The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON BILL H.R. 12.
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. 12
How each state's members voted
In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 13 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: 4 yes, 4 no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 4 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, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no
- New York: 17 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 5 yes, 4 no, 3 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 12 yes, 7 no
- Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 6 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 6 yes, 0 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: 8 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 6 yes, 13 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 8 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 7 yes, 5 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 5 no
- Georgia: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 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 0 yes, 5 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — NAY
Connecticut 6 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (Whig) — YEA
- James A. Meriwether (Whig) — YEA
- Julius Caesar Alford (Whig) — NAY
- Lott Warren (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Wylly Habersham (Whig) — YEA
- Roger Lawson Gamble (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Butler King (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Crosby Dawson (Whig) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- John Reynolds (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Todd Stuart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Zadok Casey (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — NAY
- David Wallace (Whig) — YEA
- George H. Proffit (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Smith Lane (Whig) — YEA
- James Harrison Cravens (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Livingston White (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig) — YEA
Kentucky 8 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bryan Young Owsley (Whig) — YEA
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — YEA
- James Cresap Sprigg (Whig) — NAY
- John Burton Thompson (Whig) — YEA
- John Pope (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig) — YEA
- Landaff Watson Andrews (Whig) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Triplett (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Francis Marshall (Whig) — YEA
- William Orlando Butler (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Green (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Douglass White (Whig) — YEA
- John Bennett Dawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Moore (Whig) — YEA
Massachusetts 5 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Barker Burnell (Whig) — NAY
- Caleb Cushing (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — YEA
- George Nixon Briggs (Whig) — YEA
- John Quincy Adams (Whig) — YEA
- Leverett Saltonstall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Whig) — YEA
- Osmyn Baker (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Barron Calhoun (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Parmenter (Democrat) — NAY
- William Soden Hastings (Whig) — NAY
Maryland 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Randall (Whig) — YEA
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — YEA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones (Whig) — YEA
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Wray Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — YEA
- John Thomson Mason (Democrat) — NAY
- William Cost Johnson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 4 yes, 4 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 7 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Whig) — YEA
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig) — YEA
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — YEA
- Greene Washington Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
- James Graham (Whig) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Williams (Whig) — YEA
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Washington (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Gordon Atherton (Democrat) — NAY
- Edmund Burke (Democrat) — NAY
- Ira Allen Eastman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Randall Reding (Democrat) — NAY
- Tristram Shaw (Democrat) — NAY
New Jersey 6 yes, 0 no
New York 17 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- A. Lawrence Foster (Whig) — YEA
- Aaron Ward (Democrat) — NAY
- Alfred Babcock (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Wheeler Doig (Democrat) — NAY
- Archibald Ladley Linn (Whig) — YEA
- Bernard Blair (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Albert Floyd (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Goadsby Ferris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Christopher Morgan (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — YEA
- David P. Brewster (Democrat) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Bell van Rensselaer (Whig) — YEA
- Hiram Paine Hunt (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Houck Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — NAY
- James I. Roosevelt (Democrat) — NAY
- John Chamberlain Clark (Whig) — YEA
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NAY
- John Greig (Whig) — YEA
- John Maynard (Whig) — YEA
- John McKeon (Democrat) — NAY
- John Sanford (Democrat) — NAY
- John van Buren (Democrat) — NAY
- John Young (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Egbert (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Riggs (Democrat) — NAY
- Millard Fillmore (Whig) — YEA
- Richard David Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert McClellan (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Gordon (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Partridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Smith Bowne (Democrat) — NAY
- Seth Merrill Gates (Whig) — YEA
- Staley Nichols Clarke (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Whig) — YEA
- Timothy Childs (Whig) — YEA
- Victory Birdseye (Whig) — YEA
- William Morrison Oliver (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 12 yes, 7 no
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Whig) — YEA
- Calvary Morris (Whig) — YEA
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — NAY
- George Sweeny (Democrat) — NAY
- James Mathews (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Morrow (Whig) — YEA
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hastings (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Ridgway (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Mathiot (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — YEA
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Whig) — YEA
- Patrick Gaines Goode (Whig) — YEA
- Samson Mason (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Stokely (Whig) — YEA
- Sherlock James Andrews (Whig) — YEA
- William Doan (Democrat) — NAY
- William Medill (Democrat) — NAY
- William Russell (Whig) — YEA
Pennsylvania 13 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Marchand (Democrat) — NAY
- Amos Gustine (Democrat) — NAY
- Arnold Plumer (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — NAY
- Davis Dimock Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Francis James (Whig) — YEA
- George May Keim (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Toland (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Black (Whig) — YEA
- Henry White Beeson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Cooper (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gerry (Democrat) — NAY
- James Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — YEA
- John Edwards (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Sergeant (Whig) — YEA
- John Snyder (Democrat) — NAY
- John Westbrook (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Fornance (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Lawrence (Whig) — YEA
- Peter Newhard (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Henry (Whig) — YEA
- William Jack (Democrat) — NAY
- William Simonton (Whig) — YEA
- William Wallace Irwin (Whig) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NAY
- James Rogers (Democrat) — NAY
- John Campbell (Democrat) — NAY
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Hale Butler (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas De Lage Sumter (Democrat) — NAY
- William Butler (Whig) — NAY
Tennessee 8 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Abraham McClellan (Democrat) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — YEA
- Harvey Magee Watterson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig) — YEA
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- Milton Brown (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Looney Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Dickens Arnold (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- William Bowen Campbell (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 6 yes, 13 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Whig) — YEA
- Cuthbert Powell (Whig) — YEA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — NAY
- Francis Mallory (Whig) — NAY
- George Booth Cary (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — NAY
- George William Summers (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Alexander Wise (Whig) — NAY
- John Minor Botts (Whig) — YEA
- John Taliaferro (Whig) — YEA
- John Winston Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Steenrod (Democrat) — NAY
- Linn Banks (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Walker Barton (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Independent) — NAY
- Samuel Lewis Hays (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Walker Gilmer (Whig) — NAY
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — NAY
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 3 yes, 2 no
- Augustus Young (Whig) — YEA
- Hiland Hall (Whig) — YEA
- Horace Everett (Whig) — NAY
- John Mattocks (Whig) — YEA
- William Slade (Whig) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 244 members
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