The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF A PUBLIC PRINTER TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEXT CONGRESS. (P. 1497)
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 3 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 14 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: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 4 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: 3 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 30 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 10 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: 5 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 10 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 12 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 6 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 6 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 8 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 4 yes, 15 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 3 no, 3 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: 3 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 8 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: 0 yes, 3 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 4 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 4 no, 5 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 4 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 6 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Augustin Smith Clayton (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- George Rockingham Gilmer (Jackson) — NAY
- James Moore Wayne (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Coffee (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Wilde (Jackson) — NAY
- Roger Lawson Gamble (Jackson) — NAY
- Seaborn Jones (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Jackson) — NAY
- William Schley (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 3 yes, 0 no
- John Reynolds (Jackson) — YEA
- William L. May (Jackson) — YEA
- Zadok Casey (Jackson) — YEA
Indiana 5 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 5 yes, 8 no
- Albert Gallatin Hawes (Jackson) — YEA
- Amos Davis (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Benjamin Hardin (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- Chilton Allan (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Chittenden Lyon (Jackson) — YEA
- Christopher Tompkins (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Love (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Martin Beaty (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Patrick Hamilton Pope (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Perkins Letcher (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Alexander Marshall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Chilton (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Gorham (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Everett (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Gayton Pickman Osgood (Jackson) — YEA
- George Grennell Jr. (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- George Nixon Briggs (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Quincy Adams (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- John Reed (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Levi Lincoln (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- William Baylies (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- William Jackson (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Thomas (Jackson) — YEA
- Isaac McKim (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James P. Heath (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Turner (Jackson) — YEA
- John Nevett Steele (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Truman Stoddert (Jackson) — NAY
- Richard Bennett Carmichael (Jackson) — NAY
- William Cost Johnson (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Maine 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Kavanagh (Jackson) — YEA
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Jackson) — YEA
- George Evans (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Gorham Parks (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Hall (Jackson) — YEA
- Leonard Jarvis (Jackson) — YEA
- Moses Mason Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- Rufus McIntire (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Daniel Laurens Barringer (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edmund Deberry (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Henry William Connor (Jackson) — YEA
- James Graham (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Iver McKay (Jackson) — YEA
- Jesse Atherton Bynum (Jackson) — YEA
- Jesse Speight (Jackson) — YEA
- Lewis Williams (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Jackson) — YEA
- Thomas H. Hall (Jackson) — YEA
- William Biddle Shepard (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
New Hampshire 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benning Moulton Bean (Jackson) — YEA
- Franklin Pierce (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Hubbard (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Morrill Harper (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Burns (Jackson) — YEA
New Jersey 6 yes, 0 no
New York 30 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Vanderpoel (Jackson) — YEA
- Aaron Ward (Jackson) — YEA
- Abel Huntington (Jackson) — YEA
- Abijah Mann Jr. (Jackson) — YEA
- Abner Hazeltine (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Abraham Bockee (Jackson) — YEA
- Campbell Patrick White (Jackson) — YEA
- Charles Bodle (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Goadsby Ferris (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Charles McVean (Jackson) — YEA
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Wardwell (Jackson) — YEA
- Edward Howell (Jackson) — YEA
- Frederick Whittlesey (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- George Washington Lay (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Gerrit Yates Lansing (Jackson) — YEA
- Gideon Hard (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Henry Clinton Martindale (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Henry Mitchell (Jackson) — YEA
- Isaac B. van Houten (Jackson) — YEA
- Job Pierson (Jackson) — YEA
- Joel Turrill (Jackson) — YEA
- John Adams (Jackson) — YEA
- John Cramer (Jackson) — YEA
- John Dickson (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- John Jordan Morgan (Jackson) — YEA
- John W. Brown (Jackson) — YEA
- Millard Fillmore (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Nicoll Halsey (Jackson) — YEA
- Noadiah Johnson (Jackson) — YEA
- Philo Case Fuller (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Ransom Hooker Gillet (Jackson) — YEA
- Reuben Whallon (Jackson) — YEA
- Rowland Day (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Beardsley (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Clark (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (Jackson) — YEA
- Sherman Page (Jackson) — YEA
- William Kendall Fuller (Jackson) — YEA
- William Taylor (Jackson) — YEA
Ohio 10 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Jones (Jackson) — YEA
- Daniel Kilgore (Jackson) — YEA
- David Spangler (Anti-Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Elisha Whittlesey (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- James Martin Bell (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Jeremiah McLene (Jackson) — YEA
- John Chaney (Jackson) — YEA
- John Thomson (Jackson) — YEA
- Jonathan Sloane (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Halsey Crane (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Joseph Vance (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Robert Mitchell (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Todd Lytle (Jackson) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Taylor Webster (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Corwin (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer (Jackson) — YEA
- William Allen (Jackson) — YEA
- William Patterson (Jackson) — YEA
Pennsylvania 12 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Beaumont (Jackson) — YEA
- Andrew Stewart (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Charles Augustus Barnitz (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- David Douglas Wagener (Jackson) — YEA
- David Potts Jr. (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Edward Darlington (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- George Burd (Anti-Jackson) — YEA
- George Chambers (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Harmar Denny (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Jackson) — YEA
- Henry King (Jackson) — NAY
- Horace Binney (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Harper (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Jesse Miller (Jackson) — YEA
- Joel Barlow Sutherland (Jackson) — YEA
- Joel Keith Mann (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Banks (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- John Galbraith (Jackson) — YEA
- John Goddard Watmough (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Laporte (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Biles Anthony (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph Henderson (Jackson) — YEA
- Richard Coulter (Jackson) — YEA
- Robert Ramsey (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Smith Harrison (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- William Clark (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- William Hiester (Anti Masonic) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Nullifier) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Pinckney (Nullifier) — NAY
- John King Griffin (Nullifier) — NAY
- John Myers Felder (Nullifier) — NAY
- 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 3 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Balie Peyton (Jackson) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Jackson) — YEA
- David Crockett (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- David W. Dickinson (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- James Israel Standifer (Jackson) — NAY
- James Knox Polk (Jackson) — YEA
- John B. Forester (Jackson) — NAY
- John Bell (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- John Blair (Jackson) — NAY
- Luke Lea (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel Bunch (Jackson) — NAY
- William Claiborne Dunlap (Jackson) — YEA
- William Marshall Inge (Jackson) — NAY
Virginia 4 yes, 15 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edgar Campbell Wilson (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Edward Lucas (Jackson) — YEA
- George Loyall (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Alexander Wise (Jackson) — NAY
- James Herbert Gholson (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- James Madison Hite Beale (Jackson) — YEA
- James Wood Bouldin (Jackson) — YEA
- John Hall Fulton (Jackson) — NAY
- John James Allen (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Mercer Patton (Jackson) — NAY
- John Robertson (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- John Young Mason (Jackson) — YEA
- Joseph William Chinn (Jackson) — NAY
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Jackson) — NAY
- Samuel McDowell Moore (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Thomas Davenport (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- William Fitzhugh Gordon (Jackson) — NAY
- William McComas (Jackson) — NAY
- William Penn Taylor (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- William Segar Archer (Jackson) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Heman Allen (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Henry Fisk Janes (Anti Masonic) — NAY
- Hiland Hall (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- Horace Everett (Anti-Jackson) — NAY
- William Slade (Anti Masonic) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 241 members
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