The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO VIVA VOCE ELECTIONS. (P. 1052)
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 1 state every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 18 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: 1 yes, 7 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 5 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, 3 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 3 yes, 28 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 6 yes, 5 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: 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 7 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 17 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 5 no
- Connecticut: 5 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, 1 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 9 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 5 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 3 yes, 5 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 4 yes, 3 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, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clement Comer Clay (Jackson) — NAY
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Nullifier) — NAY
- John McKinley (Jackson) — NAY
- John Murphy (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Wright Mardis (Jackson) — NAY
Connecticut 5 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustin Smith Clayton (Jackson) — YEA
- George Rockingham Gilmer (Jackson) — YEA
- James Moore Wayne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Coffee (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Wilde (Jackson) — NAY
- Roger Lawson Gamble (Jackson) — NAY
- Seaborn Jones (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Jackson) — YEA
- William Schley (Jackson) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 3 no
- John Reynolds (Jackson) — NAY
- William L. May (Jackson) — NAY
- Zadok Casey (Jackson) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Lane (Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Allen Hannegan (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George L. Kinnard (Jackson) — NAY
- John Carr (Jackson) — NAY
- John Ewing (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Johnathan McCarty (Jackson) — YEA
- Ratliff Boon (Jackson) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Hawes (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Amos Davis (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Benjamin Hardin (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Chilton Allan (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Chittenden Lyon (Jackson) — NAY
- Christopher Tompkins (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Love (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Martin Beaty (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Patrick Hamilton Pope (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Alexander Marshall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Chilton (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Johnson (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Philemon Thomas (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Rice Garland (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 6 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Gorham (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Everett (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Gayton Pickman Osgood (Jackson) — NAY
- George Grennell Jr. (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- George Nixon Briggs (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- John Quincy Adams (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- John Reed (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Levi Lincoln (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Baylies (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Jackson (Anti Masonic) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 1 yes, 7 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Laurens Barringer (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edmund Deberry (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Henry William Connor (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Graham (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Jackson) — NAY
- Jesse Atherton Bynum (Jackson) — NAY
- Jesse Speight (Jackson) — NAY
- Lewis Williams (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas H. Hall (Jackson) — NAY
- William Biddle Shepard (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
New Hampshire 0 yes, 5 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 5 no
New York 3 yes, 28 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Vanderpoel (Jackson) — NAY
- Aaron Ward (Jackson) — NAY
- Abel Huntington (Jackson) — NAY
- Abijah Mann Jr. (Jackson) — NAY
- Abner Hazeltine (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Abraham Bockee (Jackson) — NAY
- Campbell Patrick White (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Bodle (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Goadsby Ferris (Jackson) — NAY
- Charles McVean (Jackson) — NAY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Jackson) — NAY
- Daniel Wardwell (Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Howell (Jackson) — NAY
- Frederick Whittlesey (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- George Washington Lay (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Gerrit Yates Lansing (Jackson) — NAY
- Gideon Hard (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Henry Clinton Martindale (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Henry Mitchell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac B. van Houten (Jackson) — NAY
- Job Pierson (Jackson) — NAY
- Joel Turrill (Jackson) — NAY
- John Adams (Jackson) — NAY
- John Cramer (Jackson) — NAY
- John Dickson (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- John Jordan Morgan (Jackson) — NAY
- John W. Brown (Jackson) — NAY
- Millard Fillmore (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Nicoll Halsey (Jackson) — NAY
- Noadiah Johnson (Jackson) — NAY
- Philo Case Fuller (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Ransom Hooker Gillet (Jackson) — NAY
- Reuben Whallon (Jackson) — NAY
- Rowland Day (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Beardsley (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Clark (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (Jackson) — NAY
- Sherman Page (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Kendall Fuller (Jackson) — NAY
- William Taylor (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 7 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Jones (Jackson) — NAY
- Daniel Kilgore (Jackson) — NAY
- David Spangler (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Elisha Whittlesey (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- James Martin Bell (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Jeremiah McLene (Jackson) — NAY
- John Chaney (Jackson) — NAY
- John Thomson (Jackson) — NAY
- Jonathan Sloane (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Joseph Halsey Crane (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Vance (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Mitchell (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Todd Lytle (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Taylor Webster (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Corwin (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Lyon Hamer (Jackson) — NAY
- William Allen (Jackson) — NAY
- William Patterson (Jackson) — NAY
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 17 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Beaumont (Jackson) — NAY
- Andrew Stewart (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Augustus Barnitz (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- David Douglas Wagener (Jackson) — NAY
- David Potts Jr. (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Darlington (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- George Burd (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Chambers (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Harmar Denny (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry King (Jackson) — YEA
- Horace Binney (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Harper (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Jesse Miller (Jackson) — NAY
- Joel Barlow Sutherland (Jackson) — NAY
- Joel Keith Mann (Jackson) — NAY
- John Banks (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- John Galbraith (Jackson) — NAY
- John Goddard Watmough (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Laporte (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Biles Anthony (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Henderson (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Coulter (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Ramsey (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Smith Harrison (Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- William Clark (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- William Hiester (Anti Masonic) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 3 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Nullifier) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Pinckney (Nullifier) — YEA
- John King Griffin (Nullifier) — NAY
- John Myers Felder (Nullifier) — YEA
- Richard Irvine Manning (Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Blair Campbell (Nullifier) — NAY
- Warren Ransom Davis (Nullifier) — NOT VOTING
- William John Grayson (Nullifier) — NAY
- William Kennedy Clowney (Nullifier) — NAY
Tennessee 5 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Balie Peyton (Jackson) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- David Crockett (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- David W. Dickinson (Jackson) — YEA
- James Israel Standifer (Jackson) — YEA
- James Knox Polk (Jackson) — NAY
- John B. Forester (Jackson) — YEA
- John Bell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Blair (Jackson) — NAY
- Luke Lea (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Bunch (Jackson) — YEA
- William Claiborne Dunlap (Jackson) — NAY
- William Marshall Inge (Jackson) — NAY
Virginia 9 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Edgar Campbell Wilson (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Lucas (Jackson) — NAY
- George Loyall (Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Alexander Wise (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Herbert Gholson (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- James Madison Hite Beale (Jackson) — NAY
- James Wood Bouldin (Jackson) — NAY
- John Hall Fulton (Jackson) — YEA
- John James Allen (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- John Mercer Patton (Jackson) — NAY
- John Robertson (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- John Young Mason (Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph William Chinn (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel McDowell Moore (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas Davenport (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Fitzhugh Gordon (Jackson) — NAY
- William McComas (Jackson) — YEA
- William Penn Taylor (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- William Segar Archer (Jackson) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Heman Allen (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Fisk Janes (Anti Masonic) — YEA
- Hiland Hall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Horace Everett (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- William Slade (Anti Masonic) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 241 members
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