The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON S. 24. (P. 236-1)
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)
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.
Every roll call on S. 24
How each state's members voted
In 5 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 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, 5 no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 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: 1 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 2 yes, 1 no
- New York: 12 yes, 17 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 8 yes, 2 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, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 10 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 4 yes, 0 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, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 11 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 3 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: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 6 no
- Georgia: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 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, 6 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
- Edward Cross (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander McClernand (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John J. Hardin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge (Democrat) — NAY
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Kennedy (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — YEA
- John Pettit (Democrat) — YEA
- John Wesley Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Albert Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Dale Owen (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Caldwell Sample (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William John Brown (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Whig) — YEA
- George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- William Poindexter Thomasson (Whig) — YEA
- Willis Green (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alcée Louis la Branche (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat) — YEA
- John Bennett Dawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Slidell (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 8 yes, 2 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) — NAY
Maryland 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brengle (Whig) — YEA
- Jacob Alexander Preston (Whig) — YEA
- John M. S. Causin (Whig) — YEA
- John Pendleton Kennedy (Whig) — YEA
- John Wethered (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Ara Spence (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 5 no
Michigan 2 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gustavus Miller Bower (Democrat) — NAY
- James Butler Bowlin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Hugh Relfe (Democrat) — NAY
- James Madison Hughes (Democrat) — NAY
- John Jameson (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 4 no
North Carolina 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat) — NAY
- 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 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Burke (Democrat) — NAY
- John Parker Hale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Randall Reding (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Norris Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
New Jersey 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 12 yes, 17 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Smith (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — NAY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig) — YEA
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
- George Oscar Rathbun (Democrat) — NAY
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Wheaton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Graham Clinton (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Russell (Democrat) — NAY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Halstead Anderson (Democrat) — NAY
- Lemuel Stetson (Democrat) — NAY
- Levi D. Carpenter (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Gage Leonard (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- 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 10 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Duncan (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Alfred Parish Stone (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Rose Tilden (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Stowe Hamlin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Elias Florence (Whig) — YEA
- Emery Davis Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Dean (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry St. John (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Brinkerhoff (Democrat) — NAY
- 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 13 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — YEA
- Alexander Ramsey (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Manning Reed (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Cornelius Darragh (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Joy Morris (Whig) — YEA
- George Fuller (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Donnel Foster (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Nes (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Senewell Yost (Democrat) — NAY
- James Black (Democrat) — NAY
- James Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- James Pollock (Whig) — YEA
- Jeremiah Brown (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Dickey (Whig) — YEA
- John Ritter (Democrat) — NAY
- John T. Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Buffington (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Hays (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Augustus Black (Democrat) — YEA
- John Campbell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Alvan Cullom (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Cave Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- Milton Brown (Whig) — YEA
- William Tandy Senter (Whig) — YEA
Virginia 11 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Atkinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman (Democrat) — YEA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — NAY
- George William Summers (Whig) — YEA
- John Winston Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Steenrod (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Chilton (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Coles (Democrat) — YEA
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — YEA
- William Lucas (Democrat) — YEA
- William Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- Willoughby Newton (Whig) — YEA
Vermont 3 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 224 members
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