The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE PROCESSES IN THE COURTS BILL BY PROVIDING AS A FIRST NEW SECTION, THAT THE FORMS OF WRITS OF EXECUTION, AND OTHER PROCESS, EXCEPT THEIR STYLE FORMS AND MODES OF PROCEEDING IN SUITS IN THE COURTS O…
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 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 7 were 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 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, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Macpherson Berrien (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Willis Cobb (Jackson) — YEA
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
- James Noble (Adams) — YEA
- William Hendricks (Adams) — YEA
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Webster (Adams) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
- David Barton (Adams) — NAY
- Thomas Hart Benton (Jackson) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Branch (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Macon (Jackson) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
- Levi Woodbury (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Bell (Adams) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
- Martin van Buren (Jackson) — YEA
- Nathan Sanford (Adams) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Young Hayne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Smith (Jackson) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
- Dudley Chase (Adams) — NAY
- Horatio Seymour (Adams) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 48 members
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