The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 6 (APP. JULY 2, 1840), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR 1840, BY APPROPRIATING $95,000 FOR A DRY DOCK AT PENSACOLA.
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)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 6
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 6 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Savin Fulton (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Perry Smith (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
- Thomas Clayton (Whig) — NAY
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John McCracken Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Montgomery Young (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
- Henry Clay (Whig) — NAY
- John Jordan Crittenden (Whig) — NAY
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Mouton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Carter Nicholas (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Webster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Selby Spence (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Duhurst Merrick (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
- John Ruggles (Democrat) — NAY
- Reuel Williams (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Franklin Pierce (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Hubbard (Democrat) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Garret Dorset Wall (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Lewis Southard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Prentiss (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 50 members
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