The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND A RESOLUTION THAT THE STANDING RULES AND ORDERS OF THE LAST HOUSE OF REP. BE ADOPTED AS THE RULES AND ORDERS OF PROCEEDINGS OF THIS SESSION, BY ELIMINATING THE WORDS "EXCEPT THE RULE LIMITING A SPEECH…
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 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 18 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 4 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: 1 yes, 6 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 20 yes, 13 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 3 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or 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: 11 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 18 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 3 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 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: 6 yes, 4 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 6 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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: 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat) — NAY
- Felix Grundy McConnell (Democrat) — NAY
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Dellet (Whig) — YEA
- James Edwin Belser (Democrat) — NAY
- Reuben Chapman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Winter Payne (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 3 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Harris Chappell (Whig) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Junius Black (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Howell Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Lumpkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Stiles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 6 no
Indiana 3 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Pettit (Democrat) — NAY
- John Wesley Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Albert Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Dale Owen (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Caldwell Sample (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- William John Brown (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 6 yes, 4 no
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — YEA
- George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Grider (Whig) — YEA
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — NAY
- John White (Whig) — YEA
- John Wooleston Tibbatts (Democrat) — NAY
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard French (Democrat) — NAY
- William Poindexter Thomasson (Whig) — YEA
- Willis Green (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 3 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Abbott (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — NAY
- Daniel Putnam King (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- John Quincy Adams (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Grinnell (Whig) — YEA
- Julius Rockwell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Osmyn Baker (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — YEA
- William Parmenter (Democrat) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brengle (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Alexander Preston (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John M. S. Causin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wethered (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ara Spence (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Freeman Harlow Morse (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Herrick (Democrat) — NAY
- Luther Severance (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Bennett Hunt (Democrat) — YEA
- Lucius Lyon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert McClelland (Democrat) — NAY
Missouri 0 yes, 5 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Whyte Roberts (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Hammett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig) — YEA
- David Settle Reid (Democrat) — NAY
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — YEA
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 4 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 3 no
New York 20 yes, 13 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Smith (Whig) — YEA
- Amasa Dana (Democrat) — YEA
- Asher Tyler (Whig) — YEA
- Byram Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Holker Carroll (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Rogers (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Swan Benton (Democrat) — NAY
- Chesselden Ellis (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — NAY
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
- George Oscar Rathbun (Democrat) — NAY
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NAY
- Horace Wheaton (Democrat) — YEA
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Russell (Democrat) — YEA
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Halstead Anderson (Democrat) — NAY
- Lemuel Stetson (Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Gage Leonard (Democrat) — YEA
- Orville Hungerford (Democrat) — NAY
- Orville Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Preston King (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard David Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Beardsley (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) — NAY
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — NAY
- William Spring Hubbell (Democrat) — YEA
- Zadock Pratt (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 11 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Duncan (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Rose Tilden (Whig) — YEA
- Elias Florence (Whig) — YEA
- Emery Davis Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — NAY
- Heman Allen Moore (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry St. John (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — YEA
- James Mathews (Democrat) — NAY
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — YEA
- John Inskeep Vanmeter (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Jefferson McDowell (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Morris (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Vance (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — YEA
- Perley Brown Johnson (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig) — YEA
- William Cochran McCauslen (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 18 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — YEA
- Alexander Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Almon Heath Read (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Manning Reed (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Joy Morris (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Donnel Foster (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Frick (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Nes (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob Senewell Yost (Democrat) — YEA
- James Black (Democrat) — YEA
- James Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — YEA
- John Dickey (Whig) — YEA
- John Ritter (Democrat) — NAY
- John T. Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Buffington (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — YEA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Hays (Democrat) — YEA
- William Wilkins (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- Alvan Cullom (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- David W. Dickinson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- John Baptista Ashe (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton (Whig) — YEA
- Julius W. Blackwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Milton Brown (Whig) — YEA
- William Tandy Senter (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 6 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Atkinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman (Democrat) — YEA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — NAY
- George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Summers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Alexander Wise (Democrat) — NAY
- John Winston Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Steenrod (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Chilton (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — YEA
- William Lucas (Democrat) — NAY
- William Taylor (Democrat) — NAY
- Willoughby Newton (Whig) — YEA
Vermont 3 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 222 members
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