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Senate recorded vote (29th Congress) · April 16, 1846
HJR4

Recorded vote

TO AMEND THE JOINT RESOLUTION H.J. RES. 4 (9 STAT 109, 4/27/1846), NOTIFYING GREAT BRITAIN TO ANNUL AND ABROGATE THE CONVENTION OF AUG. 6, 1827, RELATIVE TO THE OREGON TERRITORY, BY ELIMINATING PROVISION THAT …

AmendmentTerritories & states
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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HJR4

April 16, 1846 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 4 BY TAKING FROM THE PRESI… · 22–32 April 16, 1846 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 4, WHI… · 30–24 April 16, 1846 · ON ORDERING ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF … · 40–14 April 20, 1846 · TO AGREE TO THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE… · 21–29 April 21, 1846 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO THE HOUSE AMEN… · 20–31 April 23, 1846 · ON AGREEING TO THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE C… · 42–10
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

Illinois 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

Maryland 0 yes, 2 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 56 members

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