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Senate recorded vote (28th Congress) · June 6, 1844

Recorded vote

TO RECEIVE THE MEMORIAL OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, REMONSTRATING AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY INTO THE UNITED STATES. (P. 647)

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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.

03
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 map

How each state's senators voted

In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 2 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 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.

Alabama 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 52 members

Select any member to pull their file.