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Senate recorded vote (27th Congress) · August 25, 1842
H.R. 14

Recorded vote

TO ORDER A SECOND READING OF THE HOUSE RESOLUTION 20, RELATING TO THE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHICH PROVIDES THAT NO MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHALL BE PAID FOR DAYS OF VOLUNTARY ABSENCE FROM THE SERVICE O…

Bill action
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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. 14

August 3, 1841 · TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THE RU… · 107–84 August 21, 1841 · TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION TO END DEBATE IN THE … · 87–110 August 23, 1841 · TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON CONCURRING W… · 120–96 August 23, 1841 · TO ORDER THE ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF… · 123–94 August 23, 1841 · TO TABLE H.R. 14. (P. 372-1) · 93–126 August 23, 1841 · TO PASS H.R. 14. (P. 372-1) · 125–94 September 10, 1841 · TO PASS H.R. 14, THE PRESIDENT'S VETO NOTWITH… · 103–80 August 16, 1842 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 539, WHICH ORI… · 22–9 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, WHICH… · 21–22 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547,… · 23–21 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, THAT … · 6–32 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED, TO H. … · 28–15 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, TO SP… · 26–10 August 25, 1842 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, TO EL… · 25–12 August 25, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, TO EXEMPT SALT FROM DUTY. · 17–27 August 26, 1842 · TO ORDER A THIRD READING OF H. R. 418 (APP. 8… · 29–9 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE TA… · 11–28 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO REINSTATE THE RA… · 13–31 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTI… · 12–26
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 7 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, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: no member on this roll call
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 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.

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

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

Delaware 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no

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

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 50 members

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