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Senate recorded vote (23rd Congress) · February 20, 1835
S. 154

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 154, REPEALING THE FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS OF THE ACT TO LIMIT THE TERM OF OFFICE OF CERTAIN OFFICERS THEREIN NAMED, BY PROPOSING THAT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE IN RELATION TO ALL NOMINATIONS…

Amendment
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 154

February 16, 1835 · ON ORDERING ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF … · 26–15 February 21, 1835 · TO PASS S. 154, TO REPEAL THE FIRST AND SECON… · 31–16
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 0 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 3 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: no member on this roll call
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: no member on this roll call
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: no member on this roll call
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. 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.

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

Maine 0 yes, 2 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 48 members

Select any member to pull their file.