The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE SENATE TO H.R. 60 (APP. 4/30/1844), MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR REVOLUTIONARY AND OTHER PENSIONS, WHICH AMENDMENT PROVIDES TO LIMIT THE PENSIONS TO THE TIME OF FILING THE A…
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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)
What was on the floor
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Every roll call on H.R. 60
How each state's members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 17 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: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 2 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: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 2 no
- New York: 15 yes, 9 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 6 yes, 4 no
- Ohio: 9 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 14 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 5 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 3 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 6 yes, 0 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: 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 4 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 1 no, 5 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) — NOT VOTING
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NAY
- James Dellet (Whig) — YEA
- James Edwin Belser (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Chapman (Democrat) — NAY
- William Winter Payne (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Smith Catlin (Democrat) — YEA
- John Stewart (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Simons (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Hart Seymour (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Harris Chappell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Duncan Lamont Clinch (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Junius Black (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Howell Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Lumpkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
Illinois 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander McClernand (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John J. Hardin (Whig) — YEA
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge (Democrat) — NAY
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 6 yes, 4 no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — YEA
- John Pettit (Democrat) — YEA
- John Wesley Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Albert Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- 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, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Grider (Whig) — YEA
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- John White (Whig) — YEA
- John Wooleston Tibbatts (Democrat) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NAY
- 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Abbott (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Putnam King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- 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 6 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Freeman Harlow Morse (Whig) — YEA
- Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Herrick (Democrat) — NAY
- Luther Severance (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gustavus Miller Bower (Democrat) — YEA
- James Butler Bowlin (Democrat) — NAY
- James Hugh Relfe (Democrat) — NAY
- James Madison Hughes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Jameson (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Whyte Roberts (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Hammett (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig) — YEA
- David Settle Reid (Democrat) — YEA
- Edmund Deberry (Whig) — YEA
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Kenneth Rayner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 2 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 5 yes, 0 no
New York 15 yes, 9 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Smith (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Amasa Dana (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — YEA
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
- George Oscar Rathbun (Democrat) — NAY
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NAY
- Horace Wheaton (Democrat) — YEA
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Halstead Anderson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lemuel Stetson (Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Gage Leonard (Democrat) — YEA
- Orville Hungerford (Democrat) — NAY
- Orville Robinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Preston King (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard David Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Selah Brewster Strong (Democrat) — YEA
- Smith Meade Purdy (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas J. Patterson (Whig) — YEA
- Washington Hunt (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Abbott Moseley (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Spring Hubbell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zadock Pratt (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 9 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Duncan (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Rose Tilden (Whig) — YEA
- Elias Florence (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Emery Davis Potter (Democrat) — YEA
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry St. John (Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NAY
- James Mathews (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — NAY
- John Inskeep Vanmeter (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Jefferson McDowell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Morris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Vance (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — YEA
- Perley Brown Johnson (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig) — NAY
- William Cochran McCauslen (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 14 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — YEA
- Alexander Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Almon Heath Read (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Manning Reed (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Cornelius Darragh (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Joy Morris (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Donnel Foster (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Nes (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Senewell Yost (Democrat) — YEA
- James Black (Democrat) — YEA
- James Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — YEA
- John Dickey (Whig) — YEA
- John Ritter (Democrat) — YEA
- John T. Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Buffington (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — YEA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Hays (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — YEA
- James Augustus Black (Democrat) — NAY
- John Campbell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alvan Cullom (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- David W. Dickinson (Whig) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- John Baptista Ashe (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Julius W. Blackwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Milton Brown (Whig) — NAY
- William Tandy Senter (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 3 yes, 7 no, 3 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) — YEA
- William Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willoughby Newton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Perkins Marsh (Whig) — YEA
- Jacob Collamer (Whig) — YEA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Solomon Foot (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 217 members
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