The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 177. (JP. 554)
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. 177
How each state's members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 14 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, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 17 yes, 7 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 6 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 3 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 20 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 9 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 5 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 3 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 3 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 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Gabriel Moore (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Owen (Jackson) — YEA
- John McKee (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Elisha Phelps (Adams) — NAY
- Gideon Tomlinson (Adams) — YEA
- John Baldwin (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Noyes Barber (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Orange Merwin (Adams) — YEA
- Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (Adams) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
- Louis McLane (Jackson) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Cuthbert (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Eaton Haynes (Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Fenwick Tattnall (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Cary (Jackson) — YEA
- James Meriwether (Jackson) — NAY
- John Forsyth (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Wiley Thompson (Jackson) — NAY
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Pope Cook (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 2 no
- John Test (Adams) — NAY
- Jonathan Jennings (Adams) — YEA
- Ratliff Boon (Jackson) — NAY
Kentucky 5 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Jackson) — YEA
- David Trimble (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Johnson (Adams) — YEA
- James Clark (Adams) — NAY
- James Johnson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lecompte (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Aylett Buckner (Adams) — YEA
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Adams) — NAY
- Robert Pryor Henry (Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Metcalfe (Adams) — NAY
- Thomas Patrick Moore (Jackson) — NAY
- William Singleton Young (Adams) — NAY
Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 6 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Hobart (Adams) — YEA
- Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Adams) — YEA
- Daniel Webster (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Everett (Adams) — YEA
- Francis Baylies (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Williams Dwight (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- John Bailey (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- John Davis (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- John Locke (Adams) — YEA
- John Reed (Adams) — YEA
- John Varnum (Adams) — YEA
- Samuel Clesson Allen (Adams) — NAY
- Samuel Lathrop (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clement Dorsey (Adams) — YEA
- George Edward Mitchell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Peter (Jackson) — YEA
- John Barney (Adams) — YEA
- John Crompton Weems (Jackson) — YEA
- John Leeds Kerr (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Little (Adams) — YEA
- Robert Nicols Martin (Adams) — YEA
- Thomas Contee Worthington (Adams) — YEA
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Kidder (Adams) — YEA
- Ebenezer Herrick (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Enoch Lincoln (Adams) — NAY
- Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams) — YEA
- John Anderson (Jackson) — YEA
- Peleg Sprague (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William Burleigh (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Scott (Adams) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 5 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald McNeill (Jackson) — NAY
- Gabriel Holmes (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry William Connor (Jackson) — YEA
- John Heritage Bryan (Jackson) — YEA
- John Long (Adams) — NAY
- Lemuel Sawyer (Jackson) — NAY
- Lewis Williams (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Hines (Jackson) — YEA
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Price Carson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Jackson) — NAY
- Willie Person Mangum (Jackson) — YEA
- Willis Alston (Jackson) — NAY
New Hampshire 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ichabod Bartlett (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan Harvey (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Healy (Adams) — NAY
- Nehemiah Eastman (Adams) — YEA
- Thomas Whipple Jr. (Adams) — YEA
- Titus Brown (Adams) — YEA
New Jersey 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Garrison (Jackson) — YEA
- Ebenezer Tucker (Adams) — YEA
- George Cassedy (Jackson) — YEA
- George Holcombe (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Condict (Adams) — YEA
- Samuel Swan (Adams) — YEA
New York 17 yes, 7 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Ward (Adams) — NAY
- Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (Adams) — YEA
- Bartow White (Adams) — YEA
- Charles Humphrey (Adams) — YEA
- Charles Kellogg (Jackson) — NAY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Greene Garnsey (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Hugunin Jr. (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Dudley Marvin (Adams) — YEA
- Elias Whitmore (Adams) — YEA
- Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry Ashley (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Clinton Martindale (Adams) — NAY
- Henry Howard Ross (Adams) — YEA
- Henry Markell (Adams) — YEA
- Henry Randolph Storrs (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- James Strong (Adams) — YEA
- Jeromus Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- John Hallock Jr. (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Miller (Adams) — YEA
- John W. Taylor (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Sands (Adams) — YEA
- Luther Badger (Adams) — YEA
- Michael Hoffman (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Hayden (Adams) — YEA
- Nicoll Fosdick (Adams) — YEA
- Parmenio Adams (Adams) — YEA
- Robert Selden Rose (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Silas Wood (Adams) — YEA
- Stephen van Rensselaer III (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy H. Porter (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William Dietz (Jackson) — NAY
- William G. Angel (Adams) — NAY
- William McManus (Adams) — NAY
Ohio 3 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Jennings (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Elisha Whittlesey (Adams) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Vance (Adams) — NAY
- Mordecai Bartley (Adams) — YEA
- Philemon Beecher (Adams) — NAY
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William McLean (Adams) — YEA
- William Wilson (Adams) — NAY
Pennsylvania 20 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Thomson (Jackson) — YEA
- Andrew Stewart (Jackson) — YEA
- Charles Miner (Adams) — YEA
- Daniel H. Miller (Jackson) — YEA
- Espy van Horne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Kremer (Jackson) — NAY
- George Plumer (Jackson) — YEA
- George Wolf (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry Wilson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Buchanan (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James S. Mitchell (Jackson) — YEA
- James S. Stevenson (Jackson) — YEA
- James Wilson (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- John Findlay (Jackson) — YEA
- John Mitchell (Jackson) — YEA
- John Wurts (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Hemphill (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Lawrence (Adams) — YEA
- Philip Swenk Markley (Adams) — YEA
- Robert Harris (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Orr Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Edwards (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel McKean (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Hale Sill (Adams) — YEA
- William Addams (Jackson) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Robison Govan (Jackson) — YEA
- George McDuffie (Jackson) — YEA
- James Hamilton Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- John Carter (Jackson) — NAY
- John Wilson (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Gist (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Starling Tucker (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Drayton (Jackson) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adam Rankin Alexander (Jackson) — NAY
- Jacob C. Isacks (Jackson) — YEA
- James Coffield Mitchell (Jackson) — NAY
- James Knox Polk (Jackson) — NAY
- John Blair (Jackson) — NAY
- John Cocke (Jackson) — NAY
- John Hartwell Marable (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Allen (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Houston (Jackson) — NAY
Virginia 9 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred H. Powell (Adams) — YEA
- Andrew Stevenson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Estil (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Burwell Bassett (Jackson) — NAY
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Adams) — YEA
- George William Crump (Jackson) — NAY
- 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) — YEA
- Thomas Davenport (Jackson) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ezra Meech (Jackson) — YEA
- George Edward Wales (Adams) — YEA
- John Mattocks (Adams) — YEA
- Rollin Carolas Mallary (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- William Czar Bradley (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 213 members
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