The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO AS TO SUBMIT A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY REPORT ON THE SUBJECT OF BANKS, LOSSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OCCASIONED BY BANKS, ON HOW MANY BANKS WERE CHARTERED DU…
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 6 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: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 7 yes, 21 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 1 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, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 8 yes, 5 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 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: 0 yes, 5 no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 5 yes, 6 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 5 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, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 4 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 1 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Felix Grundy McConnell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NAY
- James Dellet (Whig) — YEA
- James Edwin Belser (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Chapman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Winter Payne (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Brydges Rodney (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Harris Chappell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — YEA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Junius Black (Democrat) — NAY
- Howell Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Lumpkin (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
Illinois 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander McClernand (Democrat) — NAY
- John J. Hardin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge (Democrat) — NAY
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 3 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — YEA
- John Pettit (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Wesley Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Albert Wright (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Dale Owen (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Caldwell Sample (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- William John Brown (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 5 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — YEA
- George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Grider (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John White (Whig) — YEA
- John Wooleston Tibbatts (Democrat) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard French (Democrat) — YEA
- William Poindexter Thomasson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Willis Green (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alcée Louis la Branche (Democrat) — NAY
- John Bennett Dawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Slidell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 9 yes, 1 no
- Amos Abbott (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Putnam King (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- John Quincy Adams (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Grinnell (Whig) — YEA
- Julius Rockwell (Whig) — YEA
- Osmyn Baker (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — YEA
- William Parmenter (Democrat) — YEA
Maryland 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brengle (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Alexander Preston (Whig) — YEA
- John M. S. Causin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — YEA
- John Wethered (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Ara Spence (Whig) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Freeman Harlow Morse (Whig) — YEA
- Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Herrick (Democrat) — NAY
- Luther Severance (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Bennett Hunt (Democrat) — NAY
- Lucius Lyon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert McClelland (Democrat) — NAY
Missouri 0 yes, 5 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Whyte Roberts (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Hammett (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 2 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig) — YEA
- David Settle Reid (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Burke (Democrat) — YEA
- John Parker Hale (Democrat) — NAY
- John Randall Reding (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Norris Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 7 yes, 21 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Smith (Whig) — YEA
- Amasa Dana (Democrat) — NAY
- Asher Tyler (Whig) — YEA
- Byram Green (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Holker Carroll (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Rogers (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Swan Benton (Democrat) — NAY
- Chesselden Ellis (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Oscar Rathbun (Democrat) — NAY
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NAY
- Horace Wheaton (Democrat) — NAY
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Russell (Democrat) — NAY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Halstead Anderson (Democrat) — NAY
- Lemuel Stetson (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Gage Leonard (Democrat) — NAY
- Orville Hungerford (Democrat) — NAY
- Orville Robinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Preston King (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard David Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Selah Brewster Strong (Democrat) — NAY
- Smith Meade Purdy (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas J. Patterson (Whig) — YEA
- Washington Hunt (Whig) — YEA
- William Abbott Moseley (Whig) — YEA
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — NAY
- William Spring Hubbell (Democrat) — NAY
- Zadock Pratt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 8 yes, 5 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Duncan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Rose Tilden (Whig) — YEA
- Elias Florence (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Emery Davis Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Heman Allen Moore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry St. John (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NAY
- James Mathews (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Inskeep Vanmeter (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Jefferson McDowell (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Morris (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Vance (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Perley Brown Johnson (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig) — YEA
- William Cochran McCauslen (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 13 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — YEA
- Alexander Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Almon Heath Read (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Manning Reed (Whig) — NAY
- Edward Joy Morris (Whig) — NAY
- Henry Donnel Foster (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Nes (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob Senewell Yost (Democrat) — NAY
- James Black (Democrat) — NAY
- James Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — YEA
- John Dickey (Whig) — YEA
- John Ritter (Democrat) — NAY
- John T. Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Buffington (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — YEA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hays (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NAY
- James Augustus Black (Democrat) — NAY
- John Campbell (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 5 yes, 6 no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Alvan Cullom (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- David W. Dickinson (Whig) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- John Baptista Ashe (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton (Whig) — YEA
- Julius W. Blackwell (Democrat) — NAY
- Milton Brown (Whig) — YEA
- William Tandy Senter (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 3 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Atkinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman (Democrat) — NAY
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — NAY
- George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — NAY
- George William Summers (Whig) — YEA
- John Winston Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Steenrod (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Chilton (Whig) — YEA
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — NAY
- William Lucas (Democrat) — NAY
- William Taylor (Democrat) — NAY
- Willoughby Newton (Whig) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Perkins Marsh (Whig) — YEA
- Jacob Collamer (Whig) — YEA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Foot (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 217 members
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