The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE MEMORIAL FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTIES OF MADISON AND BULLITT IN THE STATE OF KY., REQUESTING CONGRESS TO REPEAL S. 3, AUG. 19, 1841, PASSED AT THE LAST EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS, ESTABLISHING…
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)
How each state's members voted
In 5 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 14 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: 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 5 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no
- New York: 15 yes, 18 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 10 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: 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 5 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 15 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 5 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 8 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 12 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 3 yes, 2 no, 3 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
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 4 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 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 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Glover Shields (Democrat) — NAY
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Chapman (Democrat) — YEA
- William Winter Payne (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hall Brockway (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Trumbull (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Burr Osborne (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Wheeler Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Truman Smith (Whig) — NAY
- William Whiting Boardman (Whig) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Junius Black (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James A. Meriwether (Whig) — YEA
- Lott Warren (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Wylly Habersham (Whig) — NAY
- Roger Lawson Gamble (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Butler King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Whig) — YEA
Illinois 1 yes, 2 no
Indiana 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — YEA
- David Wallace (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George H. Proffit (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Smith Lane (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Harrison Cravens (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Livingston White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig) — NAY
Kentucky 8 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Bryan Young Owsley (Whig) — YEA
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — YEA
- James Cresap Sprigg (Whig) — YEA
- John Burton Thompson (Whig) — YEA
- John Pope (Whig) — YEA
- John White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig) — NAY
- Landaff Watson Andrews (Whig) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Triplett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Marshall (Whig) — YEA
- William Orlando Butler (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Green (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Douglass White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Bennett Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Moore (Whig) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Barker Burnell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Caleb Cushing (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — NAY
- George Nixon Briggs (Whig) — NAY
- John Quincy Adams (Whig) — NAY
- Leverett Saltonstall (Whig) — NAY
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Whig) — NAY
- Osmyn Baker (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — NAY
- William Barron Calhoun (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Parmenter (Democrat) — NAY
- William Soden Hastings (Whig) — NAY
Maryland 3 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Randall (Whig) — YEA
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Dashiell Jones (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — YEA
- James Wray Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — NAY
- John Thomson Mason (Democrat) — YEA
- William Cost Johnson (Whig) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Marshall (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Randall (Whig) — NAY
- David Bronson (Whig) — NAY
- Elisha Hunt Allen (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Adams Lowell (Democrat) — NAY
- Nathan Clifford (Democrat) — NAY
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Fessenden (Whig) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Cummins Edwards (Democrat) — YEA
- John Miller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig) — NAY
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — NAY
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — NAY
- Greene Washington Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- James Graham (Whig) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — YEA
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — YEA
- Lewis Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Washington (Whig) — NAY
New Hampshire 5 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Creighton Stratton (Whig) — NAY
- John Bancker Aycrigg (Whig) — NAY
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Fitz Randolph (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Jones Yorke (Whig) — NAY
- William Halstead (Whig) — NAY
New York 15 yes, 18 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- A. Lawrence Foster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Aaron Ward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Babcock (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Wheeler Doig (Democrat) — YEA
- Archibald Ladley Linn (Whig) — NAY
- Bernard Blair (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Albert Floyd (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Goadsby Ferris (Democrat) — YEA
- Christopher Morgan (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — NAY
- David P. Brewster (Democrat) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NAY
- Francis Granger (Whig) — NAY
- Henry Bell van Rensselaer (Whig) — NAY
- Hiram Paine Hunt (Whig) — NAY
- Jacob Houck Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — YEA
- James I. Roosevelt (Democrat) — NAY
- John Chamberlain Clark (Whig) — NAY
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — YEA
- John Maynard (Whig) — NAY
- John McKeon (Democrat) — NAY
- John Sanford (Democrat) — YEA
- John van Buren (Democrat) — YEA
- John Young (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Egbert (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Riggs (Democrat) — YEA
- Millard Fillmore (Whig) — NAY
- Richard David Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert McClellan (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Gordon (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Partridge (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Smith Bowne (Democrat) — YEA
- Seth Merrill Gates (Whig) — NAY
- Staley Nichols Clarke (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Whig) — NAY
- Timothy Childs (Whig) — NAY
- Victory Birdseye (Whig) — YEA
- William Morrison Oliver (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 5 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Whig) — YEA
- Calvary Morris (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — NAY
- George Sweeny (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Mathews (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Morrow (Whig) — NAY
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hastings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Ridgway (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Mathiot (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Whig) — NAY
- Patrick Gaines Goode (Whig) — YEA
- Samson Mason (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Stokely (Whig) — NAY
- Sherlock James Andrews (Whig) — NAY
- William Doan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Medill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Russell (Whig) — NAY
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 15 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Marchand (Democrat) — NAY
- Amos Gustine (Democrat) — YEA
- Arnold Plumer (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis James (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George May Keim (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Toland (Whig) — NAY
- Henry White Beeson (Democrat) — NAY
- James Cooper (Whig) — NAY
- James Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Irvin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James McPherson Russell (Whig) — NAY
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Edwards (Whig) — NAY
- John Snyder (Democrat) — YEA
- John Westbrook (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Fornance (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Lawrence (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — NAY
- Peter Newhard (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Ramsey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry (Whig) — NAY
- William Jack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Simonton (Whig) — NAY
- William Wallace Irwin (Whig) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 4 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Campbell (Democrat) — YEA
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Hale Butler (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas De Lage Sumter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Butler (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 7 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Abraham McClellan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — YEA
- Harvey Magee Watterson (Democrat) — YEA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- Milton Brown (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Looney Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Dickens Arnold (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- William Bowen Campbell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 12 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Cuthbert Powell (Whig) — YEA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis Mallory (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Booth Cary (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Summers (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Alexander Wise (Whig) — YEA
- John Minor Botts (Whig) — NAY
- John Taliaferro (Whig) — NAY
- John Winston Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Steenrod (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Walker Barton (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Independent) — YEA
- Samuel Lewis Hays (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — YEA
- William Alexander Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — YEA
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Smith (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 3 yes, 2 no
- Augustus Young (Whig) — YEA
- Hiland Hall (Whig) — NAY
- Horace Everett (Whig) — YEA
- John Mattocks (Whig) — YEA
- William Slade (Whig) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 241 members
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