The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES, TO ADMIT TO THE HALL OF THE HOUSE, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IN AMITY WITH THE U.S., AND OTHER PERSONS INTRODUCED…
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 members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 12 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: 4 yes, 3 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 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: 18 yes, 5 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 11 yes, 6 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 4 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 4 yes, 4 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 0 no, 5 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: 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 5 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 4 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clement Comer Clay (Jackson) — NAY
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Wright Mardis (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Augustin Smith Clayton (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Newnan (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry Graybill Lamar (Jackson) — YEA
- James Moore Wayne (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Henry Wilde (Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Wiley Thompson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Duncan (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Carr (Jackson) — YEA
- Johnathan McCarty (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Ratliff Boon (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 4 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Hawes (Jackson) — NAY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Jackson) — YEA
- Chilton Allan (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Chittenden Lyon (Jackson) — YEA
- Christopher Tompkins (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Daniel (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Adair (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lecompte (Jackson) — YEA
- Nathan Gaither (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Alexander Marshall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Douglass White (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Adams Bullard (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Philemon Thomas (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
Massachusetts 6 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Everett (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- George Grennell Jr. (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- George Nixon Briggs (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Leonard Hodges (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Nelson (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Davis (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Quincy Adams (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- John Reed (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Gowing Kendall (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Appleton (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Rufus Choate (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
Maryland 4 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Benedict Joseph Semmes (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Benjamin Chew Howard (Jackson) — YEA
- Charles S. Sewall (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Jenifer (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Thomas (Jackson) — YEA
- George Corbin Washington (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- John Leeds Kerr (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Selby Spence (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Tolley Hood Worthington (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Maine 4 yes, 3 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Franklin E. Plummer (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 5 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Laurens Barringer (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry William Connor (Jackson) — NAY
- James Iver McKay (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Speight (Jackson) — NAY
- John Branch (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Lauchlin Bethune (Jackson) — NAY
- Lewis Williams (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Price Carson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas H. Hall (Jackson) — NAY
- William Biddle Shepard (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Hubbard (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Brodhead (Jackson) — NAY
- John Wingate Weeks (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Hammons (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Morrill Harper (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Chandler (Jackson) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Southard (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Fitz Randolph (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Condict (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Matlack Cooper (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Silas Condit (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Hurst Hughes (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
New York 18 yes, 5 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Ward (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Bates Cooke (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Campbell Patrick White (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Dayan (Jackson) — YEA
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Wardwell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Edmund Henry Pendleton (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Cambridge Reed (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Erastus Root (Jackson) — YEA
- Frederick Whittlesey (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Freeborn Garrettson Jewett (Jackson) — YEA
- Gamaliel Henry Barstow (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Gerrit Yates Lansing (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Grattan Henry Wheeler (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (Jackson) — YEA
- James Lent (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Job Pierson (Jackson) — YEA
- John Allen Collier (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- John Curtis Brodhead (Jackson) — YEA
- John Dickson (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- John King (Jackson) — NAY
- John Teunis Bergen (Jackson) — YEA
- John W. Taylor (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Bouck (Jackson) — YEA
- Michael Hoffman (Jackson) — NAY
- Nathan Soule (Jackson) — YEA
- Nathaniel Pitcher (Jackson) — YEA
- Phineas Lyman Tracy (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Beardsley (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Jones Wilkin (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Ulysses Freeman Doubleday (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Babcock (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- William G. Angel (Jackson) — NAY
- William Hogan (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 6 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Eleutheros Cooke (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Elisha Whittlesey (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Humphrey Howe Leavitt (Jackson) — NAY
- James Findlay (Jackson) — NAY
- John Thomson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Halsey Crane (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Vance (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Corwin (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Creighton Jr. (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Kennon Sr. (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Russell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Stanbery (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William W. Irvin (Jackson) — YEA
Pennsylvania 11 yes, 6 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Adam King (Jackson) — YEA
- Andrew Stewart (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- David Potts Jr. (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- George Burd (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Harmar Denny (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Horn (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry King (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Ford (Jackson) — YEA
- Joel Barlow Sutherland (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joel Keith Mann (Jackson) — NAY
- John Banks (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- John Conrad Bucher (Jackson) — NAY
- John Gilmore (Jackson) — YEA
- John Goddard Watmough (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Evans Jr. (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Dewart (Jackson) — YEA
- Peter Ihrie Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- Philander Stephens (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Coulter (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Allison (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Robert McCoy (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel A. Smith (Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Hartley Crawford (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- William Hiester (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dutee Jerauld Pearce (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Tristam Burges (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
South Carolina 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- George McDuffie (Nullifier) — NOT VOTING
- James Blair (Jackson) — NAY
- John King Griffin (Nullifier) — NAY
- John Myers Felder (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Woodward Barnwell (Nullifier) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (Jackson) — NAY
- Warren Ransom Davis (Nullifier) — NOT VOTING
- William Drayton (Jackson) — NAY
- William Thompson Nuckolls (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cave Johnson (Jackson) — YEA
- Jacob C. Isacks (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Israel Standifer (Jackson) — NAY
- James Knox Polk (Jackson) — NAY
- John Bell (Jackson) — NAY
- John Blair (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Dickens Arnold (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Fitzgerald (Jackson) — YEA
- William Hall (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 4 yes, 4 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Stevenson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Jones Roane (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Mercer Patton (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Strode Barbour (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Young Mason (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Draper (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph William Chinn (Jackson) — NAY
- Lewis Maxwell (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Mark Alexander (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Coke Jr. (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Allen (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Craig (Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Davenport (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Tyler Bouldin (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Armstrong (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Fitzhugh Gordon (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William McCoy (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Segar Archer (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Heman Allen (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Hiland Hall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Horace Everett (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Cahoon (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- William Slade (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 214 members
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