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Senate recorded vote (25th Congress) · January 27, 1838
S. 2

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2 BY PROVIDING THAT THE PRIVILEGES OF THE ACT SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THOSE WHO WERE CITIZENS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1, 1837.

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. 2

September 16, 1837 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION, AS IN COMMITTEE OF… · 28–18 September 17, 1837 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY PROVIDING A REDUCTION OF INT… · 6–40 September 17, 1837 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 42–5 January 25, 1838 · TO ADJOURN AND TERMINATE DEBATE ON S. 2 (APP.… · 21–25 January 25, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY REFUSING THE RIGHT OF PRE-EM… · 18–29 January 25, 1838 · TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO S. 2 BY DENYING PRE… · 18–28 January 25, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY GIVING EVERY MAN WHO WAS AN … · 36–10 January 26, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY ELIMINATING THAT PART OF BIL… · 26–21 January 26, 1838 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 2 UNTIL MONDA… · 23–25 January 26, 1838 · TO ADJOURN AND TERMINATE DEBATE ON S. 2. · 30–17 January 27, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY REQUIRING THAT PRIOR TO ANY … · 13–27 January 27, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY PROHIBITING SETTLEMENT AFTER… · 21–23 January 27, 1838 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 18–26 January 27, 1838 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 2… · 21–21 January 27, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY PROVIDING THAT THE ACT SHALL… · 17–19 January 27, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY PROVIDING THAT NO PERSON SHA… · 10–27 January 27, 1838 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT OF S. 2. · 26–12 January 30, 1838 · TO PASS S. 2. · 30–18 June 14, 1838 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO S. 2, A BILL TO … · 75–93 June 14, 1838 · TO RECOMMIT S. 2 TO COMMITTEE, WITH INSTRUCTI… · 79–123 June 14, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2, SO THAT THE TITLE OF LAND SHAL… · 114–86 June 14, 1838 · TO AGREE TO THE MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO S. 2, T… · 52–130 June 14, 1838 · TO ORDER THIRD READING OF S. 2. · 132–70 June 14, 1838 · TO PASS S. 2. · 107–53 June 19, 1838 · TO AMEND S. 2 (APP. JUNE 22, 1838), BY ELIMIN… · 11–26 June 19, 1838 · TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSE TO S. 2 B… · 24–19 June 19, 1838 · TO CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED… · 42–2 January 22, 1839 · TO AMEND S. 2 BY WITHHOLDING PUNISHMENT FROM … · 11–31 January 23, 1839 · TO PASS S. 2. · 29–7 February 13, 1839 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 107–22 February 13, 1839 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT A… · 45–99 February 13, 1839 · TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 43–77 February 13, 1839 · TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 50–73 February 13, 1839 · TO PASS S. 2. · 110–16
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

Georgia 0 yes, 2 no

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

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

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

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

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 51 members

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