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House recorded vote (29th Congress) · March 18, 1846
H.R. 18

Recorded vote

TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18, APPROPRIATING $15,000 FOR REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN NEWARK BAY. (P. 524-3)

Bill actionBudget & spending
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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 measure itself

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 18

February 24, 1846 · TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, FOR C… · 106–67 March 18, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, RIVERS AND HARBORS APPROPRI… · 99–96 March 18, 1846 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18, APPROPR… · 67–124 March 18, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE AGR… · 95–102 March 19, 1846 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18, APPROPR… · 61–114 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM MAKING AN APPROPRIATION IN… · 103–83 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF… · 94–86 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS IN H.R. 18 AN ITEM MAKING AN APPRO… · 116–68 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS IN H.R. 18 AN ITEM MAKING AN APPRO… · 99–81 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS IN H.R. 18 AN ITEM MAKING AN APPRO… · 95–83 March 19, 1846 · TO ENGROSS IN H.R. 18 AN ITEM APPROPRIATING $… · 88–84 March 19, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18 BY APPROPRIATING $15,000 FOR… · 90–86 March 19, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY APPROPRIATING $20,000 FO… · 100–75 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 82–86 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 105–78 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 100–89 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 AUTHORIZING THE… · 55–133 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 102–81 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 111–73 March 20, 1846 · TO ENGROSS AN ITEM IN H.R. 18 APPROPRIATING $… · 118–69 March 20, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH IT WAS AGREED… · 73–100 March 20, 1846 · TO TABLE H.R. 18. · 86–109 March 20, 1846 · TO PASS H.R. 18. (P. 530) · 109–92 March 20, 1846 · TO AMEND THE TITLE OF H.R. 18 SO THAT IT READ… · 74–117 July 20, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR I… · 27–26 July 20, 1846 · TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL H… · 37–14 July 21, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE AGREEING TO A REPORTED… · 32–19 July 23, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY APPROPRIATING $100,000 F… · 13–36 July 24, 1846 · TO RESUME CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL H.R. 18, … · 35–14 July 24, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY ELIMINATING AN APPROPRIA… · 13–38 July 24, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY INSERTING AT THE END THE… · 18–33 July 24, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY PROVIDING THAT WHEREAS T… · 1–43 July 24, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 18, BY ELIMINATING THE APPROPRI… · 23–29 July 24, 1846 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R… · 34–16 August 4, 1846 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION, ON PASSAGE OVER P… · 119–61 August 4, 1846 · TO PASS H.R. 1,, THE RIVERS AND HARBORS APPRO… · 97–91
The map

How each state's members voted

In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 14 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 3 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 4 yes, 3 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 3 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 22 yes, 8 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or 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: 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 11 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 16 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 4 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: 2 yes, 3 no
  31. Kentucky: 7 yes, 3 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 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, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 1 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 224 members

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