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Senate recorded vote (29th Congress) · July 27, 1846
H.R. 384

Recorded vote

ON AGREEING TO THE FIRST CLAUSE OF MOTION TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE THE BILL H.R. 384, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REMOVE NEW DUTIES AND REVERT TO THOSE PROVIDED BY ACT OF AUG. 30, 1842 ON ANY FOREIGN RAW …

Bill actionTaxes & tariffs
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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. 384

June 15, 1846 · TO RESOLVE ITSELF INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE… · 120–87 July 3, 1846 · TO TABLE H.R. 384 (74-9 STAT 42, JULY 30, 184… · 96–112 July 3, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 384 BY EXCLUDING SALT FROM SCHE… · 115–93 July 3, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT TO H.R… · 100–106 July 3, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 384 BY PUTTING SALT ON THE FREE… · 105–102 July 3, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 384 PUTTI… · 104–102 July 3, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 384 BY PUTTING SALT ON THE FREE… · 104–105 July 3, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 384 BY PROVIDING THAT NO DRAWBA… · 100–109 July 3, 1846 · TO PASS H.R. 384. (P. 1053-2) · 114–95 July 6, 1846 · TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE FOR CONS… · 22–24 July 15, 1846 · TO POSTPONE TILL TOMORROW NOON FURTHER CONSID… · 27–24 July 21, 1846 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW, CONSIDERATION OF … · 26–14 July 22, 1846 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW FURTHER CONSIDERAT… · 30–21 July 23, 1846 · TO TABLE MOTION TO PRINT THE MEMORIALS AND PR… · 25–26 July 27, 1846 · TO COMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, THE BI… · 26–29 July 27, 1846 · ON AGREEING TO THE SECOND CLAUSE OF THE MOTIO… · 28–27 July 28, 1846 · TO AGREE TO A MOTION TO DISCHARGE THE COMMITT… · 28–27 July 28, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 384, BY STRIKING OUT SECTION 9 … · 28–26 July 28, 1846 · TO COMMIT TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE THE BILL H.… · 27–27 July 28, 1846 · ON ORDERING ENGROSSMENT OF AMENDMENT AND THIR… · 27–27 July 28, 1846 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL H.R. 38… · 27–28 July 28, 1846 · TO PASS H.R. 384. · 28–27 July 29, 1846 · TO TABLE H.R. 384. (P. 1165) · 96–113 July 29, 1846 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON CONCURRING TO S… · 109–103 July 29, 1846 · TO TABLE H.R. 384. (P. 1165) · 99–112 July 29, 1846 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 384, E… · 115–92
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 7 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 2 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, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 no

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

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 55 members

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