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Senate recorded vote (27th Congress) · June 14, 1841
H.R. 74

Recorded vote

TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING INFORMATION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATIVE TO FRAUDS COMMITTED BY CONTRACTORS IN THE SOUTHWEST, ALLEGED IN HIS COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESIDENT ON MAY 1, 1841, REGARDING ENOR…

Bill actionDefense & war
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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 H.R. 74

June 8, 1841 · TO AMEND S. 1, SO AS TO EXCEPT FROM REPEAL SE… · 16–30 June 8, 1841 · TO AMEND S. 1, SO AS TO EXCEPT FROM REPEAL SE… · 17–30 June 8, 1841 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO S. 1, WHICH PROP… · 16–30 June 8, 1841 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 30–16 June 9, 1841 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW CONSIDERATION OF T… · 27–18 June 9, 1841 · TO RECOMMIT S. 1 TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE… · 18–28 June 9, 1841 · TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 19–27 June 9, 1841 · TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1. · 14–22 June 9, 1841 · TO PASS S. 1. · 29–18 February 15, 1842 · TO AGREE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS AUTHORIZING TH… · 144–22 April 14, 1842 · TO ADOPT THE H. RES. TERMINATING ALL DEBATE I… · 100–73 April 16, 1842 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO… · 88–65 April 16, 1842 · TO RECONSIDER THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE … · 88–95 April 16, 1842 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 74, BY PROVIDING FOR THE J… · 139–37 April 16, 1842 · TO CONCUR WITH THE COMM. OF THE WHOLE IN THE … · 86–98 April 20, 1842 · TO TABLE THE APPEAL OF MR. M. CLIFFORD OF MAI… · 86–75 April 20, 1842 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE O… · 105–68 April 20, 1842 · TO CONCUR WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE… · 100–74 April 20, 1842 · TO CONCUR WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE… · 118–51 April 20, 1842 · TO CONCUR WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMM. OF … · 90–81 May 12, 1842 · TO CONCUR WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REG… · 88–72 May 14, 1842 · TO INSIST ON DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SENATE'S A… · 82–71 May 14, 1842 · TO INSIST ON DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SENATE'S A… · 98–44 May 16, 1842 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT WITH AN AMEND. OF… · 99–77 May 16, 1842 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT WITH SENATE AMEND… · 93–73
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

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

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no

Virginia 1 yes, 1 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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