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Senate recorded vote (27th Congress) · August 27, 1842
H.R. 12

Recorded vote

TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE H. J. RESOLUTION CONCERNED WITH THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.

Procedural
01
The question

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

02
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. 12

July 27, 1841 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IN… · 84–81 July 28, 1841 · TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION FIXING THE TIME H.R. … · 93–100 July 28, 1841 · TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF INSTRUCTION LIMITI… · 113–83 July 30, 1841 · TO TABLE H.R. 12. · 92–123 July 30, 1841 · TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON CONCURRENCE … · 113–96 July 30, 1841 · TO CONCUR WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON … · 93–119 July 31, 1841 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON BILL H.R. 1… · 117–95 July 31, 1841 · TO PASS H.R. 12. · 116–101 July 31, 1841 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE MOTION … · 120–91 July 31, 1841 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 12 WAS P… · 99–115 September 8, 1841 · TO AMEND A SENATE AMENDMENT TO A BILL H.R. 12… · 94–88 September 8, 1841 · TO AMEND THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 BY I… · 82–100 September 8, 1841 · TO AMEND THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 BY I… · 106–75 September 8, 1841 · TO AMEND THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 BY A… · 102–78 September 8, 1841 · TO AMEND THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 BY A… · 83–95 September 9, 1841 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 12 WAS A… · 95–79 September 9, 1841 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE AGR… · 101–80 September 9, 1841 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 12 WAS A… · 122–60 September 9, 1841 · TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 … · 178–11 September 9, 1841 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE O… · 100–92 September 10, 1841 · TO INSIST ON AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12 WHICH AM… · 89–76 August 22, 1842 · TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR S. J. … · 18–13 August 25, 1842 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, SO AS TO … · 25–22 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO REPEAL THE SIXTH… · 10–30 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO IMPOSE SPECIFIC … · 8–24 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO REDUCE THE DUTY … · 24–22 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DUTY … · 20–26 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO IMPOSE A DUTY OF… · 22–23 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO REDUCE ALL DUTIE… · 15–25 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO IMPOSE AN EQUAL … · 17–22 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THE… · 17–19 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO INCREASE THE DUT… · 18–21 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MIN… · 21–22 August 26, 1842 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 547, WHIC… · 19–23 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO REDUCE THE DUTY … · 23–23 August 26, 1842 · TO AMEND H. R. 547, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN A… · 21–22 August 26, 1842 · TO ADJOURN; MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 24–20 August 27, 1842 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H. … · 24–23 August 29, 1842 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H. R. 210, WA… · 23–17
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 9 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 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: no member on this roll call
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Indiana 1 yes, 1 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

Maine 0 yes, 2 no

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

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 50 members

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