ward (Adams) — NAY
- Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (Adams) — YEA
- Bartow White (Adams) — NAY
- Charles Humphrey (Adams) — YEA
- Charles Kellogg (Jackson) — YEA
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Greene Garnsey (Adams) — NAY
- Daniel Hugunin Jr. (Adams) — NAY
- Dudley Marvin (Adams) — YEA
- Elias Whitmore (Adams) — NAY
- Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Ashley (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry Clinton Martindale (Adams) — NAY
- Henry Howard Ross (Adams) — YEA
- Henry Markell (Adams) — YEA
- Henry Randolph Storrs (Adams) — YEA
- James Strong (Adams) — YEA
- Jeromus Johnson (Jackson) — YEA
- John Hallock Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- John Miller (Adams) — NAY
- John W. Taylor (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Sands (Adams) — NAY
- Luther Badger (Adams) — NAY
- Michael Hoffman (Jackson) — YEA
- Moses Hayden (Adams) — NAY
- Nicoll Fosdick (Adams) — NAY
- Parmenio Adams (Adams) — NAY
- Robert Selden Rose (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Silas Wood (Adams) — NAY
- Stephen van Rensselaer III (Adams) — NAY
- Timothy H. Porter (Adams) — NAY
- William Dietz (Jackson) — YEA
- William G. Angel (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William McManus (Adams) — NAY
Ohio 0 yes, 13 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Jennings (Adams) — NAY
- Elisha Whittlesey (Adams) — NAY
- James Findlay (Jackson) — NAY
- John Crafts Wright (Adams) — NAY
- John Sloane (Adams) — NAY
- John Thomson (Jackson) — NAY
- John Wilson Campbell (Adams) — NAY
- John Woods (Adams) — NAY
- Joseph Vance (Adams) — NAY
- Mordecai Bartley (Adams) — NAY
- Philemon Beecher (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Adams) — NAY
- William McLean (Adams) — NAY
- William Wilson (Adams) — NAY
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 11 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Thomson (Jackson) — NAY
- Andrew Stewart (Jackson) — NAY
- Charles Miner (Adams) — NAY
- Daniel H. Miller (Jackson) — YEA
- Espy van Horne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Kremer (Jackson) — NAY
- George Plumer (Jackson) — YEA
- George Wolf (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Wilson (Jackson) — YEA
- James Buchanan (Jackson) — NAY
- James S. Mitchell (Jackson) — NAY
- James S. Stevenson (Jackson) — YEA
- James Wilson (Adams) — NAY
- John Findlay (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Mitchell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Wurts (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hemphill (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lawrence (Adams) — NAY
- Philip Swenk Markley (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Harris (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Orr Jr. (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Edwards (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel McKean (Jackson) — YEA
- William Addams (Jackson) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dutee Jerauld Pearce (Adams) — NAY
- Tristam Burges (Adams) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 6 yes, 3 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 9 no
Virginia 10 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred H. Powell (Adams) — YEA
- Andrew Stevenson (Jackson) — YEA
- Benjamin Estil (Adams) — NAY
- Burwell Bassett (Jackson) — YEA
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Adams) — YEA
- James Trezvant (Jackson) — YEA
- John Floyd (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Strode Barbour (Jackson) — YEA
- John Taliaferro (Adams) — YEA
- Joseph Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- Mark Alexander (Jackson) — NAY
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Selden Garnett (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Taylor (Adams) — NAY
- Thomas Davenport (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Adams) — YEA
- William Armstrong (Adams) — NAY
- William Cabell Rives (Jackson) — NAY
- William McCoy (Jackson) — YEA
- William Segar Archer (Jackson) — NAY
- William Smith (Jackson) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ezra Meech (Jackson) — NAY
- George Edward Wales (Adams) — NAY
- John Mattocks (Adams) — NAY
- Rollin Carolas Mallary (Adams) — NAY
- William Czar Bradley (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 211 members
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