The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION WHICH FIXED THE HOUR FOR THE MEETING OF THE SENATE AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK, THE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE HOUR TO TEN O'CLOCK. (P. 308)
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 senators voted
In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 3 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Henry Bayard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clayton (Whig) — NAY
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
- James Semple (Democrat) — YEA
- Sidney Breese (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
- Alexander Barrow (Whig) — NAY
- Henry Johnson (Whig) — NAY
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Whig) — NAY
- Rufus Choate (Whig) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Duhurst Merrick (Whig) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Evans (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Fairfield (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Henderson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert John Walker (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willie Person Mangum (Whig) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig) — NAY
- William Lewis Dayton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Cabell Rives (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Segar Archer (Whig) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig) — NAY
- William Upham (Whig) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 52 members
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