The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS H.R. 614. (P. 49-1,168-2,3,169)
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. 614
How each state's members voted
In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 12 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: 5 yes, 3 no
- Vermont: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 3 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no
- New York: 22 yes, 15 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 9 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: 2 yes, 5 no
- Ohio: 11 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 16 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 4 yes, 1 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: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 18 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 4 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 8 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 3 no, 4 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 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Glover Shields (Democrat) — YEA
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Chapman (Democrat) — YEA
- William Winter Payne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hall Brockway (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Trumbull (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Burr Osborne (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Wheeler Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Truman Smith (Whig) — YEA
- William Whiting Boardman (Whig) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 1 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Junius Black (Democrat) — YEA
- James A. Meriwether (Whig) — NAY
- Lott Warren (Whig) — NAY
- Mark Anthony Cooper (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roger Lawson Gamble (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Butler King (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Flournoy Foster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Terry Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 3 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 5 no
Kentucky 12 yes, 0 no, 1 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) — YEA
- Landaff Watson Andrews (Whig) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Triplett (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Francis Marshall (Whig) — YEA
- William Orlando Butler (Democrat) — YEA
- Willis Green (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Douglass White (Whig) — NAY
- John Bennett Dawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Moore (Whig) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 9 no
- Barker Burnell (Whig) — NAY
- Caleb Cushing (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — NAY
- William Parmenter (Democrat) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Randall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles S. Sewall (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones (Whig) — NAY
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NAY
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — NAY
- John Thomson Mason (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Cost Johnson (Whig) — NAY
Maine 5 yes, 3 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Cummins Edwards (Democrat) — YEA
- John Miller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Rencher (Whig) — YEA
- Anderson Mitchell (Whig) — YEA
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig) — YEA
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — YEA
- Greene Washington Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- James Graham (Whig) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — YEA
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — YEA
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — YEA
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Washington (Whig) — YEA
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) — NAY
- Joseph Fitz Randolph (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Jones Yorke (Whig) — NAY
- William Halstead (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New York 22 yes, 15 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- A. Lawrence Foster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Aaron Ward (Democrat) — YEA
- Alfred Babcock (Whig) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — NAY
- David P. Brewster (Democrat) — YEA
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
- John Chamberlain Clark (Whig) — NAY
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — YEA
- John Maynard (Whig) — NAY
- John McKeon (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
- Samuel Smith Bowne (Democrat) — YEA
- Seth Merrill Gates (Whig) — NAY
- Staley Nichols Clarke (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Childs (Whig) — NAY
- Victory Birdseye (Whig) — YEA
- William Morrison Oliver (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 11 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Whig) — YEA
- Calvary Morris (Whig) — YEA
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- George Sweeny (Democrat) — YEA
- James Mathews (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Morrow (Whig) — NAY
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hastings (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Ridgway (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Mathiot (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Whig) — NAY
- Patrick Gaines Goode (Whig) — YEA
- Samson Mason (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Stokely (Whig) — YEA
- Sherlock James Andrews (Whig) — NAY
- William Doan (Democrat) — YEA
- William Medill (Democrat) — YEA
- William Russell (Whig) — NAY
Pennsylvania 16 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Marchand (Democrat) — YEA
- Almon Heath Read (Democrat) — YEA
- Amos Gustine (Democrat) — YEA
- Arnold Plumer (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis James (Whig) — NAY
- George May Keim (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Toland (Whig) — NAY
- Henry White Beeson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Cooper (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gerry (Democrat) — YEA
- James Irvin (Whig) — NAY
- James McPherson Russell (Whig) — NAY
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — NAY
- John Edwards (Whig) — NAY
- John Snyder (Democrat) — YEA
- John Westbrook (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Fornance (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — NAY
- Peter Newhard (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Henry (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Whig) — YEA
- William Jack (Democrat) — YEA
- William Simonton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Irwin (Whig) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — YEA
- James Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Campbell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Wilds Trotti (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas De Lage Sumter (Democrat) — YEA
- William Butler (Whig) — YEA
Tennessee 8 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- Abraham McClellan (Democrat) — YEA
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Harvey Magee Watterson (Democrat) — YEA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- Milton Brown (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Looney Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Dickens Arnold (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- William Bowen Campbell (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 18 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Whig) — YEA
- Cuthbert Powell (Whig) — NAY
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis Mallory (Whig) — YEA
- George Booth Cary (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Summers (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Alexander Wise (Whig) — YEA
- John Minor Botts (Whig) — YEA
- John Taliaferro (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — YEA
- William Alexander Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — YEA
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — YEA
- William Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Young (Whig) — YEA
- Hiland Hall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Everett (Whig) — YEA
- John Mattocks (Whig) — YEA
- William Slade (Whig) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 242 members
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