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Senate recorded vote (29th Congress) · August 5, 1846
H.R. 50

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 50 (9 STAT 85, 8/10/1846), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1847, BY APPROPRIATING $227,176.17 TO MASS. FOR MILITARY SERVI…

AmendmentDefense & war
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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. 50

May 28, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50 BY PROVIDING TO SUPPLY DEFIC… · 103–79 May 28, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50, BY ELIMINATING AN APPROPRIA… · 91–87 May 28, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50, BY SETTING MILEAGE ALLOWANC… · 124–59 May 28, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50 BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATIO… · 92–77 May 28, 1846 · TO PASS H.R. 50. (P. 877) · 166–3 August 5, 1846 · ON CONCURRING IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 50, WHICH … · 27–18 August 5, 1846 · ON CONCURRING IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 50, WHICH … · 35–12 August 5, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50, BY APPROPRIATING $320,000 T… · 26–23 August 5, 1846 · TO AMEND H.R. 50, BY APPROPRIATING $320,000 F… · 21–23 August 8, 1846 · TO AGREE WITH DISAGREEMENT TO THE SENATE AMEN… · 82–69 August 8, 1846 · TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 50 MAKING AN … · 83–69 August 8, 1846 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 50 WHICH STR… · 62–81 August 8, 1846 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE AGREEING TO THE AMENDM… · 83–60 August 8, 1846 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE SENATE TO H.… · 54–100
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 4 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: 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

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

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 55 members

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