The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSIDER THE SENATE RESOLUTION ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH PROVIDES THAT ALL BUSINESS PENDING AT THE END OF A SESSION OF CONGRESS, WHICH IS NOT A LAST SESSION, SHALL STAND CONTINUED OVER TO THE NEXT SESSI…
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 senators voted
In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 1 was split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Israel Pickens (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Rufus de Vane King (Jackson) — NAY
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Willey (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Waggaman Edwards (Jackson) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Clayton (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Macpherson Berrien (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Willis Cobb (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
- James Noble (Adams) — YEA
- William Hendricks (Adams) — YEA
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rowan (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Adams) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Elijah Hunt Mills (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- James Lloyd (Adams) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
- John Chandler (Jackson) — NAY
- John Holmes (Adams) — NAY
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
- David Barton (Adams) — YEA
- Thomas Hart Benton (Jackson) — YEA
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Buck Reed (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hill Williams (Jackson) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
- John Branch (Jackson) — NAY
- Nathaniel Macon (Jackson) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Levi Woodbury (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Bell (Adams) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph McIlvaine (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Mahlon Dickerson (Jackson) — NAY
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Martin van Buren (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Sanford (Adams) — NAY
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
- William Findlay (Jackson) — YEA
- William Marks (Adams) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Asher Robbins (Adams) — YEA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight (Adams) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Young Hayne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Harper (Jackson) — NAY
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hugh Lawson White (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Eaton (Jackson) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Randolph (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Littleton Waller Tazewell (Jackson) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
- Dudley Chase (Adams) — YEA
- Horatio Seymour (Adams) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 47 members
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