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Senate recorded vote (25th Congress) · January 14, 1839
S. 1

Recorded vote

TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 1 INDEFINITELY.

Bill action
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. 1

September 13, 1837 · TO AMEND S. 1 (APP. OCT. 2, 1837, 5 STAT L. 2… · 33–12 September 13, 1837 · TO AMEND S. 1 BY DIRECTING THAT THE MONEY TO … · 18–27 September 13, 1837 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 27–18 September 16, 1837 · TO PASS S. 1. · 28–17 September 28, 1837 · TO HAVE A CALL OF THE HOUSE; MOTION MADE DURI… · 112–98 September 28, 1837 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION, WHICH IS THE THIR… · 123–102 September 28, 1837 · TO ORDER A THIRD READING OF S. 1. · 119–117 September 29, 1837 · TO DISPENSE WITH FURTHER PROCEEDINGS UNDER TH… · 129–73 September 29, 1837 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WHICH ORDERED S. 1 REA… · 149–81 September 29, 1837 · TO AMEND S. 1 TO APPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF … · 94–136 September 29, 1837 · TO TABLE S. 1. · 100–132 September 29, 1837 · TO RECOMMIT S. 1 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOL… · 64–149 September 29, 1837 · TO AMEND S. 1 SO AS TO STIPULATE A POSTPONEME… · 130–99 September 29, 1837 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT OF THE AMENDMENTS AND TH… · 118–106 September 30, 1837 · TO CONCUR WITH HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 1, PAYME… · 30–2 January 22, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 1, (APP. JULY 7, 1838, 5 STAT 304… · 15–21 June 16, 1838 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN RELATION TO THE ORDER… · 121–56 January 3, 1839 · TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC LANDS,… · 23–20 January 3, 1839 · TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS … · 26–17 January 8, 1839 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO S. 1, BY EXTENDING THE … · 24–22 January 11, 1839 · TO AMEND S. 1 BY LIMITING THE REDUCTIONS IN T… · 13–29 January 11, 1839 · TO AMEND S. 1 BY PERMITTING ACTUAL SETTLERS T… · 24–19 January 11, 1839 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT MADE IN THE COMMIT… · 25–16 January 11, 1839 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT TO S. 1, WHICH PER… · 21–23 January 11, 1839 · TO ADJOURN, MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1. · 25–22 January 15, 1839 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1. · 23–25 January 15, 1839 · TO AMEND S. 1 BY CEDING TO ANY NEW STATE 2,00… · 14–34 January 15, 1839 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1. · 21–26 January 15, 1839 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1. · 25–23 January 16, 1839 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 27–22 January 17, 1839 · TO PASS S. 1. · 27–22 January 22, 1839 · TO TABLE S. 1, TO REDUCE AND GRADUATE THE PRI… · 101–98 January 23, 1839 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER S. 1. · 97–102 January 23, 1839 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE TO TABLE S. 1. · 98–99
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 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

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

Georgia 0 yes, 2 no

Indiana 0 yes, 2 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 52 members

Select any member to pull their file.