The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION PROPOSING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL STANDING COMMITTEE OF FIVE TO BE KNOWN AS STANDING COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES. (P. 428)
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 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 6 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, 1 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig) — YEA
- John Milton Niles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Henry Bayard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clayton (Whig) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Semple (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Breese (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Smith White (Whig) — NAY
- Edward Allen Hannegan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
- Alexander Barrow (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Johnson (Whig) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Whig) — YEA
- Rufus Choate (Whig) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Duhurst Merrick (Whig) — NAY
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
- George Evans (Whig) — YEA
- John Fairfield (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Henderson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert John Walker (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willie Person Mangum (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat) — NAY
- James Buchanan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Fowler Simmons (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Francis (Law and Order) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- William Cabell Rives (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Segar Archer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Upham (Whig) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 52 members
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