The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT, MADE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THERE BE ALLOWED AND PAID TO JOHN SHACKFORD, FOR EXTRA DUTIES, AS ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER AND POSTMASTER TO THE SENATE, FOR…
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 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Michael Troup (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Forsyth (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Webster (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Nathaniel Silsbee (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Smith (Jackson) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Holmes (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Peleg Sprague (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Buckner (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hart Benton (Jackson) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bedford Brown (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Willie Person Mangum (Jackson) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
- Isaac Hill (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Bell (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mahlon Dickerson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Frelinghuysen (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Nullifier) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Decatur Miller (Nullifier) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Tyler (Jackson) — NAY
- William Cabell Rives (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Horatio Seymour (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Prentiss (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 48 members
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